Nokian Tyres and Austrian renewable energy provider Enery have signed a long-term contract ensuring zero CO2 emission energy for Nokian Tyres’s new passenger car tyre factory in Oradea, Romania. In addition to the energy supply the contract enables Enery to construct a…
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LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Harke to distribute Reoil rCB/pyrolysis oil in Europe
Tyre pyrolysis equipment maker Klean Industries Inc says that Polish tyre recycler Reoil SP, which operates a Klean tyre pyrolysis technology, has entered into a partnership with Germany’s Harke Chemicals GmbH to distribute Reoil’s ReBlack recovered carbon black (rCB) and tyre pyrolysis oil…
Researchers develop method to remove 6PPD from waste tyres
Tyres are composite materials that have a lot of components in them, including a molecule known as 6PPD, which provides UV protection to help the rubber found in tyres last longer. The 6PPD accomplishes this by absorbing the sun’s rays…
Toyo Tire to consolidate European business; Serbia to be sales hub
In line with the reorganisation of its business, Japan’s Toyo Tire plans to consolidate its sales functions that are currently dispersed throughout Europe into a new company to be set up in Serbia, which is home to Toyo Tire’s production…
Elkem granted EUR1.8 mn to explore CO2-free silicon production
Norway’s Elkem ASA has secured EUR1.8 million in funding from the European Union for its Sicalo (Silicon production with carbon looping) project, which aims to eliminate all CO2 emissions from silicon production. Elkem, SINTEF and NORCE are completing the first pilot phase of Sicalo at Elkem’s…
Bridgestone to invest US$180 mn in passenger car tyre plants in Japan
Bridgestone Corporation has announced that it will make strategic investments to expand capacity in three passenger car tyre plants in Japan: the Hikone plant, the Tosu plant, and the Tochigi plant. These are the main production bases for high rim…
Prism raises US$40 mn funding for development of ELT-based TPEs
End-of-life tyre (ELT) recycling technology firm Prism Worldwide announced that it has raised US$40 million in Series A and Series A1 funds. The company says it will use the funds to accelerate the commercialisation of its sustainable thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), derived…
Yokohama Rubber/partners develop image processing tech for rubber molecules
Rubber possesses unique properties such as softness and stretchability, which are exploited in applications ranging from tyres to medical materials. Molecular bonding forms a complex network structure that considerably influences the physical properties of rubber. However, the precise internal structure…
JSR divests emulsion business to Nippon Shokubai
Japan’s JSR Corporation is dividing the emulsion business and fine business of its wholly owned subsidiary, Emulsion Technology Co (ETEC) in a spin-off. The emulsion business will remain as ETEC and transfer to Nippon Shokubai. Both companies have signed the…
SKS acquires Mehler EP plant to expand global capacity
Sweden’s AB Svenskt Konstsilke (SKS), a single-end cords producer for tyres and MRG reinforcement, has announced the acquisition of the assets from US-based Mehler EP’s 153,500-sq-ft plant in Martinsville. Terms were not disclosed. The equipment will enhance SKS’s production capacity at…