German silicones maker Wacker Chemie has strengthened its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. When fully operational, the site will be able to supply over 20,000 tonnes/year of custom-made silicones. First production…
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Wacker opens new hq in Munich
German silicones firm Wacker Chemie recently opened its new corporate headquarters in Munich yesterday at a ceremony with over 100 invited guests. The new roughly 18,000 sq m building in Munich’s Werksviertel District was designed by Danish architecture firm C.F.…
Klean/L4T Group tie-up for tyre recycling in Japan
Canadian recycling firm Klean Industries Inc has announced that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ireland’s L4T Group Life for Tyres Ltd, a company that develops, builds, and operates end-of-life tyre manufacturing & pyrolysis facilities. Klean and…
SRI develops technique for measuring molecular motion in rubber
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) had announced that it, in collaboration mainly with Makina Saito, Associate Professor at Tohoku University; Takaki Hatsui, Group Director at Riken; and Yoshitaka Yoda, Senior Scientist at the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, has developed…
Mutares pumps up auto portfolio with Chinese firm
Germany-based holding firm Mutares SE & Co. says it has successfully completed the acquisition of auto parts maker Cikautxo Rubber & Plastic Components (Kunshan) from Cikautxo S.COOP. The company will join the SFC Group, part of Amaneos, as a new…
Philippines government to revitalise rubber industry
Faced with a debilitating leaf fall disease affecting the rubber sector, the Philippine Rubber Research Institute (PRRI) is formulating strategies and forging collaborations to tackle Pestalotiopsis Leaf Fall Disease (PLFD) while simultaneously enhancing the rubber industry in the country. The…
Michelin inaugurates new machine for agricultural tyres at French plant
French tyre maker Michelin is announcing the inauguration of its Cosmos machine on its industrial site in Troyes, France. Cosmos, as it is known, uses a new technology suited to the specific nature of agricultural tyre manufacture – size, weight,…
Orion installing tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at Polish plant
Specialty chemicals firm Orion S.A. says it is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland – the company’s latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black. The tanks will serve as reception points…
Orion launches high-jetness carbon black for polymers market
US-based speciality chemicals firm Orion S.A. has launched Printex chroma 500 Beads, a high-jetness (a complex function of surface area, primary particle size, and degree of dispersion) carbon black designed for the engineered plastics market that demands high aesthetic quality.…
Circtec acquires Granuband for supply of waste tyres
UK’s Circtec Ltd, which specialises in end-of-life tyre chemical recycling through pyrolysis technology, has acquired Granuband B.V., a Netherlands-based end-of-life tyre collection and recycling company. With a substantial recycling plant in the industrial port of Amsterdam, capable of processing 50,000…