Multinational rubber manufacturer Semperit Group’s (Semperit) Belchatow plant in Poland will be their largest mixing site after a three-year, EUR€17 million expansion project. The plant’s new “Mixer 5” line is expected to add some 30,000 tonnes of rubber compounds to…
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Bridgestone is to invest US$41 million on the digitisation of eight European tyre manufacturing plants, to create factories of the future. The investment is to be spread out over the next four years and will enable Bridgestone to meet customer…
Evonik to present process additive for improved rubber recycling
German Evonik Industries is upping the ante on rubber recycling with a unique process additive, Vestenamer, which turns waste rubber into a durable material for applications in road construction, playgrounds, sports tracks and others. The Vestenamer granules, manufactured in Marl…
Trelleborg Lanka orders EnviroCB for tyre production
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Elysium Nordic applies for building permit, approval for new plant
Elysium Nordic, an upcoming recycling plant, has applied for a building permit and environmental approval from Nyborg municipality in southern Denmark. The joint project between Windspace and Enviro started just over a year ago after a MoU and lease agreement…
Goodyear to fit Airbus A321XLR with radial tyres
American tyre manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber (Goodyear) is to provide its Flight Radial tyres for Airbus’ much anticipated new A321XLR aircraft. The Flight Radial tyres are a series of advanced aviation products incorporating Goodyear’s Featherweight Alloy Core Bead Technology…
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Dow hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new plant in China
Chemicals giant Dow is to construct a new, high-value silicone resin facility at the company’s integrated Zhangjiagang manufacturing site in Jiangsu, China. High-value silicone resin is an advanced predecessor of differentiated silicone – the new plant is expected to supplement…
Vietnam’s HAGL Agrico to sell rubber division to Thadi
Vietnamese agricultural developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai Agricultural (HAGL Agrico) is to sell off its subsidiary Indochina Rubber to Thadi Agriculture. Indochina Rubber processes rubber products and is involved in local afforestation and forest conservation efforts, construction and trading industrial…