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Hankook opens tyre plant in Indonesia
South Korean tyre company Hankook has officially opened its seventh global plant in Indonesia. Located in Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, West Java, the company’s newest plant will act as an export base for the US and Middle East markets as well…
Delticom purchases compatriot Tirendo for EUR50 mn
Germany-based online tyre trader Delticom is buying Berlin-based online tyre retailer Tirendo Holding and its subsidiaries for EUR50 million. Delticom says it is acquiring a rapidly growing company with complementary strengths in IT and marketing. For Tirendo, Delticom is an…
New US$240 million facilities in Seoul for Hankook
HANKOOK Tire Co. Ltd. will build a US$240 million tyre proving grounds – the firm’s first, and engineering centre on a 1,420-acre site southeast of Seoul over a seven-year period as part of its strategy to improve its global research…
K2013: REP acquires Watson Brown HSM
French rubber injection moulding machinery maker REP International has acquired Watson Brown HSM-Berlin, its patented HSM devulcanisation technology as well as its devulcanisation centre. This centre is equipped with an operational devulcanisation line and a test laboratory operated by a…
Toyoda Gosei to start third plant in Mexico
Japanese supplier Toyoda Gosei has set up a new company in Mexico to strengthen its automotive rubber hose production in the US. The new company, Toyoda Gosei Rubber Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (TGRMX), will start production of fuel hoses and…
India to develop workforce with rubber skills
RUBBER Skill Development Centre (RSDC) Chairperson, Vinod Simon said during the recently concluded India Rubber Summit and Dinner in Kochi that about 50,000 individuals will be trained with rubber skills in the next one-year period. Together with All India Rubber…
Low domestic consumption strains Thailand’s pricing power, says Minister
ALTHOUGH a top global producer of natural rubber (NR), Thailand does not have the capacity to determine prices of NR; it only relies on the set prices in the global market, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agricultural and…
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