A new report by Global Market Insights, Inc has predicted that the airless tyre market is set to hit US$200 million by 2024. This totals to 139 thousand units till 2024. The trend is driven by the rising demand from…
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Continental launches new series of tyres for tractors and harvesters
Continental has unveiled its tyres for agricultural machineries: The Tractor Master is the advanced tractor series 65 tyre and complements the standard tyres Tractor70 and Tractor85. In addition, the company will launch a harvester tyre in the size 800/65R32 178…
India’s tyre sector asks government to allow duty-free import of carbon black
The Indian tyre industry is pledging the government for several demands: allow the tyre sectors to import carbon black tyres on a duty-free basis, regulate exports and waive the anti-dumping duty on import from China. The crunch in domestic availability…
Malaysia’s rubber products export reached RM21.7 billion in 2017
Malaysia’s exports of rubber products reached RM21.7 billion in 2017, compared to RM18.2 billion in 2016. This is an increase of 19.2 %. The Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC) said the stellar growth was despite the strengthening ringgit against…
Halcyon Agri buys crumb factory in Bintan, Indonesia
Natural rubber company Halcyon Agri has bought a factory in Bintan, Indonesia. The group had announced last year that its Indonesian subsidiary PT Hok Tong had entered into a conditional share sale-and-purchase agreement with Global Key Holdings Limited (GKHL) and…
Bridgestone unveiled as the tyre-supplier of the new 2019 Jeep Cherokee
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (Bridgestone) has announced that both of itsBridgestone and Firestone tyre portfolios are the original equipment of the new 2019 Jeep Cherokee. “We are pleased to have tyres from both of our industry-leading brands selected as original equipment on…
The global styrene butadiene rubber market to see moderate growth at 4.3% CAGR during 2017-2026
The global styrene butadiene rubber market is expected to see moderate growth at 4.3% CAGR during the forecast period of 2017-2026. This is due to the increasing sales of automobiles which spurs the use of synthetic rubbers such as styrene…
Trinseo launches new pilot plant and solution-styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) capacity expansion in Germany
Trinseo, a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, recently launched its new pilot plant and solution-styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) capacity expansion at Schkopau, Germany. Business leaders and dignitaries, including Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of…
TFEX to sign MoU to enhance the trading liquidity of ribbed smoked sheet (RSS3) futures
The Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) soon involving three domestic rubber producers and five securities companies. The MoU is to enhance trading liquidity of ribbed smoked sheet (RSS3) futures. The three major…
ANRPC expects 2.8% growth for natural rubber in 2018
According to the Malaysia-headquartered Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), the global outlook of NR (natural rubber) supply is anticipated at 13.784 million tonnes in 2018, up 4.5% from 13.196 million tonnes recorded in 2017. The slower production growth in…