Malaysian rubber plantation companies are recruiting tappers from the Indian state of Kerala with offers of better pay. The recruitment drive comes amid tight business conditions in the Indian rubber industry and a price decline that has led to retrenchments.…
Natural rubber production in India’s north eastern states catching up to Kerala
Competition is brewing between India’s north eastern states and the South Indian state of Kerala, known as the latex capital of the country, in terms of natural rubber production. Kerala accounts for 80% of the total rubber production in the…
Tyre Express, Microsoft partner for tyre performance management solution
Commercial vehicle fleet operators in India will be able to increase operational efficiency by tracking tyre performance using an Internet-of-Things-based (IoT) Tyre Performance Management Solution developed by Tyre Express, start up in lifecycle management for fleet operators, together with tech…
Nexen Tire continues official major partnership with 2017 Formula DRIFT
South Korean tyre manufacturer Nexen Tire is continuing on the second year of its Official Major Partnership with Formula DRIFT, the premier US drifting series, for the 2017 race season that will be held until October. Nexen Tire has been…
Bridgestone to deploy BASys tyre tracking system globally starting April 2017
Tokyo-based global tyre and rubber company Bridgestone Corporation will be deploying its BASys tyre tracking system globally starting from April 2017 in Latin America following its successful implementation in Europe in 2016. BASys is a collection of digital applications designed…
Trelleborg to debut new solid tyre for waste management, recycling industries
Global off-road tyre supplier Trelleborg Wheel Systems will be launching a new solid tyre specifically designed and developed for the waste management and recycling industries. The Brawler HPS Soft Ride is a re-engineered version of the Brawler solid tyre. It…
Apollo Tyres expands into Europe’s truck and bus radial tyre segment
India-based global tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is expanding into the truck and bus radial (TBR) tyre segment in Europe with the company launching a new range of tyres in the Commercial Vehicle Show (CV Show 2017) held in Birmingham from…
India’s natural rubber production exceeds 2016-17 target at 690,000 tonnes
India’s natural rubber production for 2016-17 jumped to 690,000 tonnes, up 23% from a year earlier, exceeding the Rubber Board’s 654,000-tonne target. Natural rubber output in 2015-16 was recorded as the lowest in two decades at 562,000 tonnes. The production…
Schwalbe launches MTB tyres with new Addix compound
Schwalbe has launched its MTB tyres in the Evo line with a new Addix compound developed from scratch. The company claims to have solved the typical trade-off between grip, rolling resistance and wear across a much wider range than before…
Thailand’s NRPC extends loan programme to stabilise rubber industry
Thailand’s Natural Rubber Policy Committee (NRPC) is extending a 1-billion Baht loan programme for another year to stabilise the rubber industry. The Natural Rubber Policy Committee meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, has agreed to give rubber farmers…