The focus on the rubber sector lately has been on sustainability, with one research highlighting a new analysis of a tried and trusted catalytic process. Butadiene, an essential component of synthetic rubber, is currently produced by the petrochemical industry from…
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Versalis to invest EUR80 mn in elastomer capacity in Italy
Versalis, an Eni chemical firm, says it is preparing to invest around EUR80 million to develop its Ravenna industrial site in Italy, to increase capacity for high value-added elastomers. It adds that the aim is to “further expand the production…
Synthos targets rubber circularity award for researchers
Synthetic rubber producer Synthos has announced the launch of its first international research award for scientists pursuing PhDs in sustainable synthetic rubber, specialised high-performance elastomers and/or tyre compounds. The Synthos Rubber Circularity Award aims to encourage innovative ideas and solutions,…
Eneos applies Yokogawa’s AI control at chemical plant
In what it claims to be a first, synthetic rubber producer Eneos Materials Corporation (formerly the elastomers business unit of JSR Corporation) has adopted the use of Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming (FKDPP), a reinforcement learning-based AI…
Bridgestone launches tyre made from 75% renewable materials
Tyre maker Bridgestone says it has produced a run of demonstration tyres made with 75% recycled and renewable materials, including synthetic rubber made with recycled plastics and natural rubber harvested from desert shrubs grown domestically, in the Arizona desert, US. The company…
Toyoda Gosei to up capacity for airbag systems in Brazil
Japan’s auto parts maker Toyoda Gosei Co. will enhance the production capacity at its group company in Brazil, GDBR Industria e Comercio de Componentes Quimicos e de Borracha Ltda. (GDBR), in order to keep pace with the growing sales of…
Pyrum to recycle tyres for Mercedes-Benz; ties up for rCB supply to Continental
End-of-life tyres (ELTs) recycler Pyrum Innovations is taking the next step in its cooperation with auto maker Mercedes-Benz AG. In future, the company will recycle several hundred tonnes of used tyres from the Mercedes-Benz Used Parts Centre every year. The…
Ecombine, Eve Rubber Institute, Arlanxeo to explore liquid rubber applications
Ecombine Advanced Materials Co., Eve Rubber Institute and synthetic rubber maker Arlanxeo High-Performance Elastomer (Changzhou) Co. have set up a partnership in Shanghai, China. The three parties will strengthen innovations in liquid-phase mixing technology, downstream applications, and market development for…
Enviro, Antin, Michelin to set up large-scale tyre recycling group
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems and private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners have established a joint venture to, based on Enviro’s technology, create what they say is the world’s first large-scale tyre recycling group. The jv plans to establish plants…
Trelleborg acquires US manufacturer of aerospace components
Polymer company Trelleborg Group has, through its business area Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, signed an agreement to acquire an operation from the US-based privately owned 4M Company. The operation specialises in sealing solutions for aerospace and industrial applications. The group’s head…