The first Tire Technology Symposium in China that was organised by Smithers Rapra, a global leader in rubber, plastics and composites testing, has attracted the presence of over 70 technical experts from companies throughout the tyre industry supply chain including…
Harvest season in Kerala doesn’t prompt tyre companies to buy local rubber
The harvest season for natural rubber (NR) in Kerala, India was expected to encourage tyre companies to increase their purchases from local markets. However, they are still not likely to raise purchases from the local market even as international NR…
Wacker raises hydrophobic silica production at Burghausen plant by 40%
International chemical Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its plant for HDK pyrogenic silica in Burghausen, Germany to increase production capacities of hydrophobic silica specialties by 40%. Wacker Executive Board member Auguste Willems said that the expansion project is part of…
ETRMA: Drop in truck, agricultural tyre sales shows dim end-of-year outlook
The third quarter of 2016 showed decreased numbers in terms of tyre replacement sales of the members of the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA), according to the latest data published by the organisation. The decrease in the 2016…
Airless bicycle tyre design that will never get a flat
Approximately 1.3 billion bicycle tyres are thrown out every year because of cracks or puncture marks. Nexo North America’s two tyre models, Ever Tires and Nexo Tires, solve this problem with its airless design that will never get a flat.…
Saudi Aramco gets Novomer polyol business in US$100 mn deal
In a move that strengthens its integrated downstream expansion strategy, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) has purchased the breakthrough Converge polyol product line and associated operations and technologies from US-based chemistry technology development company Novomer Inc. According to…
ANRPC members elect India as chairman, Vietnam as vice-chairman
Members of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) have unanimously elected India as the new chairman of the intergovernmental organisation in the 39th Assembly Session of ANRPC held last month at Guwahati in India. Taking over from the…
Goodyear increases production capacity with expansion of tyre plant in China
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an American multinational tyre manufacturing company, is expanding its production capacity through a US$485-million investment in the expansion of its state-of-the-art tyre factory in Pulandian, Dalian, China. Upon the expansion’s completion in 2020, the…
Continental breaks ground in new truck tyre facility in Central Mississippi
Leading global technology company Continental has broken ground at the site of its new tyre plant near Clinton, Mississippi in the US, which is part of the company’s growth strategy for Continental Tire, known as Vision 2025. “This is the…
AkzoNobel expands polymer chemistry business with new facilities in China
AkzoNobel, the world’s largest producer of organic peroxides for the cross linking of elastomers, silicone rubbers and thermoplastics, expands its polymer chemistry business in China with the inauguration of new specialty chemicals facilities at its multi-site in Ningbo, China and…