Germany’s Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, a specialist in sealing technologies for the automotive industry, says it has strengthened its position in the energy and electric mobility sectors with an acquisition and a strategic investment this year. “The successful development of markets…
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Hankook acquires digital solutions company
South Korean tyre company Hankook Tire has acquired a 75% share of Model Solution, a South Korea-based digital prototype solution company, for US$62 million. The acquisition is in line with the company’s strategy to secure new growth engines by aggressively…
China opposes EU anti-dumping duties on tyres
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has reportedly said that the European Commission (EC)’s decision to impose duties on China-made bus and lorry tyres is a measure to artificially raise the dumping margins by using the cost of production in a…
Phillips Carbon Black to set up plant in Tamil Nadu
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group heavy engineering outfit Phillips Carbon Black (PCBL) is setting up a greenfield manufacturing unit near Ennore in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 600 crore. The chairman of the group, Sanjiv Goenka, told reporters here that the…
Boy’s UV-cured silicone processing allows for new material additives
Dr Boy, German injection moulding machine maker, says it has improved the processing of silicones with an 8 mm-size silicone unit on its Boy XS machine. It will present its latest technology at the German Rubber Conference in Nuremberg, that…
Rubber cultivation replacing cocoa farms in Eastern Region of Ghana
President of Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana, Nana Opanbour Bonsu II has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region. He was speaking at an Agric Dialogue Series…
Ecolomondo to set up tyre recycling plant in Canada
Canada’s Cleantech company Ecolomondo Corp. is acquiring land in Hawksbury, Ontario, for a tyre recycling plant. Ecolomondo Corp. expects to process approximately 13,000 tonnes/year of tyre waste with the latest generation thermal decomposition technology (TDP) in a 52,000 sq-ft facility.…
Symphony launches first latex glove made with d2p technology
UK-based glove maker Symphony Environmental Technologies says it has launched the first latex antimicrobial examination glove made with d2p technology. The latter is an antimicrobial technology that provides complete protection throughout the life of the glove by disrupting and deactivating…
Sri Lanka lifts ban on glyphosate weedkiller for use in tea/rubber estates
Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to ban the usage of glyphosate in the agriculture industry in 2015. It has now had a about-turn and will lift the ban for tea and rubber plantations only. Meanwhile, in the…
Europe: 94% of all used tyres recycled in 2016; slight increase over 2015
According to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ERTMA)’s Used Tyre (UT) data for 2016, covering 32 countries (EU28, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey), compared to the previous year, in 2016, Used Tyres collected in Europe (3.9 million tonnes)…