Clean energy firm Vow ASA’s subsidiary Scanship AS has signed a FEED (Front End Engineering Design) contract with UK-based end of life tyre recycling company Murfitts Industries for a pyrolysis plant. The new FEED contract will result in the design…
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Graphene nanotubes power thermal cameras for firefighters
Hungarian electro-optical systems manufacturer Medirlab has expanded its production line with an explosion-proof thermal camera to meet the demands of firefighters in the most challenging environments. The enhanced ATEX safety is achieved by integrating Luxembourg-headquartered OCSiAl’s Tuball graphene nanotubes in…
Nova Motorsport relaunches successful rallycross tyre
Recently, Nova Motorsport has unveiled its new ACB11 rallycross tyre at the Loheac round of the 2024 French Rallycross Championship (FFSA Championnat De France Rallycross), of which the brand is the title sponsor. The latest ACB11 tyre is produced in…
Bridgestone launches 55% recycled material tyre
Bridgestone has introduced Potenza Sport, the company’s first mass-produced tyre to incorporate 55% ISCC PLUS certified recycled and renewable materials. The tyre was developed with Enliten technology to improve its sustainability characteristics and make it fully EV-ready, without making any…
General Science rolls out tyres at new facility expansion in Cambodia
China’s General Science’s Cambodian subsidiary recently held a ceremony for the first batch of tyres to roll off the production line at the second phase of its tyre facility located in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone. The project started construction in…
Australian govt to invest A$44 mn to reduce waste in WA
The Federal and Western Australian Labor governments are co-investing A$44 million in nine new recycling projects, including tyre recycling, to improve recycling capabilities across Perth and in regional areas in Western Australia. In total, the nine projects will divert an…
Nokian Tyres to add renewable material from birch bark to tyres
Nokian Tyres has signed a development agreement with Swedish biomaterial science company Reselo AB to further develop its renewable material Reselo Rubber as a potential new raw material in tyres. Reselo Rubber is a completely renewable material made from birch…
Bridgestone, Grupo BB&G and Versalis tie-up for recycling tyres to tyres
Tyre firm Bridgestone EMEA (Bridgestone), technology company Grupo BB&G (BB&G) and Italian chemical firm Versalis (Eni) have entered into an agreement aimed at establishing a closed-loop ecosystem to transform end-of-life tyres into new tyres. The agreement will bring together the…
Mitsubishi Chemical exploring recycling of end-of-life tyres through coke ovens
Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) says it is undertaking studies to perform chemical recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) by utilising the coke ovens at its Kagawa Plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture). It aims to begin marketing sustainable carbon black made…
Trederra/TRS to use recycled tyres in rubber soles of footwear
US firm Trederra LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MatMarket LLC, has announced an exclusive supply agreement with Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) of Switzerland supporting the production of Trederra footwear outsoles made from end-of-life tyres. TRS will supply Trederra with…