A new universal tyre tread label technology with worldwide RFID functionality, which allows entire pallets of tyres to be read in a single pass, has been created by Avery Dennison, a global leader in labelling and packaging solutions, and Ferm…
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Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
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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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Nanucellulose, carbon black combination could lower tyres’ rolling resistance
Initial evaluations conducted by material scientists from American Process Inc. (API) and Aditya Birla Group’s Birla Carbon have found that combining the companies’ Birla Carbon and Bio Plusnanocellulose products significantly lower the rolling resistance of tyres. In line with this,…
Asia Pacific nations expected to lead growth of global tyre industry
Asia Pacific nations are expected to lead the growth of the global tyre industry as it continues to expand economically. Countries including China, India, Japan, and Australia are set to play an economically-defining role in the tyre trade in the…
Cabot to expand capabilities for elastomer composite business in Malaysia
Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company based in Massachusetts in the US, is expanding its capabilities elastomer composites in order to support a new set of tyre and industrial rubber customers. The company announced a strategic…
Vipal ECO rubber treads achieves 18.7% fuel savings during test in Brazil
A test conducted in Sao Paulo, Brazil attested to the quality of Vipal Rubber’s DV-UM3B ECO tread as it achieved 18.7% saving in fuel against the standard design performance. Vipal’s rubber treads were equipped in ViaçãoVaz, a carrier from Santo…
MARGMA: Rubber glove industry expected to earn RM15.2 bn this year
Malaysia continues to lead globally in the production and supply of medical examination and surgical gloves as well as rubber gloves. The country is also forecasted to earn RM15.2 billion in revenue this year as global demand for rubber gloves…
Kuraray’s liquid farnesene rubber used in SRI tyres for the first time
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) has used liquid farnesene rubber (LFR), a liquid rubber developed by Japanese chemicals manufacturer Kuraray, in its latest studles styre Winter Maxx 02. This marks the first time LFR has been used as a performance…
Linglong Tyre to set up rubber technology, waste tyre renovation units
Chinese tyre company Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. is planning to set up a rubber technology centre and waste tyre renovation unit at its manufacturing complex in Yantai, Shandong Province. The company also plans to set up a sporting goods business…
LG to expand R&D centre, develop technologies for elastomers, EP, SAP, SSBR
LG’s Basic Materials & Chemicals R&D Center will upgrade its business structure and develop technologies for elastomer, engineering plastics (EP), super absorbent polymer (SAP) and solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR). Additionally, the centre plans to expand the customer range globally.…
ExxonMobil’s Shanghai Technology Center adds tyre testing capabilities
ExxonMobil has expanded the tyre testing capabilities of its Shanghai Technology Center to help customers meet rising quality standards in the tyre industry. The company added a new state-of- the-art Inflation Pressure Loss Rate (IPLR) test room that evaluates a…