Sumitomo’s Australian tyre sales subsidiary (Sumitomo Rubber Australia Pty. Ltd.) has recently signed an agreement to become an official sponsor of the Australian National Rugby Union Team, more commonly known as the Qantas Wallabies. Effective through the end of 2017,…
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Tytec Recycling announces ‘Green’ OTR tyre recycling solution
Tytec Recycling, a new company based in Perth, Western Australia, announces the world’s first environmentally friendly OTR tyre recycling launching in Australia this year. Edison Award-winning technology from Green Distillation Technologies Corporation (GDTC) finally provides mining and agricultural sectors a…
STEP Ahead recognize women at Goodyear
Three Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company associates will be honored at the fourth annual Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards in Washington, D.C., on April 21. At the event, The Manufacturing Institute will recognize Aditi…
Yokohama website goes multilingual
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that as of March 28 it has enhanced the multilingual capabilities of the corporate website. In addition to its existing English and Japanese versions, the website now includes webpages in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic,…
Rubber Board India distributes root trainer plants
The Rubber Board has invited applications for distribution of planting materials. Root trainer plants and polybag plants of clones RRII 105, 430, 414, 417 and 422 are available from the Board’s central nursery at Karickattoor and regional nurseries at Kadackamon…
Solectria to power Goodyear facility
Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that its three-phase, transformerless PVI 28TL inverters were installed at the Goodyear Rubber Manufacturing Facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The 1MW solar array is comprised of over 3,000 solar…
Trinseo to repurchase up to 1,165,000 ordinary shares
Trinseo announced that it has commenced a tender offer to repurchase up to 1,165,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of US$35.63 per share. The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on April 25,…
Indonesia gov’t to buy 500,000 MT of local rubber
The Indonesian government will buy 500,000 metric tons of locally produced rubber to help rubber farmers. The Indonesian rubber association said the rubber should come from infrastructure development, such as using rubber in asphalt mix for roads. Indonesia is the…
Momentive to launch new silicone product
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will launch CoatOSil DRI waterborne silicone at the American Coating Conference in Indianapolis, IN, April 12 to 14. CoatOSil DRI waterborne silicone can act either as a co-binder or additive in latex systems and Dr. Ping…
Yokohama tyre named Chrysler Pacifica OE
Yokohama Rubber announced that its Avid S34 has been selected as original equipment on FCA US LLC.’s (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. The Pacifica, which redefines the minivan segment FCA US created more than 30 years ago – will…