China’s Hainan Rubber, in collaboration with leading agricultural research institutions, has developed an advanced fertiliser management technology that significantly improves natural rubber latex yields while reducing fertiliser consumption and labour costs. The innovation has been recognised with a Second Prize…
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Michelin ResiCare appoints IMCD to distribute 5 HMF in Europe
Tyre maker Michelin’s subsidiary Michelin ResiCare has announced the signature of a distribution partnership with IMCD Europe, a distributor of specialty chemicals, for its 5- hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a bio-sourced molecule produced at Michelin’s industrial site in Péage-de-Roussillon. Start-up of the…
CEAT to expand two-wheeler tyre production
Indian tyre maker CEAT says it has approved an investment of ?1,205 crore to expand its two-wheeler tyre manufacturing capacity by around 66% by FY31. The expansion announcement follows sustained growth in CEAT’s two-wheeler tyre business. The investment, cleared by the…
China’s Zenith joins tyre-components project in Egypt
China’s Zenith Steel Group, a subsidiary of Zhongtian Group, has signed an agreement to develop a tyre-components manufacturing facility within the China–Egypt TEDA industrial zone in Sokhna, part of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). Zenith has become the latest…
Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
Once liabilities and eye sore on landfills, end-of-life tyres have now become assets for rubber supply and circularity via chemical recycling and material recovery, says Angelica Buan in this report. Headlights on for tyre solutions The tyre sector stands on…
Arlanxeo to market Rabigh’s EPDM
Synthetic rubber maker Arlanxeo has entered into an agreement for the expansion of marketing and sales of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) synthetic rubber manufactured by Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company (PRC), a joint stock company formed under the laws…
Dynasol to expand NBR capacity at Mexican facility
US firm Dynasol has announced a capacity expansion in its Altamira, Tamaulipas facility, specifically in the production of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). It says it has invested to address the current capacity constraints and will produce an additional volume of 11…
Michelin unveils aircraft tyre; weight reductions/life increases benefits
French tyre maker Michelin has launched the Air X Sky Light, what it says is: a breakthrough in aircraft tyre innovation that has been developed in close collaboration with Dassault Aviation for its Falcon 10X business jet. Initially developed for the Falcon 10X, which…
Enviro to license pyrolysis technology to US firm
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems says it has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed party regarding the potential licensing of Enviro’s proprietary technology for the establishment of one or several tyre pyrolysis plants in North America. Under the letter of intent,…
Waste disposable gloves turned into carbon capture materials
With disposable nitrile rubber gloves being produced in millions each year, with most used only once before being discarded, there is a growing interest in their end of life use. As such, researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark have demonstrated…