Amid environmental issues over rising carbon emissions, the rubber/tyre sector is stepping up speed, fully committing to sustainability and making bold moves to ensure it achieves this goal, adds Angelica Buan in this article. Market in a high gear The…
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Nokian claims lowest emissions in tyre industry
Nokian Tyres says it has reached one of its key emissions reduction targets seven years ahead of schedule. One of the company’s science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets was to cut its tyre factories’ CO2 emissions by 52% per production tonne…
European tyre industry supports progress on tyre abrasion limits
The European tyre industry has said that it welcomes the European Parliament Plenary vote and the progress made towards delivering what it says are “meaningful” tyre abrasion limits under the auspices of Euro 7. “The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’…
Apollo Tyres APMEA president Satish Sharma elected as ATMA chairman
Apollo Tyres’s Satish Sharma, president for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) unit, has been elected as the next chairman of tyre industry body Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA). Satish has held important portfolios in his two decades in…
Michelin creates sustainability course for tyre industry with Clemson, USC
In an effort to improve sustainability in the tyre industry, Michelin North America has teamed up with the two largest universities in South Carolina in the US – Clemson University and the University of South Carolina (USC) – to launch…
Hankook to export tyres to Middle East
Hankook Tyres’s new facility in Indonesia will produce tyres to be exported to Saudi Arabia.