Global manufacturer/supplier of carbon black, Birla Carbon, has entered a partnership with Chasm Advanced Materials, a similarly renowned manufacturer/developer of printed electronics and battery materials, to design new, hybrid nanomaterials – the companies will share research and engineering resources on…
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Mahansaria Tyres to buy major stake in Euro distributor; setting up OTR tyre factory in west India
India’s Mahansaria Tyres (MTPL) is buying a controlling stake in the European Agricultural Tyre Distributors (EATD) to help it build a distribution network in Europe. The Dutch business EATD, which was set up six years ago to handle the import/…
China’s Long March and DoubleStar Tire sign JV agreements with Pakistani firms
Chinese companies Long March and DoubleStar Tire have signed joint venture deals with Pakistani businesses, as China has begun to consider Pakistan as an investment destination. According to the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood, Long March has…
Halcyon subsidiary joins NGOs for sustainable rubber in Cameroon
Corrie MacColl, a subsidiary of Halcyon Agri, the world’s leading rubber supply chain manager, has joined forces with local and international NGOs to strengthen sustainable rubber production across its Cameroon plantations. Following a long-running consultation, Mighty Earth and the Community…
Dunlop Tyres to build aircraft tyre plant in West Java, Indonesia
UK manufacturer Dunlop Aircraft Tyres (Dunlop) is soon to build an aircraft tyre factory in Karawang, Indonesia, for about US$70.9 million. Dunlop’s new plant, developed and constructed together with local tyre-making giant PT Rubberman Indonesia, is projected to be operational…
Bridgestone’s Susym is “world’s first” rubber-resin copolymer material
Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has developed the world’s first polymer material that bonds rubbers and resin. Susym – a combination of the words “sustain,” “symphony” and “symbiosis” – has many advanced properties that is expected to establish the product as…
Murfitts acquisition of Sapphire to grow its tyre recycling capacity in the UK
Murfitts Industries (Murfitts), a UK tyre recycler, has recently acquired the tyre recycling assets of fellow English Sapphire Energy Recovery (Sapphire), in a move expected to nearly double the former’s tyre processing capacity. Part of Tarmac, Sapphire is a waste…
Letone Hydraulic starts up new US$236m rubber hose plant in China
China-based rubber hose maker Letone Hydraulic (Letone) has started construction on the first phase of its US$236.5 million Smart Hydro Industrial Park, a new plant for rubber hose and related products in Henan Province. Upon full operation in 2024, the plant…
Marangoni introduces new MTXL retread solution for OTR tyres
Italian-based tyre retreader Marangoni’s latest product development in the OTR tyre segment represents a new retread solution for Kiruna slag pot carriers. According to Ayhan Haliloglou, OTR tyre Area Manager at Marangoni, Valtasiirto, a Finnish company specialising in delivering comprehensive…
Black Bear to establish new rCB plant in The Netherlands
Following a lengthy evaluation process, Black Bear Carbon (Black Bear), a Dutch company specialising in recovering carbon black from end-of-life tyres, has chosen to set up its next tyre pyrolysis plant in the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Black Bear…