US-based Bolder Industries, a pioneer of advanced sustainable chemical manufacturing sourced from end-of-life tyres, has purchased the former Pyrolyx facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 66,000-sq-ft location, which ceased operations in March 2020, will be retrofitted with Bolder Industries’ proprietary…
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BlackCycle launches world’s first production of sustainable carbon blacks
The BlackCycle consortium launched the world’s first production of sustainable carbon blacks (sCB) for tyre applications on a conventional carbon black furnace reactor by using oils derived from an end-of-life tyre (ELT) pyrolysis process. The usage of pyrolysis oil, supplied by Pyrum…
Bridgestone consolidates its manufacturing footprints of bus, truck radial tyres in China
Bridgestone is considering restructuring its global manufacturing footprint – the group’s core business , and which includes tyre, diversified product, and material manufacturing sites, over the mid-long medium term to secure its earning power, and is looking to strengthen its…
Michelin covers challenges, innovation of 100% sustainable tyres of the future
French tyre maker Michelin, does not need to gaze on a crystal ball to foresee what a “tyre of the future” would look and feel like. The tyre industry is responding to the climate emergency with 100 percent sustainable tyres.…
Cabot ties up with IFF Health for sustainable rubber additives
US carbon black maker Cabot Corporation has tied up with bio-science and engineering firm IFF Health and Biosciences for the development and commercialisation of sustainable reinforcing additives for rubber products. Under the terms of this MOU, Cabot and IFF will exclusively work together…
Cabot set to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
US carbon black maker Cabot Corporation says it is joining other leading companies in the global movement to align its sustainability agenda with the Paris Climate Agreement to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. This ambition demonstrates Cabot’s ongoing commitment to…
Tatneft/KazMunayGas set up jv for US$1 bn BR project
In line with its plans to produce butadiene rubber (BR) in Kazakhstan, Russian oil/gas firm PJSC Tatneft has tied up in a joint venture with Kazakhstan state-owned oil/gas firm KazMunayGas for the implementation of the US$1 billion project to produce butadiene and BR. The plans…
GranBio/Birla Carbon awarded grant for scale-up of rubber masterbatch
AVAPCO, a subsidiary of GranBio Technologies, says that it has been awarded US$500,000 in funding from P3Nano, a public private partnership between the US Endowment for Forestry & Communities and the USDA Forest Service (USFS), along with an additional US$230,000 from the USFS under…
Glove sector gains an upper hand in PPE market
Consumption for rubber gloves has gone up amid workplace safety concerns and the management of emerging infectious diseases like the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the nitrile butadiene rubber market has responded positively with improved supply. Growing reliance on PPE, a…
Bridgestone consolidates its plants for advanced chemical products in Japan
Bridgestone Corporation announced that it will consolidate its plants for advanced chemical products in Japan, which are now manufactured in nine plants, namely, Kita-Kanto, Totsuka, Komaki, Mie, Yoshida, Tosu, Shikoku, Gifu, and Gotemba, owned by its group company, Bridgestone Diversified…