Nokian Tyres plc and Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. have signed a contract manufacturing agreement, whereby Sentury will start to manufacture selected Nokian Tyres’ passenger car tyres for the Central European market. Tyres manufactured at the partner’s production facility are designed…
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Harps buys Semperit’s glove business for EUR115 mn
Singapore’s Harps Global Pte and Semperit Technische have reached an agreement on the acquisition by Harps of Semperit’s medical business (comprising the manufacture, distribution and sale of medical examination and surgical gloves) (Sempermed) for an enterprise value of EUR115 million.…
Carbon black bound for sustainability
Sustainable carbon black made from renewable feedstock is becoming more and more in demand. But for technologies to fully produce lower cost, carbon neutral versions, they may still need to be fine- tuned, says Angelica Buan in this report. Moving…
Recycling: Thermoset rubber circular economy
Devulcanising crumb rubber from scrapped tyres to mould new engineered products presents a solution to the huge and ever growing ecological issue of waste tyres and a way to a real circular economy for thermoset rubbers. One of the biggest…
LD Carbon/Sumitomo Rubber to commercialise rCB and pyrolysis oil
South Korean waste treatment and raw material recycling company LD Carbon has signed an MOU with Japanese tyre maker Sumitomo Rubber Industries for the commercialisation of recovered carbon black (rCB) and pyrolysis oil. Through this agreement, two companies will jointly…
Sensata launches new sensor for all tyres
Sensata Technologies has developed a new Tyre Mounted Sensor for vehicle and tyre OEMs to deliver enhanced safety, performance, and data insights. Sensata’ Tire Mounted Sensor is the next step in the evolution of tyre sensing, leveraging tyres as the…
Biesterfeld to distribute Evonik rubber additive in Europe
German chemicals distributor Biesterfeld is expanding its partnership with compatriot chemical firm Evonik by taking on the distribution of rubber additive Vestenamer to all of Europe with the exception of Italy. The properties of trans-polyoctenamer rubber (TOR) make it suitable…
Apollo opens tyre testing facility in Chennai
India’s Apollo Tyres has opened what it says is an “advanced” tyre testing facility at its Global R&D Centre outside Chennai. According to the company says, the new centre will enable R&D on tyres for passenger vehicles and two-wheelers. At…
Yokohama Rubber and Indonesian NR supplier sign MOU to improve traceability
Yokohama Rubber has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PT Kirana Megatara Tbk, a major natural rubber supplier in Indonesia, to cooperate in efforts to provide economic support for Indonesian natural rubber farmers and to improve traceability to ensure…
Synthos welcomes US probe on Czech imports of ESBR
Recently, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that imports of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) from the Czech Republic were not sold in the US at less than fair value (LTFV) and, consequently, no industry of the US is…