Apollo Tyres invests £5 million in London digital innovation hub
Apollo Tyres is investing £5 million in a London-based digital innovation hub as part of a five-year growth plan, which involves significant investment in technology and cloud infrastructure. The announcement is set against the backdrop of UK prime minister Boris Johnsons visit to India to discuss UK-India economic partnership, with Johnson specifically commenting on Apollo’s investment.
Continue ReadingBridgestone adds new centre & proving ground to Innovation Park
With the opening of two new facilities, the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Japan is now fully operational. The facility in Kodaira, Tokyo has gained the B-Innovation innovation centre and B-Mobility proving ground.
Continue ReadingGoodyear voted Auto Bild summer tyre maker of the year
Leading German motoring magazine Auto Bild has named Goodyear its summer tyre manufacturer of the year. It announced this honour in the 13 April 2022 edition of Auto Bild (issue 15/2022) after declaring the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 winner and eco champion in its main summer 2022 tyre test and the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 victor in its high-performance test. Partner publication Auto Bild Allrad also voted the EfficientGrip 2 SUV joint winner of its summer test.
Continue ReadingDuty of care – Continental restarts tyre production in Russia
Although war continues to rage in Ukraine, German tyre maker Continental is once again producing in Russia. The reason the company gives for resuming tyre manufacture is duty of care for its Russian workforce.
Continue ReadingTyre recycling: Linglong signs agreement with Cleantire
In October 2021, Linglong Tire established a strategic cooperation with China-based renewable resources company Cleantire. The tyre maker declares that it was thus the “first tyre company in the world to achieve a strategic alliance with a waste tyre recycling company,” and although others may contest this title, the partnership is nonetheless significant. Linglong chairman and president, Wang Feng, signed a further comprehensive strategic cooperative agreement with Jiang Young, president of Cleantire, during an online ceremony at the start of April 2022.
Continue ReadingSRI: Testing breakthrough will lead to higher rubber yields
Japanese tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) says its collaboration in a research project has resulted in a technique that may improve natural rubber yields and even enable natural rubber biosynthesis within a laboratory.
Continue ReadingBKT opens TikTok channel
Off-highway tyre specialist BKT is reaching out to a younger demographic by opening its own TikTok channel. It launched tiktok.com/@bkt.tires in March and with it aims to gain the attention of Gen Z and Gen Alpha – the age groups representing “the future of agriculture and of our planet.”
Continue ReadingSynthos: Ukraine war & EU regulations driving interest in recovered materials
With its acquisition of Trinseo’s rubber production plants in Schkopau, Germany late last year, Polish firm Synthos has also taken on the minority stake in Swiss start-up Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) that Trinseo held. It reports that its collaboration with TRS is now “progressing according to plan.”
Continue ReadingBridgestone & LanzaTech partner on ELT solutions
Bridgestone Americas has commenced an exclusive partnership with carbon capture and transformation (CCT) specialist 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.
Continue ReadingNexen Tire Europe raises prices
Nexen Tire Europe is raising the prices of “all of the companys brands in the replacement market”. The price increase is due to “the Ukraine-Russia conflict” and specifically “raw material prices such as carbon black, oil costs and freight and logistics costs”, which have all risen sharply, according to a Nexen statement issued today (13 April 2022).
Continue ReadingWar as a sales opportunity: Titan subsidiary increasing volumes in Russia
While other tyre makers are distancing themselves from Russia and moving production capacities elsewhere at present, Titan International Inc.’s subsidiary in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast has announced plans to increase its production volumes. Voltyre-Prom, which is majority owned and managed by the Illinois, USA-based off-highway tyre specialist, states that the current situation “opens up new opportunities” for it to increase production volumes and sales.
Continue Reading5 new Triangle tyre lines at The Tire Cologne
Triangle Tyre has confirmed it will exhibit at The Tire Cologne next month. Those attending the tyre fair in Germany between 24 and 26 May will find Triangle in Hall 7, presenting three new passenger car tyre and two new truck tyre lines.
Continue ReadingYokohama Rubber a FTSE Blossom Japan company
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has been selected as a constituent stock in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, an equity index designed to reflect the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.
Continue ReadingEU sanctions: “significant impact” on Nokian Tyres’ European sales
The latest EU sanctions against Russia will seriously affect Nokian Tyres and its business in Europe. The tyre maker says the sanctions will have a “significant impact” on its ability to manufacture tyres in Russia, which will reduce its ability to sell tyres in the EU, and within Central Europe in particular.
Continue ReadingNew tyre industry standard: Sailun introduces EcoPoint³ technology
Sailun Tire Group says it has developed a technology that will “create a rubber revolution in the tyre industry.” Utilising liquid phase mixing, this new proprietary technology is known as EcoPoint³. According to Sailun, EcoPoint³ matches or exceeds tyre performance across the three key functional attributes of rolling resistance, wear resistance and wet grip performance. It will, the tyre maker confidently adds, “change the way that tyres are manufactured.”
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