The Russian Chemists Union recently marked the 95th anniversary of Russia’s contribution to the global rise of synthetic rubber.While it often goes unnoticed, rubber is one of the most essential and widely used materials today. Products made from rubber are ubiquitous…
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Zeon to use bio-butadiene from Shell to produce SSBR
Chemical firm Zeon Chemicals Singapore will use biomass-derived butadiene to produce solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR). Zeon entered into an MOU with Shell Eastern Petroleum to agree on a supply of sustainable butadiene for its SSBR production. Zeon adds it is working…
UNEP, partners to finance NR producers in bid to combat Indonesia’s deforestation
Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia, may be one of the world’s great ecological hotspots, containing plants and animals found nowhere else. However, sprawling oil palm and rubber plantations outside the park’s boundaries are thought to infringe on the…
China exports more Covid protective equipment to North Korea
According to Reuters, as North Korea stepped up its efforts to combat a potential COVID-19 crisis, its exports from China increased at a slower rate in September than those of masks and other COVID-related goods, based on customs data. China…
Hankook sets up German subsidiary for auto battery
Hankook & Company Co., Ltd., the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology Co Ltd, has established the Hankook & Company ES Deutschland GmbH under its Energy Solution (ES) Business Headquarters to supply Hankook branded batteries directly to European markets.…
Klean selects Chemex for flagship tyre pyrolysis project
Canada’s Klean Industries Inc., a tyre pyrolysis equipment manufacturer and project developer, says it has selected Chemex Global, a subsidiary of The Shaw Group, to engineer, procure and fabricate Klean’s 20,000-tonne hydrocarbon upgrading system for its Boardman, Oregon, project. Both…
Yokohama Rubber integrates hydraulic hose series under one brand
Yokohama Rubber Co. says that it will integrate its three core overseas high-pressure hydraulic hose series under the Versatran1 brand name from this October. The integrated rebranding is intended to enhance the competitiveness of the hoses for the overseas market.…
Cooper Tires to shut down UK plant
US-based Cooper Tires plans to close its UK tyre manufacturing plant in Melksham by the end of 2023, with the loss of around 350 jobs. It has had the facility for more than 130 years and the site is likely to be…
Sumitomo Rubber able to synthesise biopolymer for tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that, as a result of joint research undertaken with Associate Professor Seiji Takahashi of Tohoku University, Associate Professor Satoshi Yamashita of Kanazawa University and Professor Yuzuru Tozawa of Saitama University, it has succeeded in synthesising new…
Klean expands to Australia with new subsidiary
Canadian pyrolysis and gasification equipment manufacturer that designs and builds projects for converting hydrocarbon-based waste such as end-of-life tyres Klean Industries Inc. has opened a new wholly owned subsidiary in Australia. Klean has now completed the initial incorporation of its…