Vizient, a US healthcare performance improvement company, and Sri Trang Gloves, a Thailand-based global glove manufacturer, have agreed to improve supply of chemo-rated nitrile exam gloves as part of the Vizient Novaplus Enhanced Supply programme. The agreement is expected to…
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Bridgestone, Fisker gear up sustainable mobility goal with partnership
Bridgestone, a global tyres and rubber company, and California-based EV maker, Fisker are partnering up to advance their goals for sustainable mobility solutions. Fisker has selected Bridgestone as the exclusive tyre partner for its Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV, which will…
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics plans to establish new innovation centre
Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, a US-based provider of highly engineered elastomer and thermoplastic solutions for the medical device market is building a 9,000-sq ft state-of-the-art innovation Centre adjacent to the company’s corporate headquarters in Plymouth. The new facility aims to provide…
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…
Synthomer retains capability amid market gloom
Synthomer, a British chemicals company that develops and markets polymers used in a wide range of industries had shared that it experienced a “decline in profitability and utilisation across its SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber) network”, which led to consultation processes with…
Continental to use recycled PET Bottles in tyres
Continental is using reprocessed polyester derived from recycled plastic bottles in its tyre production by 2022. The new sustainable polyester yarn will be obtained from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by a mechanical process and will be used in the construction…
Bridgestone Americas to push mobility solutions business with Azuga acquisition
Bridgestone Americas is securing Azuga Holdings and the Azuga fleet management platform for US$391 million. The acquisition is anticipated to accelerate Bridgestone’s efforts in sustainable mobility solutions as a key aspect of the company’s advanced mobility strategy. The transaction is…
Kumho Petrochemical produces rubber compounds from rice bran
(Aug 06, 2021) South Korean chemicals maker Kumho Petrochemical has developed a sustainable rubber compound from rice mill by-product. According to Kumho Petrochemicals, it is producing silica from rice bran extracts. The eco-friendly silica is used for improving the fuel efficiency, braking…
Rain Carbon launches rubber lab at its production facility in Germany
US-headquartered carbon-based products and advanced materials producer Rain Carbon has opened a state-of-the-art rubber lab at its distillation and advanced materials facility in Duisburg, Germany. The US$1.3 million lab comprises a complete processing line, starting with a rubber bale cutter, continuing with…