Sri Lankan tyre firm Global Rubber Industries (GRI) says it has completed the second phase of its US$100 million capacity upgrade plan for its speciality tyre facility, which is sited next to its more established plant in Sri Lanka. With…
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Bridgestone to close aircraft retread tyre plant in Hong Kong
As part of its restructuring efforts for aircraft retread tyres assets, Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone will close a factory in Hong Kong and relocate capacity to Thailand. The aircraft tyre retread plant will close its doors for the last time at the end…
Enviro’s pyrolysis oil approved under REACH; to ship to US
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) says it has received approval as an intermediate for its pyrolysis oil according to the EU chemicals regulation, REACH and therefore will now execute the previously announced order for pyrolysis oil worth MSEK2 to a leading US…
Michelin pumps EUR37 mn to revitalise former German tyre facility
French tyre maker Michelin’s Bamberg tyre-manufacturing facility in the city of Hallstadt (Bamberg District), inaugurated almost 50 years ago and which closed down in 2019, will be transformed into a facility dedicated to innovation, to be known as the Cleantech Innovation Park.…
Tatneft sells tyre business
Russian petchem giant PJSC Tatneft says it has sold the tyre business of Tatneft Group, which it has owned for 20 years, to AO Tatneftekhiminvest-holding, which is not a member of Tatneft Group, due to the current situation. Terms were not disclosed The transaction…
Bridgestone partners with LanzaTech to pursue tyre recycling
Bridgestone Americas is in an exclusive partnership with Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) company, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. to address end-of-life tyre waste. The two companies will co-develop the first dedicated end-of-life tyre recycling process leveraging LanzaTech’s proprietary CCT technology, creating…
Bridgestone India expands chain of concept stores
Tyre maker Bridgestone India, part of the Bridgestone group, has launched six walk-through educative tyre stores that help customer make an informed choice on tyre purchase and related services. With this launch, Bridgestone says it has moved a step forward on its aim to digitise its dealership…
Goodyear to develop dandelion rubber in US
Tyre firm Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has entered into a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the US Department of Defense (DoD), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE to work with Ohio-based Farmed Materials to develop a domestic source…
Continental in Project Tree project for UK tyre market
German tyre maker Continental is the latest in a line of tyre makers like Pirelli undertaking sustainability and is undertaking a pilot project in the UK by testing and implementing a range of solutions to enhance the production and trade…
Nexen Tire develops tyre performance prediction system using AI technology
South Korean tyre maker Nexen Tire has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tyre performance prediction system. By establishing a tyre performance prediction system using AI technology, the company explained that it will use a machine learning technology in the concept…