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SRI meets 50% less rolling resistance goal with latest Enasave tyre

International News, Product News

This month, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has launched a new flagship product for its Enasave series of fuel efficient tyres, albeit only in the Japanese market. The Dunlop-brand Enasave Next has been introduced in size 195/65R15 91H and has achieved the coveted ‘AAA-a’ rank under the Japanese tyre label, the highest rating possible for rolling resistance and wet grip. SRI says the new tyre has 50 per cent lower rolling resistance than the standard Japanese replacement market Dunlop tyre in 2008, the year it set out to achieve this goal.

24th September 2014/1 Comment/by Tyrepress Editors

Smit: Cut rubber trees to manage price

International News

Dr Hidde P Smit, former secretary general of International Rubber Study Group (IRSD) and rubber market analyst, has suggested tree-felling and reduced tapping in order slow falling rubber prices.

Delivering the key-note address at the sixth edition of India Rubber Summit & Dinner 2014 organised by Rubber Asia in Kochi, India on 21 September 2014, he predicted that the low price regime could continue for the rest of the decade and even beyond. He said any intensive rubber planting done now could lead to a glut in natural rubber (NR) market after six years, bringing the prices down further. He added that world NR consumption is expected to touch 18.6 million tonnes by 2025, while NR supply may exceed demand at 19.3 million tonnes by 2025 and 20.2 million tonnes by 2030. However Indian market representatives disagreed, pointing to the Indian example and suggesting the rising supply deficit could be bridged only by boosting production.

23rd September 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Hexpol buys compounding firm Kardoes Rubber

Company News, Product News

Hexpol has agreed to acquire well known US rubber compounding firm Kardoes Rubber Co. from company founder Frank Kardoes and his family for US$31.8 million. According to Hexpol, the acquisition price will be paid on a cash and debt free basis and is funded by a combination of cash and existing bank facilities. The acquisition price will be paid upon completion of the acquisition which is estimated to take place at the end of July. The business is expected to be consolidated from August 2014.

17th July 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Evonik inaugurates tyre applied technology research building

International News

On May 15, Evonik Industries inaugurated a new building that will house its precipitated silica applied technology research for the tyre and rubber sectors. In doing so, the specialty chemicals company has combined the world’s largest precipitated silica production facility plus research and applied technology into a single site. The facility, located in Wesseling, near the German city of Cologne, was built with a “low tens of million euros” investment and was completed within 13 months. Although inaugurated today, 34 technicians have worked at the site since October 2013.

15th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

China (Guangrao) International Rubber Tire & Auto Accessory Exhibition | 15/05/2014 – 17/05/2014

The 5th China (Guangrao) International Rubber Tire & Auto Accessory Exhibition talkes place between 15 and 17 May 2014. According to organiser the China International Trade Promotion Committee, more than 600 exhibitors from China and overseas are expected at this year’s show. The previous exhibition in Guangrao, Shandong Province hosted more than 40,000 visitors, the organiser reports. […]

15th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby announces new Alliance, BKT agricultural tyre sizes

Kirkby Tyres has announced the availability of a number of new agricultural tyre sizes. Indian manufacturer BKT is supplying eight new fitments of tractor and trailer tyres to the Liverpool based wholesaler, while Kirkby UK exclusive brand Alliance has three new sizes of its 320 Value Plus tyre for small trailers, balers and agricultural tillage implements.

14th May 2014/by Andrew

Michelin launches X-Straddle 2 port tyre

Michelin has launched its X-Straddle 2, which has been designed to make marine terminal operations “safer while increasing productivity by more than 30 per cent”. According to Michelin X-Straddle 2 delivers all the benefits of radial technology to improve marine terminal operations.

14th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama bringing concepts, current range to Reifen

Later this month Yokohama Rubber will showcase its latest technologies and products at the Reifen 2014 exhibition on a stand (Hall 3, booth 3A18) featuring both market-ready and concept products.

14th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

‘X’ factor – Lanxess rebrands its butyl range

Chemical producer Lanxess has rolled out a complete rebranding of its butyl rubber products. The brand family now goes under the X Butyl name and all existing product grades have been renamed; Regular Butyl 301, for example, is now called Lanxess X_Butyl RB 301. Bromobutyl 2030 has become Lanxess X_Butyl BB 2030, and Chlorobutyl 1240 has been renamed to Lanxess X_Butyl CB 1240. Lanxess has also launched a new dedicated website, www.butyl.com.

14th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Dandelion rubber research results in GreenTec award for Continental, IME

The ‘Rubin’ project jointly conducted by Continental and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) has been honoured with a GreenTec Award. A 60-member jury panel determined the two parties’ work on producing natural rubber from dandelions worthy of a 2014 award in the ‘Automobility’ category. The awards ceremony took place in Munich, Germany on 4 May at the start of the IFAT environmental technology trade show. A total of 14 awards were given out.

13th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper to pay 10.5 cent dividend

Cooper Tire & Rubber has announced a quarterly dividend of US 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable 27 June 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business 2 June 2014. This will mark the 169th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.

12th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Q1 operating profit a ‘record’, says Yokohama

Yokohama Rubber reports that its operating income reached a record high in the first quarter of 2014. On the back of net income of net sales that were up 9.6 per cent year-on-year to 139.9 billion yen (£810.9 million), operating income jumped 54.6 to 11.7 billion yen (£67.8 million). Net income, at 6.5 billion yen (£37.7 million), was 14.8 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2013. Sales and earnings increased in each of Yokohama’s three business sectors: tyres, industrial products, and other products. The company says its tyre business’ strong performance reflected robust growth in Japan and sales growth overseas. Operating income benefited in each business sector from a downward trend in raw material prices and from the weakening of the yen, as well as from sales growth.

9th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tire announces investor day webcast details

On 15 May, Cooper Tire & Rubber will webcast its Investor Day presentation live, starting at 8:30am US EDT (1:30pm BST, 2:30pm CEST). Cooper chairman, chief executive officer and president Roy Armes and chief financial officer Brad Hughes, as well as other members of the company’s executive leadership team, will review business operations, company financials and Cooper’s long-term strategic plan.

9th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Run-flats join Falken’s Azenis FK453 range

In 2012, Sumitomo Rubber Industries announced it had perfected a whole new system for manufacturing tyres. It calls this system NEO-T01 and says it results in lower weight tyres that deform less during high speed driving and have much better high speed uniformity. The latest product to be developed using NEO-T01 production techniques is the Falken Azenis FK453; Tyres & Accessories previewed the new high performance range in April – Falken Tyre Europe now reports the launch of this range.

9th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Merseyside Fire and Rescue backs tyre age motion

At a meeting on 6 May, members of the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority unanimously voted to support the tyre aging motion that has arisen from the campaign begun by Liverpool woman Frances Molloy following the 2012 death of her son in a coach crash. The motion, titled Coach Safety & Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents, calls for an age limit of six years to be placed on tyres fitted to coaches.

8th May 2014/by Tyrepress Editors