Chemicals company BASF has signed an agreement with technology-based New Energy to use the latter’s pyrolysis oil – from waste tyres – used as feedstock at BASF’s integrated chemical production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The recent agreement will see New…
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GRI to build capacity with new tyre mixing plant in Sri Lanka
Specialty tyre manufacturer GRI Tires (GRI) is currently constructing a new mixing plant at the Mirigama Export Processing Zone (MEPZ), Sri Lanka, to boost capacity of tyre production and facilitate further expansion in line with increasing demand. The mixing plant…
Semperit delays sale of gloves unit due to higher earnings
Given the boost in the gloves market due to Covid-19, Austrian public listed firm Semperit AG Holding says it will continue to run its medical division for another nine months, “in view of the extremely positive earnings contributions that the…
Cabot in supply agreement with ADES for lignite carbon; improves cost structure
US speciality chemicals supplier Cabot Corporation’s subsidiary, Cabot Norit Americas has entered into a long-term supply agreement with ADA Carbon Solutions, a producer of lignite-based activated carbon and a subsidiary of Advanced Emissions Solutions. Under the supply agreement, ADA will manufacture and supply Cabot Norit’s proprietary…
MTPL begins production at greenfield tyre facility in Gujarat
India’s Mahansaria Tyres Private Limited (MTPL) will now commence commercial production at its US$100 million off-highway tyre manufacturing facility in Panoli, western Gujarat, after a virtual inauguration by Chairman Ashok Mahansaria. MTPL’s new, state-of-the-art facility, spread across 127 acres of…
Bridgestone to discontinue kart tyres supply in 2022
Industrial rubber, chemical goods and sporting manufacturer Bridgestone plans to discontinue the supply of kart tyres by end-2022: Bridgestone will be fully responsible for the supply of kart tyres until December 31, 2022, when outstanding supply contracts with customers are…
Kurz initiates low volume tyre collection in Germany
A certified scrap tyre disposal company based in Germany, Kurz Karkassenhandel (Kurz), has opened up to private tyre collection with its new online inquiry tool which allows pick-up and proper disposal of individual waste tyres. The new initiative by Kurz…
Indonesia extends cooperation in tyre industry to China
To help boost the local tyre industry to the more competitive world stage, Indonesia will offer cooperation in said industry to China, reveals Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun. Oratmangun believes that bilateral economic cooperation between Indonesia and China, especially…
GPSNR virtual gen assembly: raises smallholders’ voice, takes up sustainability
The Singapore-headquartered Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) has convened the annual General Assembly – virtually, which saw the approval of a members’ sustainability policy framework and the creation of a new membership category for smallholder producers of natural…
Top Glove plans HKEX listing by 2021
Leading rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove expects to make the listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) in the next couple of months. Executive chairman Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai believes securing a listing in a bigger…