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Lanxess rubber chemical prices increasing by up to 25%

The cost of rubber chemicals supplied by Lanxess AG will increase on April 1. The German company says its Rubber Chemicals business unit is raising prices in response to “steeply rising raw material costs” and the increase affects almost the entire product range of antioxidants (Vulkanox, Vulkazon), accelerators (Vulkacit) and specialty chemicals (including Renacit, Cohedur, Perkalink and Vulcuren). The new prices will around 15 to 25 per cent higher than current prices, depending on product and region.

25th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis receives 2010 Ford Gold Award

At the Ford Motor Company’s annual World Excellence Awards, held on March 16, Cheng Shin Rubber was honoured by the vehicle manufacturer with a Gold Award, the highest recognition to Ford’s global suppliers. The Maxxis brand manufacturer was one of only 15 Gold Award recipients out of the 1,500 or so suppliers Ford obtains components from around the world and the only tyre maker amongst the 15. Wheel manufacturer Ronal also received a Gold Award, while Hayes Lemmerz was one of 26 Silver Award recipients.

25th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama team acknowledged for cashew nut shell innovation

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a group of four men working for Yokohama Rubber developed a bead filler compound for high performance tyres based on polymerised cardanol, a chemical derived from liquid extracted out of cashew nut shells. Cashew based products were already in use to improve bleeding on the surface of green rubber, but the cardanol based product developed by Shineru Shinoda, Masayoshi Daio, Hideki Ishida and Tetsuji Kawazura providing an extremely high hardness after vulcanisation while at the same time keeping the viscosity of the compound low during processing. Some two decades later, on February 4, 2011, the Yokohama Rubber team’s efforts were acknowledged with their receipt of the “Mortimer T. Harvey Award 2010” from Cardolite Corporation, a leading manufacturer of cashew nutshell liquid products.

25th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Gajah Tunggal 2010 sales up 24% – Deutsche Bank

Indonesia’s PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk is expected to report its fiscal year 2010 results on March 26, 2011. Pre-empting the full release of the company’s financials, DB Equity Research Automotive reports the tyre maker achieved annual sales of Rp 9.9 trillion (£693.6 million), a 24 per cent year-on-year increase. This figure is, the Deutsche Bank analysts comment, three per cent above consensus and five per cent above Deutsche Bank estimates. Gross profit is reported to have increased six per cent year-on-year above 2009’s Rp 1.821 trillion (£127.6 million), implying a full-year gross margin of 17.9 per cent. This margin is, DB Equity Research Automotive notes, “much better than expected” given the steep (around 16 per cent) average increase in natural rubber prices in the fourth quarter of 2010 versus the average in the first nine months of the year.

24th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo, Sumitomo restart production in earthquake affected areas

More than a week after the Japan earthquake caused widespread power outages and disruption to manufacturing in parts of the main island of Honshu, Toyo Tires and Sumitomo Rubber have recommenced production at factories located in affected areas.

24th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti to raise European consumer tyre prices

Rubber prices have bounced back, so to speak, following their recent, short-lived dip, and it is no surprise that tyre makers continue to announce price rises for their products. The latest to do so is Continental, who as of May 1 will increase prices for summer tyres by between five and eight per cent and winter tyres by eight and ten per cent. This price adjustment affects all of the company’s passenger and light commercial vehicle tyre brands in the European replacement market.

24th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Hangzhou Zhongce confirms Thai factory reports

International News, News

Leading Chinese tyre manufacturer Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber has confirmed that it is planning to build a tyre factory in the vicinity of Bangkok, Thailand. Speaking to Tyres & Accessories, the executive responsible for the company’s Westlake brand Mr Ge, confirmed that the company had signed a contract with the Thai government to purchase land in the Bangkok development zone.

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear ‘starting up’ at Pulandian, China plant

During Goodyear Tire & Rubber’s March 22 investor day, Asia Pacific president Pierre Cohade reported that the company’s newest plant in China, its Pulandian facility, has commenced production. Speaking on the plant that in a couple of years will completely replace Goodyear’s existing Dalian factory, where maximum possible production capacity has already been reached, Cohade confirmed “the factory is just starting up, we made the first tyre last month.”

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Crisis in Japan: USW Pitches In, Goodyear OK

The United Steelworkers in Canada have donated $20,000 toward earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan. Nearly 10,000 confirmed deaths occurred in the March 11 disaster. The donation came from the USW Canada’s Humanity Fund. The Steelworkers' contribution will be channeled through International Chemical Energy and Mining Unions Federation affiliates in Japan, and the Canadian Labour Congress.

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho cooperating with Chinese government on Tianjin production, recall announced

International News, News

Kumho Tires has announced a voluntary recall of certain tyres in China after the company’s head of research and quality control visited the Tianjin passenger car tyre factory to investigate production processes. The tyre maker reports the visiting team carried out a thorough investigation and “partly confirmed that internal production standards were not strictly observed at the site.” In addition to the abovementioned product recall, Kumho has taken disciplinary action against the head of the Tianjin factory and those employees found to be involved in negligent quality control. All product-related claims will be dealt with “solely from the customers’ point of view,” the company adds.

23rd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli begins its F1 adventure

All the speculation and arguments surrounding the new Pirelli PZero Formula One tyre will be momentarily hushed as the action finally gets underway in Melbourne, with teams grappling with the novel conditions of a new tyre with completely different characteristics to the former Bridgestone Potenza model. After 33 days of testing (15 at official tests and 18 in private testing) this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix will give Formula One the chance to see how the new rubber will affect the way teams approach the race; debates around the tyres will begin once again after the race’s conclusion, but what is certain is that those drivers best equipped to deal with the different tyres will be those who prevail.

22nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Thailand to implement rubber price guarantees

Thailand’s Natural Rubber Policy Committee has agreed to set minimum and maximum prices for natural rubber as part of a range of measures intended to stabilise the industry and prevent major fluctuations in price. The Bangkok Post reported on July 22 that a task force chaired by the country’s Agriculture and Cooperative Ministry has been appointed to lay out these price guidelines within one month.

22nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

ETRMA approves Rubber Consultants as certified testing body

Hertford based firm Rubber Consultants reports its acknowledgement by the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA) as a certified independent testing body. One of the first jobs Rubber Consultants carried out for the ETRMA in this capacity was to independently verify the initial findings of the association’s tests into compliance of the Reach regulation regarding PAH oils.

22nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres strengthens manufacturing, testing with ex-Yokohama equipment

Birmingham’s Dunlop Aircraft Tyres facility has announced that it has taken delivery of manufacturing and testing equipment acquired from The Yokohama Rubber Company. The Japanese firm, which Dunlop says had a strong reputation in Japan for manufacturing and retreading aircraft tyres, withdrew its brand from this sector of the market last year. “By acquiring this equipment we will enhance our global manufacturing capability and put Dunlop Aircraft Tyres in a strong position to expand its product range,” said the company’s chairman, Ian Edmondson.

22nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Motor Club competition-winning Land Rover using Cooper tyres in domestic rally

A Land Rover Defender shod with standard 255/55R18 Cooper 4XS tyres has topped the Kirkby Lonsdale Motor Club drivers and co-drivers competition at the start of the UK’s domestic rally season. Mike Dawn and Jane Clarke, from Windermere, chose the biodiesel-powered 4×4 to compete in a series of national rally events during the 2011 season. In their first rally on the North West Stages, they completed 24 stages and 75 competitive miles of asphalt routes to finish 41st out of 105 competitors.

22nd March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors