Top Ten News in the Rubber Industry of China in 2017 - No. 2: China Won a Complete Victory in the "Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy" Case of Truck and Passenger Car Tires Exported to USA

On February 23, 2017, five committee members of United States International Trade Commission (ITC) voted on the industrial damage involved in the final stage of the “anti-dumping and anti-subsidy” case of truck and passenger car tires that China had exported to the U.S., with a 3:2 result supporting that the truck and passenger car tires that

Source: China Rubber Journal

2018/03/05

Kumho Tire’s Fate: End of March Deadline Set

Creditors for Kumho Tire have decided to postpone discussing the debt-ridden company’s fate until the end of the month, according to The Korea Herald. The delay allows the company to avoid being put into a court receivership. The Korea Herald reported that creditors held a meeting on Wednesday and decided to postpone adjusting the

Source: Tire Review

2018/03/02

Global Natural Rubber Supply Anticipated to Grow 4.5% in 2018

The global supply of natural rubber is anticipated to increase by 4.5%  while demand is anticipated to grow by 2.8%, according to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries. The slower production growth in 2018 can be attributed to a lower production anticipated by Thailand, down by 1.2% on a year-to-year basis, the association’s Nat

Source: Tire Review

2018/02/28

New solutions for the tire industry

LANXESS at the Tire Technology Expo 2018, Deutsche Messe Hanover Innovative high-performance rubber additives Clean separation solutions for tire manufacturing Diverse reinforcement options for tires February 14, 2018, Shanghai – LANXESS’s Rhein Chemie business unit will be presenting its versatile solutions for the manufacture of

Source: China Rubber Web

2018/02/26

Kumho Tire Creditors Continue with Negotiations

According to media sources within South Korea, the main creditor of Kumho Tire, Korea Development Bank (KDB), is again in negotiation with China’s Qingdao Doublestar about transferring the management of the global tiremaker after “a capital increase through third-party allocation.” But because Kumho Tire supplies tires to aircraft

Source: Tire Review

2018/02/25

ARLANXEO launches Keltan KSA - EPDM rubbers produced in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ARLANXEO and Saudi Aramco signed an EPDM agreement Worldwide exclusive marketing of new EPDM grades produced in Saudi Arabia in H1 2018 by ARLANXEO EPDM grades will be introduced as Keltan KSA Strategic extension of existing EPDM portfolio   Maastricht / Dhahran, February 5, 2018 – ARLANXEO, a leading synthetic elastomers compan

Source: China Rubber Web

2018/02/06

Linglong Tire Becomes Official Global Tire Sponsor of Juventus

  Linglong Tire Chairman Wang Feng and Giorgio Ricci, Juventus co-chief revenue officer and head of global partnerships and corporate revenues. Linglong Tire and Italian soccer club Juventus announced a partnership agreement, making the company the club’s new official global tire partner. The partnership, announ

Source: Tire Review

2018/02/06

ZC Rubber Dealer Meeting in Thailand Highlights Progress, Innovation

Ge Guorong, vice president of ZC Rubber, shared the company’s 2017 achievements and its 2018 goals at its dealer meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. “More Progress More Achievement” was the theme of ZC Rubber’s dealer meeting in Bangkok, Thailand last week, as the company focused on ways to improve its market share in local tire market

Source: Tire Review

2018/02/01

ARLANXEO: Rubber Technology Center obtained Laboratory Accreditation Certificate issued by CNAS

January 26, 2018, Changzhou – After two years of fine preparations and a year of trial operation of ISO17025 system, ARLANXEO’s Rubber Technology Center (RTC) passed the expert evaluation of China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) in November 2017, and obtained Laboratory Accreditation Certificate issued by CNAS in J

Source: China Rubber Web

2018/01/31

ZC Rubber America Names VP of Sales

ZC Rubber has appointed Craige Mc Ferrin as Vice President of Sales for the ARISUN Brand of ZC America ZC Rubber has appointed Craige Mc Ferrin as Vice President of Sales for the ARISUN Brand of ZC America, a U.S subsidiary based in Walnut, California. ARISUN, a ZC Rubber brand designed for the North American market, is a premium TBR & ST brand,

Source: Tire Review

2018/01/11

The Future of Intelligent Tires: Details Behind Tire Sensor Testing

The driverless car is captivating the automotive industry and the world. While tech giants compete to create artificial intelligence that can anticipate accidents and take the place of the human decision maker, automotive component manufacturers are working to integrate a variety of components into a cohesive, centralized control system for the vehicle.

Source: Tire Review

2017/12/25

KACO (Wuxi) Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. Purchased Land for Expanding Capacity

KACO (Wuxi) Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. plans to build high-standard modern factory on its purchased land, where it will carry out the production expanding project on automobile oil sealing products. The newly-purchased land is located at Huishan Economic Development Zone, Wuxi, covering an area of 124.5 mu. The Company moved to the new place from the First

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Brand New Michelin X-Ice3+ on Sale to Secure Driving Safety in Winter

On October 19, the Michelin Company released information that its new-generation winter tire - Michelin X-Ice3+ had gone on sale recently. At present, it is available in Michelin-authorized reseller outlets and its official flagship stores at JD.COM and TMALL.COM. As Michelin’s latest winter tire product, Michelin X-Ice3+ has an extraordinary perf

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

R&D on High-performance Soft Tubes Used for Air Conditioners of ContiTech Made a Breakthrough

In order to meet automobile manufacturers’ requirement of the soft tubes of automobile air conditioner systems equipped with both low NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) and low refrigerant permeation, and by fully understanding clients’ needs and the idea on system designing, the R&D team of ContiTech Qingdao factory has redesigned prod

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Tianjin Tianyu Gum Tube Started an Ex- pansion Project

With the expansion of production scale, Tianjin Tianyu Gum Tube Co., Ltd. planned to invest 8.2 Million Yuan in a project with an annual production of 10 million pieces of auto parts. This project started in October and is expected to go into operation in December 2017. Upon completion of this project, it will produce 1 million pieces of circulating oil t

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Nicest Carbon Black Won National Award for Plant Engineering

Recently, the project “Improvement of Carbon Black Finished Products Transfer Device” conducted by Nicest Carbon Black Co., Ltd. won the first prize of “Great Idea Award for Plant Engineering” in 2017 China Plant Engineering Conference and the 15th National TnPM Conference. This is not only an award to Nicest Carbon Black for its a

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Jinneng Science and Technology Listed Among First Group of National-level Green Factories

Jinneng Science and Technology Co., Ltd. was listed among 201 “Green Factories” in the first green manufacturing demonstration list 2017 issued by Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on September 20, which indicates that Jinneng has already kept ahead in green manufacturing. As a production enterprise of coke, carbon

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Linglong Tire Successfully Registered Subsidiary in Singapore

Recently, Shandong Linglong Tire Co., Ltd. successfully obtained the Certification of Incorporation for its wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore. The subsidiary, named Kelly (Singapore) Investment & Trading Pte. Ltd., was registered on October 30, 2017. Its registered capital is USD 10,000 and main business covers the import and export of tires and raw m

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Sanlux to Acquire Upstream Rubber Firm with 160 Million Yuan

Sanlux Co., Ltd. resolved to purchase the shares of stock from Xishuangbanna Lubo Rubber Co., Ltd. directly and indirectly with its own funds of 162,503,200 Yuan on September 29. As a result, Sanlux achieved to hold 92.22% of the shares. According to Sanlux, this acquisition is conducive to providing the company with a stable and quality supply channel of

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25

Haida Group Successfully Developed ST All-steel Tires for Recreational Vehicle

Lately, Sichuan Haida Rubber Group Co., Ltd. has successfully completed the research, trial-produce and mass production of new all-steel tire products used for recreational vehicle with 3 categories of tread pattern. These tires have been exported to US market and are very well accepted by local customers. Based on the requirements of recreational vehicle

Source: China Rubber Journal

2017/12/25