Sri Lankan tyre firm GRI, which has enjoyed an established presence in the US for some time, has announced the opening of its corporate office in the US, located at Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, to primarily provide…
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Hankook Tire to invest US$1.6 bn in US plant expansion
South Korean tyre maker Hankook Tire says that its board of directors has approved a US$1.6 billion investment to expand its Tennessee plant, located in Clarksville, Tenn. The investment includes the previously planned Phase 2 expansion that will double production capacity of Hankook’s passenger car and…
Scientists develop concrete from recycled tyres
Researchers from RMIT University in Australia are said to have designed groundbreaking sustainable concrete built from recycled car tyres. This comes against the back about efforts to replace some of the aggregate used in concrete with crumbled used tyres. Now, however, scientists have succeeded in producing good quality…
TRS uses Buss compounders to make rubber powders from used tyres
Swiss scale-up company Tyre Recycling Solutions SA (TRS), Préverenges, has chosen Buss’s Compeo technology for implementation of its “Intelligent Compounding” concept, which transforms powder products obtained from recycled end-of-life tyres into compounds at industrial scale. TRS’s performance materials, which require a…
EU safety regulation requires TPMS on truck/bus tyres
Under the new European vehicle general safety regulation, which came into force early July, truck and bus tyres are legally required to have tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The regulation introduces a range of mandatory advanced driver assistant systems to…
Kordsa cooperates with SES for RFID tags for tyres
Turkey-based reinforcement technology company Kordsa, which claims to cover one out of every three tyres manufactured worldwide, has entered into a collaboration with German connected electronic products and systems firm SES RFID Solutions GmbH. The companies will combine the patented SES technology with Kordsa’s…
Evonik launches sustainable liquid polybutadienes for tyres
German company Evonik’s Coating & Adhesive Resins business line has launched a new range of sustainable liquid polybutadienes known as Polyvest eCO. The use of sustainably produced butadiene in the manufacture of this product line has been shown to reduce the use of…
Hyundai and Michelin partner in tyres for premium EVs
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has entered into an MoU with French tyre maker Michelin to develop next-generation tyres optimised for Hyundai’s premium electric vehicles (EVs). The new MoU follows the successful completion of the two parties’ first partnership and…
Continental tyres partner with Ain Dubai
Huge wheels are no stranger to German tyre manufacturer Continental. But now, Continental tyres are being used to help operate the world’s largest and tallest observation wheel – Ain Dubai, by Dubai Holding, located on Dubai’s island destination, Bluewaters. Continental’s…
Michelin covers challenges, innovation of 100% sustainable tyres of the future
French tyre maker Michelin, does not need to gaze on a crystal ball to foresee what a “tyre of the future” would look and feel like. The tyre industry is responding to the climate emergency with 100 percent sustainable tyres.…