As part of a restructuring, Austria’s Semperit has decided to terminate production at the Sempertrans production site Best (ShanDong) Belting Co. Ltd. in the Shandong province on the Chinese east coast. “This step is part of the ongoing restructuring and…
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Continental introduces V.ply portfolio with new compound and new radial tyres for ports
German tyre company Continental has introduced a new compound, Port Plus, for less abrasion, heat generation and longer service life for its new V.ply radial tyres for use in ports. This, Continental says, will expand its port tyre portfolio from…
Zeon to increase production of HNBR in Japan
Japanese firm Zeon Corporation is boosting the production capacity of the Kawasaki plant to expand its business of specialty cross-linked hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR). Marketed as Zetpol, the firm says the HNBR is increasingly being adopted for use in important safety…
Equistone sells stake in Karl Eugen Fischer tyre machinery maker
Independent investment firm Equistone Partners Europe has sold its share in tyre making machinery manufacturer Karl Eugen Fischer as part of a management buyout supported by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG). Germany-based Karl Eugen Fischer develops and manufactures chord cutting machines used in the…
SBR on a road of growth in Asia; to increase by 2% a year until 2025
Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is the best-selling synthetic rubber and for decades, has been indispensable for many applications. In everyday life, SBR is mainly found in vehicle tyres. According to a recent market study by Ceresana, worldwide consumption for this elastomer…
Bridgestone HosePower acquires Industrial Rubber Company
Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone is broadening its footprint to become one of the largest networks specialising in hose sales and service in the US with its acquisition of Industrial Rubber Co., a hydraulic and industrial hose sales and service company…
Sun Tyre & Wheel buys Starco’s Sri Lankan tyre factory
Sun Tyre & Wheel Systems (SUN-TWS), a division of Sundaram Industries Ltd that in turn is part of the US$8 billion TVS Group of India, has acquired Starco Group’s tyre plant in Sri Lanka. It is SUN-TWS’s fifth manufacturing plant…
Saint-Gobain starts sale of fluoropolymer parts from India
US-based Saint-Gobain Seals says that it has established the production of Rulon 123 stamped fluoropolymer parts at its Bangalore, India, facility in order to supply local parts to a global industrial customer for use in gasoline metering pumps. The business…
Liberia opens its first rubber processing plant
Liberia’s first 100% locally-owned rubber plant, located in Blagai, Bomi Highway, was recently inaugurated in the country. The Cooper Rubber Processing Plant (CRPP) will manufacture retreaded tyres, roofing materials, electrical insulators, fixtures PVC pipes, fittings, and rubber gloves. The plant is…
Toyo Tire takes tyre development to the next level
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has developed a proprietary new technology for the simulation of tyre aerodynamics known as Mobility Aerodynamics that applies aerodynamic flow simulations. The technology will be effective for the company in designing “tyres having the excellent…