Finnish oil and engineering services company Neste has sold its entire shareholding in Nynas to Bitumina, a global bitumen company active in more than 100 countries. This is an important step in the ongoing company reorganisation of Nynas. Sweden-based Nynas is a…
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Proposal to set up US$300 mil tyre factory in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansha and Hambantota International Port Group Pvt. Ltd. (HIPG) recently met up to decide on the building of a US$300 million tyre factory in the southern port city of Hambantota. The factory will be…
IRR’s pyrolysis system offers waste rubber solution for the UK
Carlton Forest Group’s IRR Manufacturing, responsible for UK’s only continuous pyrolysis plant, has stated that repurposed waste rubber could deliver substantial energy savings and ample business opportunities to manufacturers from the production of by-products such as pyrolysis oil and pyrolysis…
Yokohama plans OTR tyre plant in India
Continued rise in demand for off-road tyre (OTR) products has spurred the Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (Yokohama) to build another tyre manufacturing plant, this time in Visakhapatnam, southeast Andhra Pradesh, India. Construction on the US$165 million manufacturing plant is set…
Thailand designates “Rubber Valley” hub to boost general rubber consumption
Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is planning new, creative was to develop its rubber products, including research grants, funds for startups and the creation of a “Rubber Valley” hub for innovative rubber projects. The “Rubber Valley” proposal will be…
Renewed interest in pyrolysis oil could spark revenue increase, says Enviro
The recent heightened interest in pyrolysis oil – extracted from end-of-life tyres (ELT) – and indications relating to prices and demand by consumers has led Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) to believe a recycling plant using Enviro’s proprietary technology could strongly…
Tokai Kogyo, SaarGummi conclude technical agreement for automotive seals
Japanese sealing systems supplier Tokai Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Tokai Kogyo) have concluded a “wide-reaching” technical cooperation agreement with SaarGummi Technologies S.a.r.l. (SaarGummi) related to the automotive business. The joint product-portfolio of Tokai Kogyo and SaarGummi includes complex door seals, trunk…
Michelin announces European consortium for ELTs
Michelin is to co-ordinate a new recycling project which will promote “a massive circular economy of tyres” by designing world-first processes to produce new tyres from end-of-life tyres (ELTs). The BlackCycle Project covers 5 European countries: France, Spain, Germany, Greece,…
BKT to develop specially-designed EV tyres for agricultural vehicles
Tyre manufacturer Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) is planning to develop special tyres for the earthmoving and heavy machinery used in agricultural sectors. BKT will construct high-performance tyres which have high-strength bead and carcass to withstand the stress and extreme conditions…
Cabot to increase global price for activated carbon
US-headquartered Cabot Corp. (Cabot) will increase prices globally by as much as 3 – 8% for all its activated carbon products effective for all shipments made on or after 1 October 2020, or as customer contracts allow. According to Cabot,…