Sailun Shenyang TBR plant starts production

Sailun Tire opened a truck and bus radial tyre plant in Shenyang recently. Sailun said despite the pandemic has impacted the global economy, the company continues to push ahead with its decision for the 3.3 million TBR second-phase addition to the Shenyang factory as it is part of the company’s strategic development plan to meet market dem

Source: Tyre Trends

2020/11/26

ZC Rubber America Opens New Distribution Center

The new warehouse, located in Statesville, North Carolina, will serve as the distribution hub for Arisun customers and dealers in the eastern regions. ZC Rubber America Inc. will open a new distribution center in the Eastern U.S. in December. The new warehouse, located in Statesville, North Carolina, will serve as the distribution hub for Ari

Source: Tire Review

2020/11/25

Prinx Chengshan Won The

On November 16th, the event of "Best Listed Company in Asia-Pacific · 2020" organized by Gelonghui was held in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Prinx Chengshan was invited and won the "2020 Best Brand Value Award", together with Country Garden, Rongshine Group, Nio, Tongcheng Elong and other well-known enterprises. As a leading gl

Source: China Rubber Web

2020/11/18

U.S. Commerce makes preliminary determination for duties on Vietnam tire imports

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled preliminarily that Vietnamese tire exporters and producers have benefited from government subsidies—including an undervalued currency—and therefore should be subject to import duties.  The Department's investigation into what the United Steelworkers union calls "unfai

Source: Tire Business

2020/11/06

USA to continue elevated import duties on Chinese consumer tires

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Commerce Department has determined that elevated import duties imposed in 2015 on certain consumer tires imported from China should remain in place, according to the department's expedited "sunset" review of the duties.  The U.S. government is obligated to conduct "sunset" reviews of import duties eve

Source: Rubber & Plastic News

2020/11/04

China to impose anti-dumping duties on EPDM imports

BEIJING—China will impose a "margin ratio" of between 12.5 percent and 222 percent on imports of EPDM originating in the U.S., South Korea and European Union, China's ministry of commerce said. The measure, set to take effect Oct. 28, follows a preliminary ruling in an anti-dumping investigation into supply of the synthetic rubber

Source: European Rubber Journal

2020/10/26

Yokohama's 2.72 million/year PCR project completed

The technical transformation project of Suzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., with an annual production capacity of 2.72 million radial tires for passenger cars, has recently passed the completion and environmental protection examination. To meet market demand, Yokohama decided to invest USD 63,822,200 to build the project. Among it, USD3,050,000 (5% of the tot

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/14

Tire Label Work Conference Focused on New EU Label

From August 11 to August 12, CRIA “2020 Working Conference of Tire Label Technology Committee” was held in Sennics. Su Fu, CEO of Sennics, introduced the company’s practice of constantly improving the ability of independent innovation and sustainable development and leading technological progress and high-quality development of polymer a

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/14

CRIA Organized Discussion of “the 14th Five-Year” Plan (First Draft)

On August 21, CRIA held the Thematic Seminar of Guidance Outline (First Draft) of “the 14th Five-year” Development Plan of Rubber Industry in the form of online video. The chairman Deng Yali gave a speech, the deputy chairman and secretary general Xu Wenying made a summary, secretaries general of 15 branches (specialized committees) and releva

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/14

China's first equipment voiceprint library of rubber industry to be created

On July 8, Sailun Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with an iFlytek wholly-owned subsidiary to build the "Artificial Intelligence Joint Innovation Center of Rubber Tire Industry." The two parties will create China's first "equipment voiceprint library of rubber industry" to promote the deep integration of artificial intel

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/14

Science and Technology Award and Patent Award of China’s Petrochemical Industry were Publicized

On August 5, the projects accepted for Science and Technology Award and Industry Patent Award of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in 2020 started to be publicized, with the publicity period as 30 days, see details in Table 1-3 (the completing person is omitted)    Among it, 78 projects were publicized for

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/14

Wanli Tire won the "Cooperation Contribution Award" from SAIC Maxus

On July 30, SAIC Maxus held the 2020 Core Supplier Conference in Liyang City, China. Wanli Tire won the “Co-operation Contribution Award” of SAIC Maxus for its excellent product quality and professional and high efficient supporting services. As early as 2012, Wanli Tire started its cooperation with SAIC Maxus. At present, Wanli Tire's sup

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Double Coin held a press conference of high-end series tire

On August 1st, Double Coin Tire Group Co., Ltd. held the High-end Series Cloud Press Conference. The conference unveiled the product layout of the dual-currency high-end product series - the "Gold Label" series. After three years of research and testing, the four major gold-labeled series of products, facing the most high-end market, King, Digni

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Bekaert steel cord coating technology won patent award

On July 14, the State Intellectual Property Adminis-tration of China issued the "Decision on Awarding of the 21st China Patent Awards". Bekaert's "long and narrow steel elements containing copper-cobalt-zinc ternary or quaternary brass alloy coatings and the corresponding manufacturing methods" (ZL201280067820.1), namely TAWI® ste

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Domestic aviation tires supporting amphibious aircraft

On July 26, the large-scale firefighting/water rescue amphibious aircraft AG600 independently developed by China, named "Kunlong." It successfully achieved the first flight at sea in the waters near Qingdao, Shandong. The Shuguang Rubber Industry Research and Design Institute has assembled two front tires and four main tires independently develo

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Michelin (China) signed a contract with CIIE for three years

On July 26, Michelin (China) and the China International Import Expo (CIIE) signed a memorandum of cooperation for a three-year exhibition. On the same day, the first meeting of the 3rd CIIE Exhibitor Alliance was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). As a member of the Council, Michelin actively participated in the exhibition

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Two world standard carbon black projects passed evaluation

On July 19, two new achievements of Dongying Best Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. passed the evaluation hosted by the Institute of Electronic Science and Technology Information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Beijing, China. The "production method of Ultra-fine particle size BDX101 carbon black for tire tread project" ach

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

China's largest rubber phenolic resin manufacturer adjusts its layout

Red Avenue New Materials Group Co., Ltd. proposed a multi-dimensional layout of the new materials industry and a strategic development plan of "one body with two wings." While consolidating and improving the leading position in the core business of special rubber chemicals, Red Avenue will also intervene in the R&D and application fields of &qu

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

CCTV reports Sailun's intelligent production system

On July 19, China Central Television (CCTV) reported the intelligent production system of Qingdao Sailun Group on "China News" channel. Recently, Sailun Group and iFlytek Company jointly built the China's first intelligent voiceprint library of industrial rubber equipment, a system that allows machines to speak. In the past, machine fault ma

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13

Baotong and BHP signed a five-year framework agreement

On July 15, the launch ceremony of a new contract for the supply of Baotong-BHP conveyor belts (2020-2024) was held in Wuxi Baotong Technology Co., Ltd. It is the first time that Baotong has signed a contract with six BHP subsidiaries, covering BHP's Australian iron ore, coal, copper, and nickel mines. After winning the bid for the BHP's South Ame

Source: China Rubber Journal

2020/10/13