Tyre maker Bridgestone says it will invest around EUR70 million over the next three years in its Indian plant to expand production capacity and upgrade technology at its Chakan, Pune, plant. The investment will be for capacity and technology upgrades…
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Enviro delivers pyrolysis oil to Preem
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) will begin delivering recovered pyrolysis oil as part of the order from Swedish oil company Preem that was announced in November of last year. Preem will use the oil as a raw material for…
US backlash on latex gloves; Thailand to focus on China and India
According to the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) Governor Nakorn Tangavirapat since some US states have banned the use of latex gloves among food service workers, authorities in Thailand are looking to expand the export of natural rubber gloves to…
NR on slow growth; India to diversify rubber planting to north
The world production of natural rubber (NR) registered 0.1% growth to 1.397 million tonnes during December 2022, the slowest growth in production of the year, according to data from Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)’s December 2022…
Continental opens basketball court made from recycled tyres
Tyre manufacturer Continental came together with a selection of partners to officially open a new basketball court in the Linden-Süd district of Hanover, Germany, recently. But this is no ordinary court – the playing surface has been constructed using 200…
Pirelli revamps B2B tyre sales platform
Italian tyre maker Pirelli’s TyreClub+, Pirelli’s B2B tyre sales platform that was launched ten years ago, has been entirely revise, to make it easier and more efficient to use. Pirelli says “plenty of new functionality has been introduced, including real…
ETRMA urges end to delays for access to in-vehicle data in Europe
The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA), which is part of the Independent Service Providers (ISPs) grouping, has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the relevant College of Commissioners to put an end to the repeated…
Continental opens AI lab in Berlin
Continental Automotive has opened its AI Lab in Berlin, Germany for application-independent development work for autonomous driving and robotics. Here, AI experts from a wide range of corporate divisions work together on technologies such as Computer Vision (machine vision), Hybrid…
Continental realigning Contitech; consolidating auto business
German tech firm Continental says it is realigning its ContiTech group sector, which specialises in material-driven solutions, with the aim of increasing effectiveness and efficiency as well as customer and market proximity. To this end, the group sector will focus…
Enviro receives follow-up order for pyrolysis oil from US
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems says it has received an order for pyrolysis oil, the total value of which Enviro estimates to be approximately US$450,000. Behind the order is the subsidiary of a leading US oil company that submitted an…