French tyre maker Michelin has revised the full-year forecasts for the global tyre market, warning that a sales slowdown could worsen in the fourth quarter, against the back of slower demand from China’s car market and new emissions standards in…
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LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
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ANRPC: Slower growth in rubber market due to China’s economic turbulence
According to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), the global consumption for rubber grew 6.6%, on a year-to-year basis, to 10,653 million tonnes from January 2018 to September 2018. Meanwhile, the global production recorded a slower growth at…
IRSG photo competition to focus on women in rubber
Women play an important role in the whole rubber value chain, from nurturing, harvesting, processing, trading, and manufacturing. For International Rubber Study Group’s (IRSG) 75th Anniversary, the Singaporean market researchers are organising a photo competition to feature women’s contributions towards…
Russian chem firm RMCC starts production of high active magnesium oxide
Russian Mining Chemical Company LLC (RMCC) is expanding its range of high grade magnesium compounds and will start the production of high active magnesium oxide. The product will be manufactured at the recently opened third processing plant in Vyazma (Smolensk…
Uptake in motorcycle tyres globally expected over the next four years
The demand for motorcycle tyres around the world is expected to rise 4% every year till 2022, at an estimated 704 million units valued at about US$14 billion. The advances in motorcycle tyres will see it overtaking the global tyre…
Safic-Alcan extends French distribution deal with Arlanxeo
Starting 1 Jan 2019, Safic-Alcan, a French independent distributor of speciality chemicals, is extending its exclusive agreement with Arlanxeo for existing Keltan distribution in France. Arlanxeo has partnership with Safic-Alcan for Italy, Benelux, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Czech Republic. The…
Cooper Tire Europe mulls ceasing light vehicle tyre production in Melksham
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Europe Limited, a subsidiary of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is entering a consultation period to explore ceasing light vehicle tyre production at its Melksham site in Wiltshire over a period of 10 months. Subject…
Bridgestone becomes worldwide Paralympic partner; nets marketing rights in tyres, sports equipment
Tokyo-headquartered tyre and rubber manufacturer Bridgestone has become the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) seventh Worldwide Paralympic Partner. Already a Worldwide Olympic Partner through to 2024, Bridgestone now has global rights to promote and support the Paralympic Movement over the same…
Evonik opens new silica plant, invests US$120 mn
German specialty chemicals Evonik Industries, has started up a precipitated silica plant for the tyre industry in South Carolina, US, in response to the high demand from the tyre industry for precipitated silica in North America. It has invested an…
KKR to cop Minnesota Rubber and Plastics from Norwest Equity Partners
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics(MRP) a leading provider of elastomer and thermoplastic solutions, is to be acquired by KKR, a global investment firm, from Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a Minneapolis-based middle-market equity investment firm. This transaction marks KKR’s second acquisition of…