US materials firm Dow has launched Nordel REN Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymers (EPDM), a bio-based version of Dow’s EPDM rubber material that goes into automotive, infrastructure and consumer applications. A key component of automotive weatherseals and hoses, Dow aims to…
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Klean Industries expands rCB footprint in India and Malaysia
Canada’s Klean Industries Inc. has announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to supply its equipment and patented technologies for upgrading char derived from the thermal processing of end-of-life tyres (ELT) into recovered carbon black (rCB). This…
General Science opens Chinese/Thai tyre plants
China’s General Science recently held the commissioning ceremony for its Chinese semi-steel tyre expansion project in Wuxi, and the Thailand Phase II project in Rayong on the same day. The company’s Thailand Phase II project has a designed production capacity…
GPSNR sets up sustainability assurance system
Members of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR), who represent almost 60% of the value chain, have agreed on an industry wide assurance system. Through this agreement, the natural rubber industry now has a standardised stage-by-stage process through…
Suzano and Behn Meyer to produce lignin-based rubber
Pushing forward with more sustainability in the rubber market, Suzano S.A., the world’s largest market pulp producer, and German chemical distribution company Behn Meyer Group have announced a new partnership to supply sustainable additives to the European rubber market As…
Enviro receives order for tyre pyrolysis oil from petchem firm
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) says it has received an order for deliveries of 500 tonnes of recovered pyrolysis oil from a leading European oil player. The oil, which will be produced at Enviro’s facility in Åsensbruk, will be…
Evonik commissions new silica plant in Germany
German chemicals firm Evonik has inaugurated a plant for its dispersion technology for fumed silica at its Rheinfelden site in Germany. This strengthens the specialty chemicals company’s position for silicas from the Aerosil family. The new system is tailored for…
LD Carbon secures US$28 mn funding for rCB/pyrolysis oil production
South Korean producer of recovered carbon black rCB, LD Carbon has closed a US$28 million Series C funding round led by auto maker Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital, with participation by Meritz Securities, Investwith, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hyundai Motor…
Schwalbe to use Pyrum rCB in wider range of bicycle tyres
One year after bicycle tyre manufacturer Schwalbe introduced the world’s first circular tyre using the Pyrum rCB, the use of rCBs in tyre production is being massively expanded. From now on, 70% of all Schwalbe tyres will be made of…
UPM/Nokian Tyres partner on concept tyre with renewable functional fillers
Finland’s UPM Biochemicals, a materials firm, and tyre maker Nokian Tyres say they are set for an industry first with a concept tyre partly based on UPM’s BioMotion renewable functional fillers (RFF). The partnership will launch UPM’s CO?-negative RFF into…