Yokohama Industries Americas Inc. (YIA) has announced plans to cease all production operations at its Versailles, Kentucky, manufacturing plant by mid-2025. This decision will result in a workforce reduction of approximately 250 employees. YIA products manufactured at this facility will…
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Momentive ties up with Jiangxi Hungpai for jv silane production in Asia
Silicones producer Momentive Performance Materials group and specialty solutions company, and Jiangxi Hungpai Material Co., Ltd. (Hungpai), a silicon-based research and manufacturing leader in China, are to establish a joint venture focused on the manufacturing, promotion, and sale of silanes…
Red Avenue to build US$70 mn rubber additives plant in Thailand
Chinese rubber additives supplier Red Avenue New Materials Group says it will invest US$70 million to build a new rubber additives factory in Thailand, in a bid to boost its international sales. The new plant, slated to be built in…
Klean Industries & Viva Energy to launch tyre recycling in Australia
Canada-based Klean Industries and Australian energy infrastructure firm Viva Energy are partnering to launch a tyre recycling initiative at the Geelong Refinery. The initiative aims to transform end-of-life tyres into valuable resources and promote sustainability within Australia’s circular economy. The aim…
Michelin ties up with CNRS to develop water-based hydrogen
French tyre maker Michelin, France’s CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), European universities Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and Université Savoie Mont Blanc recently launched a new partnership. Over a period of four years, the research teams will strive to develop…
Orion’s circular carbon black receives European recognition
Chemical firm Orion S.A. has announced that the European Commission has listed the company on its “Innovation Radar” website, which identifies high-potential innovators that have done EU-funded research. The recognition highlights Orion’s achievement as a “Key Innovator” for being the first…
Prism/Sherwood partner for sustainable TPEs in extruded rubber sheets
Tyre recycler Prism Worldwide, which uses end-of-life tyres in its thermoplastics elastomers (TPEs), and Sherwood Industries, a family-owned sheet extruder of thermoplastics, have announced a partnership to introduce Prism’s TPEs into extruded TPE sheets. Extruded TPE rubber sheets are widely used across multiple…
Zeon/Yokohama Rubber to set up pilot plant for plant-based butadiene
Materials firm Zeon Corporation and Yokohama Rubber Co have agreed to establish a pilot facility to demonstrate technology for producing butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other sustainable materials. The facility will be based at Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant (Shunan…
Vianode receives US$300 mn loan for US synthetic graphite plant
Battery materials firm Vianode says it has made significant progress on the project financing for the planned development of a North American, large-scale synthetic graphite plant. Euler Hermes AG, the export credit agency acting for the German government, has confirmed in a Letter of…
Tyros setting up pyrolysis recycling facility in Port of Ostend
The Port of Ostend in Belgium says that tyre recycler Tyros BV, founded in May 2024, will set up a tyre recycling plant on a 2-ha site on the former UCB site in the port area of ??Ostend. Supported by Belgium’s Flanders regional government, with a…