To meet growing demand for silicone rubber, German firm Wacker Chemie AG is accelerating the expansion of its production capacities. Investment projects to this end are either in the planning stage or are nearing completion. Significant capacity expansions for liquid silicone rubber (LSR)…
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Nynas to focus on European markets
Chemical firm Nynas says it is now taking strategic steps to strengthen its competitiveness in core markets. It will create a business footprint focusing on customers in the naphthenics and bitumen market in Europe, and significantly improve efficiency to deliver a competitive customer experience. Furthermore,…
Tatneft sells tyre business
Russian petchem giant PJSC Tatneft says it has sold the tyre business of Tatneft Group, which it has owned for 20 years, to AO Tatneftekhiminvest-holding, which is not a member of Tatneft Group, due to the current situation. Terms were not disclosed The transaction…
Nynas reorganises; sales in Asia from Singapore
Chemical firm Nynas is taking strategic steps to strengthen its competitiveness in core markets. Nynas says it will create a business footprint focusing on customers in the naphthenics and bitumen market in Europe, and significantly improve efficiency to deliver a competitive customer experience.…
Pyrum expands waste recycling plant with pelletiser
End-of-life tyre recycler Pyrum Innovations has started test operation of its new pelletiser at its plant site in Dillingen, Germany. The pelletiser enables the recovered carbon black (rCB) obtained by means of the pyrolysis process to be bonded into pellets,…
ICDX partners with Helixtap for Indonesian rubber contracts
Helixtap Technologies, the pioneer of AI-driven price and market intelligence for the rubber industry, is partnering with ICDX, the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, to create an exchange-traded rubber product. The partnership will address the growing need for improved capital…
Asahi Kasei to provide carbon footprint data for synthetic rubber and elastomers
Following its announcement last year to begin producing and marketing sustainable solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) using the sustainable butadiene at its plant in Singapore by the end of fiscal 2021, Asahi Kasei has developed a system1 to calculate the carbon…
Wacker opens EUR40 mn R&D centre/hq in the US
German silicones maker Wacker Chemie has opened a new regional Innovation Centre based in Michigan, US. The research building, which will develop high-margin biotech and silicone specialties for high-tech applications in key industries, will also serve as the headquarters of Wacker’s…
Michelin motorcycle tyre made from Enviro’s rCB
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REP completes machine portfolio by taking over RPM Italy
Machine company REP international says it has expanded its network and product line through the acquisition of a majority stake in the Italian company RPM Srl., effective May 2022. As a vertical rubber injection machine maker and with the integration…