On 11 July 2017, the opening day of Tyrexpo India 2017 in Chennai, India, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Wei Yun, Chairman of China United Rubber Corporation (CURC), and Aloysius Arlando, CEO of SingEx Exhibitions, to co-locate RubberTech China and Tyrexpo India 2018 as well as Tyrexpo Africa 2018.