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…
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Trelleborg Lanka orders EnviroCB for tyre production
Trelleborg Lanka, a subsidiary of Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS), has placed orders for Enviro’s recovered carbon black (EnviroCB), to be used for production of solid tyres. The three initial orders, worth some EUR€180,000 annually, are slated for serial delivery to…
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…
Silicones Industry: An elastic market growth
Silicones are yielding to brighter market prospects as the materials have a higher success rate in a highly diverse range of applications, in sectors from the automotive and solar to the medical, says Angelica Buan in this report. Silicones: versatility…
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…
Michelin owns 99.6% of Indonesia’s Multistrada shares
French Group Michelin has recently acquired additional share capital of Indonesian tyre manufacturer Multistrada Arah Sarana (Multistrada) after a public offer for the company’s outstanding shares – Michelin’s interest in Multistrada now stands at 99.64%. In March 2019, Michelin initially…
Nexen Tire, Plug and Play team up for tyre/mobility development
Nexen Tire has roped in Silicon Valley’s market accelerator, Plug and Play, for future technology development and business initiation in the tyre/mobility industry. The partnership will also enable Nexen Tire to realise its ‘open R&D’ philosophy through strategic collaborations and…
Nokian Tyres completes construction of new Finnish R&D Centre
Nokian Heavy Tyres (Nokian) is set to begin production from a vast new R&D Centre in Nokia, Finland, by end-2019. The premium tyre manufacturer has put in nearly EUR€70 million into increasing production of commercial tyres (by 50%), doubling new…