Chemical firm Nynas says it has received ISCC Plus certification for its products: Nytro Bio 300X and Nytex Bio 6200. Nynas offers bitumen and naphthenic specialty products for tyre applications. ISCC Plus is a voluntary, globally recognised sustainability certification scheme…
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Freudenberg secures large order for US power tooling bumpers
Germany’s Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) says it has secured significant new business to supply bumpers to a large American power tool manufacturer for use in its electric nail guns. The contract represents a major expansion of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ business…
LanzaTech and Sumitomo Riko jv to develop isoprene from waste products
Carbon capture and transformation (CCT) company LanzaTech NZ, that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products, and Japanese rubber parts manufacturer Sumitomo Riko Company (formerly Tokai Rubber Industries) have announced a joint-development agreement…
Continental gives new life to E tyres as basketball court paving
A new basketball court is being built in Hanover, Germany, to give children from the surrounding area a lively place to play, run and train. What is unique about it is that German tyre firm Continental is providing the necessary…
NR price on downward trend; growth expected for demand
The global market produced about 1.435 million tonnes of natural rubber (NR) during October 2022, according to Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) in its monthly report. It adds that about 87% of the production is attributed…
Kumho/Technip to produce recycled styrene-based rubber for tyres
South Korean chemical firm Kumho Petrochemical has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies to work on waste polystyrene pyrolysis and recycled styrene monomers (RSM). An eco-friendly raw material obtained through thermal decomposition…
Trelleborg acquires automotive boots supplier in India
Polymer supplier Trelleborg Group has, through its business area Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, signed an agreement to acquire an operation specialising in automotive boots for the fast-growing Indian light vehicles market. The operation is part of the India-based privately owned company…
Birla Carbon to develop biocrude graphite for lithium-ion batteries
Indian carbon black supplier Birla Carbon is collaborating with NC State University, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Ensyn, The Battery Innovation Center (BIC), and Yale University, to develop and scale-up the production of biocrude-derived graphite for lithium-ion batteries –…
Apollo and Continental Tires to use Tyromer’s ELT rubber
Tyre-to-tyre recycling represents in many cases the most direct and energy efficient way to reuse what is still largely considered and treated as a waste. Tyre rubber compound accounts for over 80% of the CO2 emission from raw material production…
Marangoni sets up franchisee in North India
Italian retreading specialist Marangoni Group, that started its franchising operations in India in mid-2018, has established what it says is its first exclusive franchisee in North India. The business, Manoj Tyres, an existing retreader at Kanpur, one of the largest…