US-based Bolder Industries, a pioneer of advanced sustainable chemical manufacturing sourced from end-of-life tyres, has purchased the former Pyrolyx facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 66,000-sq-ft location, which ceased operations in March 2020, will be retrofitted with Bolder Industries’ proprietary…
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Bridgetstone, Michelin to jointly discuss rCB role in sustainability
An estimated 1 billion tyres around the world reach the end of their useful service life every year. Thus, tyre companies Bridgestone Corporation and Michelin Group will deliver a shared perspective regarding material circularity and the ambition to increase the…
Enviro to set up recycling plant in Uddevalla, Sweden
Scandinavian tyre recycler Enviro Systems has decided on the final location for establishing the previously announced 30,000 tonne-recycling plant in Uddevalla, Sweden. The company expects the new facility in Uddevalla to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2023. The long-term plan for the facility in…
Synthos receives EC approval to acquire Trinseo’s rubber business
Polish polymers maker Synthos has gotten the green light from the European Commission to finalise the US$491 million acquisition of US-based Trinseo’s rubber business. In May 2021 Synthos signed an agreement with Trinseo on purchasing its synthetic rubbers production plants…
Cabot to acquire Tokai Carbon’s Chinese plant for US$9 mn
US carbon black supplier Cabot Corporation says it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Tokai Carbon (Tianjin) Co. from Tokai Carbon Group for US$9 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. The carbon black manufacturing facility was commissioned in 2006 and is located in close proximity to…
Global NR economy may suffer deficit by 2023 if demand remains low-ANRPC
It’s bad to have too much of a good thing. Surplus production capacity as a result of unusual expansion of mature tree area over the last five years (starting in 2016) has become a burden for the natural rubber economy.…
Continental unveils biomaterials concept tyres; to roll out tech for recycled PET polyester tyre
Continental’s ground-breaking Conti GreenConcept tyre design (previously introduced at the Munich auto show) combines current and new technology methods to the development of sustainable passenger car tyres. The study’s purpose is to reduce resource usage in every step of the…
Sumitomo Chemical to cease EPDM production at Chiba Works; to halt sales by 2023
Tokyo-headquartered Sumitomo Chemical has decided to end production of ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene rubber (EPDM) at its Chiba Works in Japan, and to stop selling the synthetic rubber product by the end of March 2023. To boost the competitiveness of its EPDM…
McDermott bags FEED contract for Michelin waste tyre recycling project
Texas-headquartered McDermott International has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from the Michelin Group for an innovative waste tyre technology enabling large-scale production of recycled carbon black. This award follows a similar FEED announcement in April, which is focusing on…
Kumho to boost NB latex capacity with planned production line
South Korea-based multinational chemical company Kumho Petrochemical is reportedly planning to add a new acrylonitrile-butadiene latex (NB latex) production line to boost its output by nearly a quarter million tonnes. The company, which is touted as the world’s largest NB…