Since the war in Ukraine has caused high uncertainty related to Nokian Tyres’s operational environment and manufacturing capacity, the company expects to expedite its plans to invest in new production capacity in Europe. Therefore, the Board of Directors of Nokian…
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After more than a decade of conducting and investing US$100 million into research on guayule as an alternative to natural rubber for tyres, tyre maker Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) has been awarded a research grant by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint…
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Audi microplastics filter for tyre particles passes endurance tests
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New technology enables detection of micro/nanoplastics from road wear of tyres
Swedish scientists at the University of Gothenburg have developed a technology to detect small tyre wear particles that previously were too tiny to be noticed. A new study shows that a form of optical tweezers can be used to detect…
Indian Oil to construct PBR plant in India
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Trelleborg sells Trelleborg Wheel Systems to Yokohama for EUR2 bn
Trelleborg Group has signed an agreement to divest its Trelleborg Wheel Systems business area to Yokohama Rubber Company Ltd. for EUR2 billion on a cash and debt free basis, which represents 13x the business area’s 2021 operational EBITDA, or 17.5x…
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Arlanxeo ups Chinese EPDM capacity by 15% via operational efforts
Synthetic rubber producer Arlanxeo, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, says it has reached a new milestone in advancing operations efficiency at the EPDM plant in Changzhou to increase annual capacity by 15%. Leveraging on its R&D capability at the Changzhou plant, the operations efficiency…
Chinaplas 2022 pauses amid rising Covid-19 in China
The 35th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries (CHINAPLAS 2022), scheduled for April 25-28, 2022 at Shanghai’s National Exhibition and Convention Center, has been postponed. According to Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, the exhibition’s organizer, new dates and other details…