Germany-based chemical firm BASF SE has signed an uptake supply agreement with New Energy, a technology company specialised in the pyrolysis of waste tyres, headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. According to the agreement, New Energy will supply BASF with up to…
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JK Tyre to focus on replacement market, exports after reviewing sales growth
Indian tyre manufacturer JK Tyre & Industries (JK Tyre) is changing their business approach to focus on the replacement market, where the manufacturer has noticed promising growth recently, and exports, with regards to the US and Latin America. The production…
UK Rubber approved for waste tyre storage near main Scottish railway
UK Rubber, a new company set to handle almost all of Scotland’s tyre recycling, has received approval for waste tyre storage at Dalzell Steelworks, close to a mainline rail route in Motherwell, southeast Glasgow. Network Rail Scotland, who looks after…
World Rubber Summit postponed to 2021
With the earlier announcement of the postponement of the World Rubber Summit (WRS) 2020, which was to be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 4-6 May 2020, Singapore-headquartered International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has said that the event will be…
IRSG predicts 12% decline in rubber demand in 2020
The Singapore-based Secretariat of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), which publishes data on production, consumption, trade and prices covering both natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber (SR), estimates a sharp decline in the global rubber demand by 12.6% year-on-year…
Cooper Tire Serbia to increase production capacity by end-2020
The Serbian subsidiary of Cooper Tire has announced a US$8 million construction project to increase production capacity at its Kruševac tyre manufacturing plant. The project will increase the size of the Kruševac facility to more than 882,000 sq. ft., facilitate…
HR Ministry finds no evidence of forced labour at Top Glove
A raid carried out at Top Glove Sdn. Bhd.’s (Top Glove) Malaysian headquarters in Klang, just two days before the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a detention orderon imports from two Top Glove subsidiaries, found no trace of…
Wacker household, personal care silicones to be marketed under Liosil brand name
International supplier Wacker Chemie (Wacker) is to market its silicone-based products for household, consumer and sanitary paper products under the Liosil brand. The brand will include Liosil FC additives for fabric care, Liosil HC additives for household care,and Liosil TS…
Cattle mats produced from waste tyres offers effective first step recycling
Australian Owen Henry has developed an innovative solution to the mounting waste tyre problem in the country: cattle mats made from recycled tyres for use in farms. With funding assistance from Tyre Stewardship Australia, Taurus Mats was formed and custom-produces…
Arlanxeo moves hq to the Hague to be closer to parent company
Synthetic rubber maker Arlanxeo has moved its corporate headquarters from Maastricht to The Hague, Netherlands, in what it says is to forge closer ties with its parent company, Saudi Aramco. Arlanxeo was established in April 2016 as a joint venture…