Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) recently conducted research on the Russian Dandelion as a commercially viable, renewable source of high-quality, tire-grade rubber.
Tags: Bridgestone Research, Dr. Hiroshi Mouri, Natural Rubber, Russian Dandelion
Apollo Vredestein B.V. is a partner in the EU-PEARLS project, which has one objective: to find a European alternative to natural rubber from the rubber tree.
Tags: Dandelion, EU-PEARLS, Natural Rubber, Raw material costs
“Last month I wrote that due to sharply lower raw material costs during 4Q11 I would not expect to see any further tire price hikes anytime soon. Unfortunately that was a wrong call because predictability of future raw material prices is all but impossible,” says tire industry analyst Saul Ludwig in the latest installment of the "Ludwig Report" in Modern Tire Dealer magazine.
Tags: butadiene, carbon black, Ludwig Report, Natural Rubber, Saul Ludwig, styrene, Tire prices
Bridgestone Corp. announced the Bridgestone Group’s plans for an extensive research project in the United States.
Tags: Bill Niaura, Bridgestone Research, Guayule, Hevea Tree, Natural Rubber
With fill rates pretty decent for the first time this year, talk about a natural rubber shortage seems unimportant.
Tags: B.O.B., India, Natural Rubber, Price increases, Raw material costs
Following the rapid recovery and growth seen in 2010, global rubber consumption is forecast to reach 25.7 million tons in 2011. The forecast includes both natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber (SR), with NR consumption of 11.2 million tons.
Tags: IRSG, Natural Rubber, Rubber Consumption, Synthetic Rubber
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. will establish two joint venture companies with Thai Eastern Group Co. LTD. in Thailand. One will run a natural rubber plantation, the other a natural rubber processing plant.
Tags: Joint ventures, Natural Rubber, Plants
Bridgestone Corp. and the World Agroforestry Centre are teaming up to provide Indonesian farmers with information about best practices for the cultivation of rubber trees.
Tags: Bridgestone Corp., Natural Rubber, Raw materials
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Nigel Lewis managing director of Cooper Tire International Trading Co. in Singapore.
Tags: Avon Tyres, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., Natural Rubber
The International Rubber Consortium (IRC) has asked Vietnam to join existing members Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia -- the three largest natural rubber exporters in the world.
Tags: Natural Rubber, Raw material costs, Saul Ludwig, Thailand, Vietnam
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. will establish two companies in Thailand with Thai Eastern Group Co. Ltd.
Tags: Natural Rubber, Raw material costs, Sumitomo Rubber Industries
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