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100,000 units of OTR project lays a foundation in Yanzhou
Recently, the foundation-laying ceremony of Hixih Rubber Industry Group's Italian Industry City was held in Yanzhou, Shandong, China.
Italian Industry City is invested RMB 30 billion yuan, and is expected to be a gathering place of European and American enterprises in China in 3-5 years.
The two projects started at the ceremony are annually 100 000 units
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2013/01/08
NorthWest Rubber Co. of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum founded
On December 19, NorthWest Rubber Co. of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group held its inaugural meeting. Shen Hao, president of Yanchang Petroleum Group, and Jiang Feng, mayor of Yanchang City, unveiled the plaque together for the new company.
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2013/01/06
China to cut import tax for rubber products in 2013
Beijing, China (Dec. 18, 2012) As reported in the Business Times, "China, the world’s largest rubber consumer, will cut import taxes on two types of natural rubber products for 2013, the finance ministry announced on Monday, in a move that could spur imports. Import tariffs for smoked rubber sheets will be set at 20 percent of the value and capped
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2012/12/18
Sinopec opens Nd-BR plant with capacity of 30 kt/y
Beijing, China (Nov.8, 2012) – Sinopec said it has opened a butadiene rubber factory through its subsidiary-Sinopec Yanshan, which has a capacity of 30 kt/year.
Sinopec described the process as a rare-earth butadiene rubber. Neodymium, a rare earth material, is used to catalyse the polymerisation of butadiene rubber to make Nd-BR, which is increasingl
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2012/11/08
Yiyang develops intermeshing mixer
Beijing,China (Nov.6, 2012) - Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery claims to have developed an intermeshing mixer. The company has called the unit a GK400.
The intermeshing style of mixer is usually used to mix more difficult compounds including silica-based tyre compounds.
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2012/11/06
China commentary on US tariffs
Beijing, China (Oct. 6, 2012) – US tariffs had the effect of reducing China’s tyre exports to the United States. Volume in 2010 was 31 million, which fell to 27.3 million in 2011.
The article at CRW Chinese version linked this attempts at trade protectionism with the imposition of consumer labels on tyres in Europe. The article described this as
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2012/10/06
Linglong Tyre to build plant in Thailand
Beijing, China (Oct.6, 2012) - Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd., one of the world’s top 20 tyre manufacturers, recently signed a contract with Hemaraj Land and Development plc. to purchase 49 hectares for a new manufacturing facility in the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, located 150 kilometres east of Bangkok in Thailand
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2012/10/06
China car production data published
Beijing, China (Sep.18, 2012) - Production of regular cars in China reached 846,900 units, Sales were 786,200 units. Production was down by 1 percent on the previous month, but up by 11 percent year on year.
Data also broke down the sales and production figures according to vehicle category.
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2012/09/18
China imported SR of 111,823 t in August
Beijing, China (Sep 11, 2012) – It was reported that China has imported synthetic rubber (including latex) of 950,413 tons, down by 1.8% at first eight months of 2012. Among them, the imports of SR on August are 111,823 tons.
The value of SR (including latex) imported is USD3.53 billion, up by 1.1% at first eight months of 2012. Among them, the value
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2012/09/11
China imported NR of 170,000 t in August
Beijing, China (Sep 11, 2012) – It was reported that China has imported natural rubber (including latex) of 1,370,000 tons, up by 13.7% at first eight months of 2012. Among them, the imports of NR imported on August are 210,000 tons.
The value of imports of NR(including latex) is USD4.58 billion, down by 18.3% at first eight months of 2012. Among them
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2012/09/11
LANXESS to build world’s largest EPDM plant in China
Changzhou,China (Sep.6, 2012) – LANXESS is building the world’s largest plant for EPDM synthetic rubber in China. The German specialty chemicals company is investing EUR 235 million (roughly RMB 1.87 billion) in the plant in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province). This is the largest investment the company has made in China to date.
The plant will have
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2012/09/06
LANXESS Mobility Day China
Shanghai, China (September 6, 2012) – German specialty chemicals group LANXESS kicked off “Mobility Day China” in Shanghai today by sharing insights into the latest development in the Green Mobility megatrend. The theme of the event is “sustainable technologies for China’s future”.
Around 400 participants from industry, a
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2012/09/06
Chinese tyre production up by 19 percent in June
Beijing, China (Aug. 2, 2012) – China made 83.147 million tyres in June 2012. The figure is up by 19 percent on June 2011 and by 8.53 percent over May 2012.
In the first six months of 2012, China's tyre production reached 430.53 million units, up by 12.3 percent over the first half of 2011.
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2012/08/02
China imported SR of 116,000 t in June
Beijing, China (July 26, 2012) – It was reported that China has imported synthetic rubber (including latex) of 720,000 tons, down by 1.6% at first six months of 2012. Among them, the imports of SR on June are 116,000 tons.
The value of SR (including latex) imported is USD2.68 billion, up by 5.1% at first six months of 2012. Among them, the value of SR
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2012/07/26
China imported NR of 160,000 t in June
Beijing, China (July 26, 2012) – It was reported that China has imported natural rubber (including latex) of 990,000 tons, up by 12.8% at first six months of 2012. Among them, the imports of June are 160,000 tons.
The value of imports of NR(including latex) is USD3.42 billion, down by 17.6% at first six months of 2012. Among them, the value of June is
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2012/07/26
Hangzhou Zhongce to start 10 million tires project
Beijing, China (July 26, 2012) - Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber has started the construction of tire production base with the total investment 8 billion RMB on June 15, 2012. It will cost 6-8 years to build the tire production base, and its annual sales will reach over 20 billion RMB. The first-stage project invested 2.4 billion RMB, will produce 10 million high-pe
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2012/07/26
Hangzhou Zongce to build overseas tyre plant
Beijing, China (Jul. 9, 2012) - China's largest tyre maker Hangzhou Zongce plans to build a tyre factory outside China in an attempt to evade anti-dumping dutues imposed on exports from China.
Hangzhou’s chairman Chairman Shen Jinrong was quoted in a Chinese-language report saying that construction is likely to commence in 2012. The company has plans
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2012/07/09
Qingdao Double Star Tire passed tyre testing
Qingdao, China (Jul. 9, 2012) - Qingdao Double Star Tire Corporation recently sent a range of tyres and tread patterns to the China National Center for tire testing and was passed successfully.
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2012/07/09
Kenda to build $333M tyre plant
TaipeiI, Taiwan (Jul. 3, 2012) - Taiwanese tyre maker Kenda Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to invest $333 million to build a factory for car, light truck, trailer and motorcycle tyres in the southeast China city of Huizhou, in Guangdong province.
By 2016, the factory will have the capacity to produce 83,000 radial tyres per day, according to Kenda Chairman Yang Ying
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2012/07/03
Jiangsu-Kuo NBR JV breaks ground in Nanjing
Nanjing, China (Jul. 3, 2012) - A Mexican-Chinese joint venture has broken ground on a 60 kt/year nitrile rubber plant in Nanjing, China. The project is a 50-50 joint venture between Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. (Kuo), and Jiangsu GPRO Group Co. Ltd. (GPRO). The project is known as INSA GPRO (Nanjing) Synthetic Rubber Co. Ltd.
The joint venture will jointly in
Source: 中国橡胶网
2012/07/03
