Oil major BP has signed an eight-year offtake agreement with Circtec, a UK-based technology company that develops and operates a pyrolysis chemical process technology and whose plants convert hard-to-recycle waste tyres into HUPATM – Circtec’s proprietary renewable drop-in marine fuel,…
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Enviro receives additional payment from jv for plant
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received an additional payment for costs incurred relating to the plant in Uddevalla, Sweden. The payment has been made by the joint venture established by Enviro and Antin Infrastructure Partners. This time, Enviro has…
Monolith/Mines Paris-PSL expand carbon black R&D partnership
US low-emission carbon black and hydrogen manufacturer Monolith says it has renewed an expanded partnership with École des Mines de Paris-PSL (Mines Paris) through February 2030 in support of research and development (R&D) efforts at the organisation’s facility in Sophia…
Continental marks 15 years of tyre biz in Thailand
German tyre maker Continental recently celebrated 15 years since establishing its tyre business in Thailand and five years of tyre production in its tyre plant in Rayong. The tyre manufacturer had invested a total of EUR250 million in the plant…
Apollo/Natrax to develop tyre test track in India for EVs
India’s Apollo Tyres is partnering with Natrax, a provider of testing and validation services, to set up what the partners say is “the first of its kind test track” in India, specifically designed to validate tyres for electric vehicles (EVs)…
Himadri Speciality to expand speciality carbon black capacity
India’s Himadri says it will expand its carbon black capacity to meet the increasing demand from Europe amid an impending ban on Russian carbon black imports in the EU. The Kolkata-based speciality chemicals major will expand its speciality carbon black…
Continental Tires and Brabus test sporty tyre launched for APAC market
Leveraging more than a decade of partnership, Germany’s Continental Tires and vehicle maker Brabus teamed up recently to test the limits of the newly-launched, made-for-APAC (Asia-Pacific) sporty tyre, MaxContact MC7, at Continental’s testing facility Contidrom. Using the Brabus 750 Bodo…
Arlanxeo breaks ground on new HNBR plant in China
Synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Therban hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) plant in Changzhou, China. With a nameplate annual production capacity of 5,000 tonnes, the first…
Michelin breaks ground on EUR60 mn innovation centre in France
Tyre maker Michelin’s groundbreaking of the Collaborative Innovation Centre is said to mark a major milestone in this project dedicated to innovation, and the only one of its kind in Europe. Initiated in 2020 and spearheaded by five major local…
Neste concludes first processing run with pyrolysis oil from discarded tyres
In its efforts to advance chemical recycling, sustainable materials firm Neste says it has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tyres. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for…