India-based global tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is expanding into the truck and bus radial (TBR) tyre segment in Europe with the company launching a new range of tyres in the Commercial Vehicle Show (CV Show 2017) held in Birmingham from…
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China’s Vanlead Group signs deal with Enviro for tyre recycling plant
signed a memorandum of understanding with Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (Enviro), which develops products for recycling used car tyres, to develop a turn-key recycling plant in China. “Vanlead wants to take the initiative in the industry and use Enviro’s reclaimed…
Tyre manufacturers, suppliers participate in Tyrexpo, GarageXpo Asia 2017
Tyrexpo Asia 2017 and GarageXpo Asia 2017, held from 21-23 March, at the Singapore Expo, ended on a high note with positive feedback from the thousands of visitors and hundreds of exhibitors from numerous countries all over the world. The…
Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercars to come with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres
Michelin has been chosen as the official tyre supplier for all of Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercars. The Pilot Sport Cup 2 ultra-high performance tyres in 265/35 ZR20 front and 325/30 ZR21 rear sizes will…
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…
Qatar’s used tyre, rubber recycling facility begins operations
Qatar’s Modern Recycling Factory (MRF), designed and constructed with the aim of conserving energy, preserving natural resources, reducing pollution, and reducing the country’s dependence on raw materials, has started operations after its formal opening this month. The US$41.3 million facility…
CEAT, A.K. Khan JV to build a tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh
Tyre manufacturer CEAT, the flagship company of Indian industrial conglomerate RPG Group, has signed a joint venture agreement with a major Bangladeshi business group, A.K. Khan and Company to build a tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. Jyotibrata Banerjee, managing director…
Yokohama, Michelin set to increase tyre prices
Yokohama Tire Corp. and Michelin North America are set to raise tyre prices due to the recent hike in the cost of raw materials. Yokohama will increase prices on all of its tyres sold in the US, including all consumer,…
India’s NR output likely to go up 15% as farmers go back to tapping
India’s natural rubber (NR) production in 2017-18 is expected to rise 15% to its highest in four years at 750,000 tonnes as rubber farmers take advantage of the current rally in natural rubber prices and go back to tapping trees,…
Goodyear reveals UW, WMU mascot sculptures made from than 500 tyres
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an American multinational tyre manufacturing company, has unveiled life-size sculptures of the team mascots of the University of Wisconsin (UW) and the Western Michigan University(WMU) in the US. The sculptures, made from over 500 Goodyear…