The US tyre industry will start seeing shortages of carbon black as early as 2016 as carbon black producers face increasingly stringent environmental regulations, according to Gregory King, vice president of marketing for Sid Richardson Carbon Co. Speaking at the…
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Alliance Rubber reports facility expansion
The largest rubber band manufacturer in the country has announced an expansion of its headquarters in Hot Springs. Alliance Rubber Company announced Wednesday that it plans to invest more than $600,000 in the new facility and add 15 jobs –…
Sibur and Sinopec establishes joint venture to construct NBR plant
During Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China today, SIBUR, a leading Russian gas processing and petrochemicals company, signed a contract with China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (or “Sinopec”) to establish a joint venture for the construction of a…
OMV AG completes butadiene plant extension in Austria
OMV AG has completed the extension of a butadiene plant at its 203,900-b/d Schwechat refinery in Austria. The completed expansion, which will increase the plant’s butadiene production capacity to 60,000 tonnes/year, began operating on May 2, OMV reported. The $41…
JK Tyres to increase greenfield plant in Chennai
JK Tyres said on Sunday May 18, the company would double its capacity at its greenfield plant at Chennai by the end of this year. The work for the capacity expansion at Chennai plant was going on and likely to…
Lanxess reports price increase for rubber chemicals
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will raise the off list prices worldwide for its rubber chemicals with effect from June 1, 2014 or as contracts allow. Depending on product and region, the adjustments will be up to 0.70 EUR/kg (1.10 USD/kg).…
Kenda introduces new enduro tyres
We’ve already published a couple of pics of the new tyres from Kenda; our intrepid reporter Barney took a closer look. The Lake Garda cycling festival saw a select few journalists invited over to the Kenda camp for the launch…
OTR accuses Iowa tyre distributor of stealing property rights
A Washington federal court judge has granted OTR Wheel Engineering Inc.’s request for a preliminary injunction in a trade secrets case against West Worldwide Services Inc., a Clive, Iowa-based tire and tube distributor. Judge Lonny R. Suko enjoined West Worldwide…
Evonik opens silica technology facility; adds on applied tech to offerings
Germany-based Evonik Industries recently inaugurated a new building to house precipitated silica applied technology for tyre and rubber at its Wesseling site near Cologne. In so doing, the speciality chemicals company has added applied technology to the world’s largest facility…
Apollo targets organic growth; to expand to Europe with a 2nd plant
Indian tyre maker Apollo Tyres is investing US$685 million over four years to build a car and truck tyre plant in Eastern Europe. It will be its second as the firm also operates a facility in Netherlands. Apollo has not…