On June 18, Shandong Dawn Polymer Material Co., Ltd. announced that its 3,000 ton/year specialty HNBR (hydrogenated butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber) device had successfully started up and produced qualified products,and afterwards, the company would actively verify products, develop new products and exploit markets with customers. The project is under the responsibility of the wholly-ownedsubsidiary Shandong Dawn Specialty Elastomer Co., Ltd., with an investment of RMB 110 Million Yuan.Dawn is a

Recently, Linglong Tire held the 2018 “Green Supply Chain” project summing-up meeting, and Kemai Chemical Co., Ltd. was awarded the title of qualified green supplier of “Green Supply Chain”.In 2018, Green Supply Chain project of SAIC-GM and Linglong Tire was officially launched. Linglong Tire established a green supply chain mechanism with its own characteristics to carry out energy conservation and emission reduction control, and to start the promotion of green concepts for raw material and

The Chinese aftermarket is forecasted to grow 7.5% per year through 2030, according to areport by McKinsey.According to the report, the rest of Asia will be the second-fastest-growing market with a growth rate of 6.1%. The North American market is forecasted to grow at a rate of 1.7% per year and followed by Europe at 1.5%.TheChina International Tire Expo(CITEXPO) reported that the number of passenger vehicles in operation (VIO) in China will grow from 185 million to 401.7 million from 2017 to 2

TheU.S. Trade Representative(USTR) will accept exclusion requests for the List 3 China Tariffs List for products imported from China, beginning June 30 and ending Sept. 30, 2019. Any exclusions granted will be retroactive to Sept. 24, 2018, when the duties were first put in place. The exclusion will last for a period of one year after it has been granted.The List 3 group of Chinese imports covers nearly $200 billion worth of products, including many auto parts, from engines and metal fasteners t

Perception of Chinese Tyres Has Changed In MexicoIn Mexico, Huaan tire's parnter say,Huaan Tireis positioned as a new mid-range brand. The customer from Mexico decided to place a trial order in 2019 Citexpo to test Huaan tire.Customers are attracted by the beautiful appearance and high quality of tires. Huaan tireoffers a full range ofpremium truck tirefrom 20 to 24- inch diameter.“In recent years, we noticed a change of view on Chinese tyres that had previously been perceived as budget and

On February 26, the rubber and plastic products production project of Beijing Chengnan Rubber and Plastic Technology Research Institute with a total investment of RMB 516.80 Million Yuan started construction in Caofeidian New Industrial Park.Covering an area of 100 mu, this project is successfully bid by Chengnan Rubber Plastic through the use right bidding, auction and listing procedures for the state-owned land, with RMB 13 Million Yuan successfully. Caofeidian base will mainly build mixing w

On April 12, Shougang Concord Century Holdings Limited and relevant departments of Tengzhou Municipal Government reached a preliminary consensus and signed a memorandum of understanding that Shougang Concord Century would invest to build a steel cord production line with the annual output of 100,000 tons in the first half of this year, including building a yellow wire (semi-finished or products in process of steel cord) production line with the annual output of 20,000 tons.The Eastern Steel Cord

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a proposedfourth Section 301 tariff liston approximately $300 billion worth of importsfrom China that may be subject to additional tariffs.The notice includes 3,805 product categories that could be subject to an additional tariff of up to 25% ad valorem. This list covers essentially all imports from China that are not currently covered on aprevious Section 301 list,according to the Auto Care Association.The fourth list is the latest to

China plans to raise tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods as retaliation to the U.S. decision to hike tariffs on Chinese goods, the Chinese Finance Ministry announced May 13.Beijing will increase tariffs on more than 5,000 products to as high as 25%, and duties on other goods will increase to 20%.According to CNBC.com, the Chinese Finance Ministry’s retaliation announcementshot down major U.S. stock indexesmore than 2% May 13.The U.S. announced May 8that it would raise tariffs on $200 billion w

Doublestar is to acquire Hengyu Technology for 899 million yuan (US$130m). As part of the purchase, the company plans to upgrade Hengyu Technology’s production equipment and streamline processes.Guangrao County, where Hengyu Technology is based, is famously the tire capital of China. However, with the structural overcapacity, export and environmental protection issues becoming more and more prominent in recent years, companies with big developments of large-scale, low-end production capacity ha

On February 24, MESNAC and China Hainan Rubber Industry Group Co., Ltd. officially signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement. The two parties will give full play to their own advantages and cooperate in fields like research development, manufacturing upgrading, industrial fund investment, etc., with a view to promoting the optimization and upgrading of the whole rubber industry.According to the agreement content, cooperation directions of the two enterprises include military-civilianintegration,

On February 19, Jiangxi Blackcat Carbon Black Inc., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s major coking enterprise, China Xuyang Group Co., Ltd.According to the agreement content, the two parties will continue to carry out more in-depth cooperation in supply and demand business of tar and anthracene oil that are necessary for carbon black production. In addition, the existing industrial naphthalene products of Blackcat Carbon Black can be used by Xuyang Group. For this end,

The International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), comprising Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia, announced plans to reduce rubber exports by 240,000 tonnes for a period of four months beginning April 1, 2019 to boost the price of the commodity.The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the council held in Bangkok on March 4-5 to finalise the implementation details of the Sixth Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme (AETS).The cut in rubber exports is expected to check further fall in NR prices

Eighteen months afteron its first North American tire facility, Nokian Tyres P.L.C. is on schedule to begin producing tires commercially by early 2020.The Finnish tire maker said the hiring process is under way, with 200 of the facility's 400 employees expected to be working by year-end. Peter Chia, Dayton factory operations director, cited the tremendous collaboration among several involved parties for keeping the project on schedule. When we were recruiting this project, our goal was to st

QINGDAO, Shandong—Chinese machinery maker Mesnac and natural rubber supplier Hainan Rubber have entered a three-year strategic partnership.The two parties will join forces in the research and development of rubber materials and products as well as smart manufacturing, according to a Mesnac statement. The companies also plan to set up an industrial fund to invest in related areas.Under the partnership, Mesnac and Hainan Rubber will establish a national laboratory for natural and synthetic rubber

ZC Rubber has announced that it will introduce a series of new commercial and consumer tyres in 2019. Covering European TBR and PCR tyre markets, the new products have been designed to meet local customer demands, the manufacturer states.Marked M+S, the newly introduced second generation of Westlake tyres is designed for fitment on trucks and buses driving on icy and snowy winter roads, ZC Rubber states. The tyres represent an upgrade of the first generation Westlake commercial tyres, adding lat

The two orders issued by the Department of Commerce will likely be published in the Federal Register early next week and deposits for these duties will begin to be collected from Chinese truck and bus tire manufacturers by the end of next week, according to the Tire Retread and Information Bureau (TRIB).The countervailing duties are set at three rates: 20.98%, 42.16% and 63.34%, depending on the manufacturer.The estimated weighted average antidumping rates are set at either 9% or 22.57%, dependi

Brenntag, a chemical distributor, signed an agreement to acquire the lubricants division of Reeder Distributors Inc., a regional, integrated lubricant distributor in Fort Worth.Reeder's lubricants division generates sales of about $60 million each year.Brenntag did not disclose details of the deal, but noted that Reeder's fuel and equipment divisions are not part of the acquisition. The transaction is subject to conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.Geographica

Many high-end truck fleets use Huaan tires in Mexico to save money and labor cost. Now the available sizes are 11R22.5 and 295/80R22.5 for Mexico.Huaan tire is expected to be hot products in the Mexico. The end cusotmers use Huaan tires instead of Bridgestone and Sumitoto. “At first glance, Huaan tire is very beautiful. The sidewall is very stronger than other Chinese brand tires” one of customer comment Huaan tire.Wish Huaan tire can serve more high-end customers. If you need premium tire in

Truck tires manufactured by Continental A.G. and Double Coin Holdings Ltd. ranked first and second in fuel-efficiency tests conducted by a Canadian non-profit that conducts research and technology transfer for the Canadian forest industry.The tests were conducted recently by PIT Group, a third-party research organization that is a division of FPInnovations, the Canadian-non-profit.Tires manufactured by Group Michelin came in third.PIT Group ran two comparison tests on steer, drive and trailer ti