Hankook Tire has been selected as a recipient of Blue Bird Corp.’s 2014 Outstanding Supplier Award in the polymer category. This is the second year in a row Hankook has received the award, which underscores the company’s commitment to its…
TOP STORY
Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
Once liabilities and eye sore on landfills, end-of-life tyres have now become assets ...
Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
Innovative rubber tyres are entering the era of space missions: as a catalyst ...
Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
In Canada, an international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo ...
Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
From landfill to factory, the tyre sector is expanding the circular use of ...
LSR: Silcotech and Momtech partner for baby bottle
Anyone who has ever fed a baby can tell you it’s not necessarily ...
Shandong offers training to local tyre companies involved in Chinese tariff
The Department of Commerce of Shandong Province has been offering training programs since August to local tyre companies involved in the US anti-dumping and countervailing probe on Chinese tyres, according to Fang Xiaojie, head of fair trade division of the…
Toyo announces net income increase
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported record sales and earnings for the nine months ended Sept. 30, as profits benefited from the effects of higher revenues, lower raw materials costs and favorable foreign-exchange rates. Operating income for that period…
Malaysian minister predicts global rubber market to boost in 2015
The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry expects the global rubber market in 2015 to improve in contrast to this year. Its Minister, Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas, said the global economy was expected to grow at the rate of 3.4% next…
Sentury introduces new Delinte DX10 A/T tyre
Sentury Tire Americas displayed its new Delinte DX10 A/T tyre at the 2014 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show in Las Vegas. The Sentury booth, located in the Global Tire Expo portion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, featured the…
Apollo announces net profit upsurge in Q2
Apollo Tyres today reported 17.52 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 257.94 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2014-15 driven by higher exports. The company had reported net profit of Rs 219.47 crore in the…
Bridgestone inaugurates new US headquarters
When talk first surfaced that Bridgestone Americas was looking to move its U.S. headquarters into the heart of downtown Nashville, the tyremaker never actually denied it, despite the haste with which some dismissed the notion. This morning, according to The…
Thai ministry urges financial institutions to issue loans to rubber farmers
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives urges financial institutions to expedite the issuance of 15-billion-baht loan to rubber farmers and confirms that financial aid will be distributed to them from 15 November onwards. Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Pitiphong Phuengbun…
Yokohama reports net sales increase
Through the first nine months of the year, Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. posted record net income of 24.9 billion yen on record net sales of 429.8 billion yen. That compares to income of 19.5 billion yen on sales of 412.4…
Chinese rubber processors to conduct site survey to establish rubber facilities
A representative of China Cereals, Oils, and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), China’s state-owned food-processing holding company, will visit Thailand to discuss rice purchases with the government under a government-to-government contract.Thailand will seek an opportunity to sell more rice to China on…