The Color Green Coming To Your Shop
You can’t ignore the movement. Here’s how to make it work for you. Anyone who has been around since the 1960s remembers the beginnings of the environmental movement, our first recycling efforts and the green-colored peace sign that was adopted as the pro-ecology logo. Since those first baby steps, we’ve seen the birth of CAFÉ
TIA Accepting Hall of Fame Nominations
The Tire Industry Association is accepting nominations for the 2008 Tire Industry Hall of Fame from May 1 to July 1.
Advanced ID to Supply RFID Chips to Mesnac in China
Advanced ID, a leading supplier of RFID systems to the tyre industry, is to supply millions of RFID chips to Mesnac through its Pneu-Logic division.
Metro Vancouver Bans Tires From Landfills
(Journal of Commerce) Old tires are now being reused for a variety of purposes, but one place that they will no longer end up is in a Vancouver landfill.
Ontario Tire Fee to Fund Recycling
(Toronto Star) Ontarians throw away some 12 million used tires a year and, unlike other provinces with government recycling programs, too many are left in dangerous stockpiles, buried in landfills or shipped out of province to be burned as fuel.
TIA Retreading & Recycling Conference Grows 60%
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) reports that tyre industry visitors to the second Commercial Tire, Retread & Recycling Conference (CTRRC), held in Florida, increased by more than 60% over last year.
Indian Tire Companies Want End to Inverted Duty
Indian tiremakers want the country to change its upside-down duty system that places a higher duty cost on raw materials – like natural rubber – than it does on finished products – like tires. The producers have asked the Indian government to cut the duty on NR from 20% to 7.5%, a move they claim
First Reifen China Attracts Over 5,800 Visitors
The organisers of the first Reifen China exhibition have published visitor attendance and exhibitor numbers from the inaugural “Asian Essen Show.”
Impressive Debut Set Stage for an Even Bigger Tyrexpo Africa
When Tyrexpo Africa 2006 got underway in September of that year, there was very little to compare the exhibition with – no tyre show had taken place in South Africa for more than a quarter of a century before ECI International took the decision to hold the inaugural event in Johannesburg.
Reifen China Launched in Ticker Tape Opening
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Reifen China, Messe Essen’s first tyre exhibition in Asia, was launched today at an opening ceremony that included messages from supporters as diverse as the China Petrochemical association, the China Rubber Industry Association and the Lord Mayor of Essen.