Each time a vehicle brakes, accelerates or turns a corner, its tyres send tiny rubber particles airborne which adds up to half a million tonnes of tyre dust annually in Europe alone, according to the International Journal of Environmental Research…
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Kurz initiates low volume tyre collection in Germany
A certified scrap tyre disposal company based in Germany, Kurz Karkassenhandel (Kurz), has opened up to private tyre collection with its new online inquiry tool which allows pick-up and proper disposal of individual waste tyres. The new initiative by Kurz…
Rubber Chemicals: Circular approach to redeeming the value of tyres
The tyre industry is reducing the environmental impact of tyres with a circular approach to managing waste tyres and enhancing the performance of new tyres, according to Angelica Buan in this report. A cocktail of chemicals in an old tyre…
Indonesia extends cooperation in tyre industry to China
To help boost the local tyre industry to the more competitive world stage, Indonesia will offer cooperation in said industry to China, reveals Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun. Oratmangun believes that bilateral economic cooperation between Indonesia and China, especially…
GPSNR virtual gen assembly: raises smallholders’ voice, takes up sustainability
The Singapore-headquartered Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) has convened the annual General Assembly – virtually, which saw the approval of a members’ sustainability policy framework and the creation of a new membership category for smallholder producers of natural…
Marangoni’s new Blackline tyre specially designed for extreme winter conditions
The Italian expert in cold retreading of truck and bus tyres, Marangoni Retreading Systems (Marangoni), has just introduced the new Ringtread Blackline ICE202: a premium tyre specially designed for use in severe winter conditions ?on long-distance vehicles. Apart from its…
BASF invests in pyrolysis oil firm Pyrum
German chemical firm BASF SE is to invest EUR16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialised in the pyrolysis of waste tyres, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. With the investment, BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis plant…
World’s largest optical telescope to be sealed with Trelleborg solutions
Swedish engineered polymer firm Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation has been specified by contractor, Cimolai S.p.A, to supply bespoke inflatable and compression seals to the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), located on top of…
Top Glove plans HKEX listing by 2021
Leading rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove expects to make the listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) in the next couple of months. Executive chairman Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai believes securing a listing in a bigger…
Falken-brand truck tyres to replace Ohtsu lineup at Sumitomo’s NY plant
Sumitomo Rubber North America (SRNA) will devote a larger share of capacity at the Tonawanda plant, near Buffalo, New York, to Falken-brand truck tyres, which SRNA distributes. Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. took over the plant from Goodyear in 2015 and…