Recycled carbon black (rCB) is an effective alternative filler in tyre compounds – however, there are significant limitations associated with replacing virgin carbon black with reclaimed pyrolysis carbon. Current technology produces a material that is not homogeneous due to the…
Tyre manufacturers Michelin and Continental, together with software developer Smag, will start up Rubberway – a joint venture specialising in the development/deployment of technological solutions for mapping sustainability practices in the supply chain of natural rubber (NR). In accordance with…
Affin Hwang Capital (Affin Hwang), a Malaysian-based investment banking group, has suggested that the weak demand for gloves from Malaysia was because of increased Chinese glove imports into the US, and highlighted a few challenges that has limited local glove…
Thailand’s Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN), Ministry of Commerce, has announced that the country has become the world’s largest rubber exporter, thanks to its free trade agreements (FTA) with China and many other countries including Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea,…
Italy’s Marangoni Retreading Systems recently introduced the all-season Blackline MIX202, an innovative addition to its RINGTREAD “MIX” family, designed for use on the drive axle of vehicles that require high mileagein mixed road/quarry applications. The new BlacklineMIX202 features an open-shoulder…
Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) has completed the acquisition of Da Vinci Group B.V. (Da Vinci), widely known as BRB, after fulfilling the conditions required in the share purchase agreement to complete the acquisition of 100% of the shares…
Toyoda Gosei (TG), a Japanese auto parts manufacturer, has recently invested some US$463,000 (JPY50 million) in Japanese AI startup Tryeting, which specialises in the rapid development of materials using artificial intelligence (AI). Nagoya University’s Tryeting provides an AI platform that…
US extrusion company Davis-Standard will be among more than 200 companies at the upcoming Rubber Expo, to be held October 7-10, in Cleveland, Ohio, US. At its booth, it will promote extrusion equipment, feedscrews and controls as well as the…
Chinese tyre maker Qingdao Doublestar is to start up a car/truck tyre plant in Algeria, in a joint venture project with local investors El Hadj Larbi Pneumatiques. The Doublestar Group will invest about US$5 million into the project, while the…
Sri Lanka-based specialty tyre manufacturer Global Rubber Industries (GRI) has recently acquired northern European materials distributor Nortire Group. The acquisition of Nortire, headquartered in Estonia, will facilitate GRI’s expansion into the northern European tyre market and expand GRI’s global tyre…