Tyre firm Continental has launched ContiTPU, an addition to its inner tube range created for both performance-focused and space-conscious cyclists. Available in a wide range of sizes from 25/35 – 622, Continental adds it has deployed the “highest” grade of…
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For more than 20 years, German extrusion specialist Troester has been offering its customers solutions for applications with its Rotomex gear extruders, where strained rubber compounds ensure product quality. Since the early 2000s, more than 150 Rotomex systems from the…
Circtec/BP in supply deal for tyre-fuel; BP invests EUR12 mn in Circtec
Oil major BP has signed an eight-year offtake agreement with Circtec, a UK-based technology company that develops and operates a pyrolysis chemical process technology and whose plants convert hard-to-recycle waste tyres into HUPATM – Circtec’s proprietary renewable drop-in marine fuel,…
Enviro receives additional payment from jv for plant
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received an additional payment for costs incurred relating to the plant in Uddevalla, Sweden. The payment has been made by the joint venture established by Enviro and Antin Infrastructure Partners. This time, Enviro has…
Monolith/Mines Paris-PSL expand carbon black R&D partnership
US low-emission carbon black and hydrogen manufacturer Monolith says it has renewed an expanded partnership with École des Mines de Paris-PSL (Mines Paris) through February 2030 in support of research and development (R&D) efforts at the organisation’s facility in Sophia…
Continental marks 15 years of tyre biz in Thailand
German tyre maker Continental recently celebrated 15 years since establishing its tyre business in Thailand and five years of tyre production in its tyre plant in Rayong. The tyre manufacturer had invested a total of EUR250 million in the plant…
Apollo/Natrax to develop tyre test track in India for EVs
India’s Apollo Tyres is partnering with Natrax, a provider of testing and validation services, to set up what the partners say is “the first of its kind test track” in India, specifically designed to validate tyres for electric vehicles (EVs)…
Himadri Speciality to expand speciality carbon black capacity
India’s Himadri says it will expand its carbon black capacity to meet the increasing demand from Europe amid an impending ban on Russian carbon black imports in the EU. The Kolkata-based speciality chemicals major will expand its speciality carbon black…
Continental Tires and Brabus test sporty tyre launched for APAC market
Leveraging more than a decade of partnership, Germany’s Continental Tires and vehicle maker Brabus teamed up recently to test the limits of the newly-launched, made-for-APAC (Asia-Pacific) sporty tyre, MaxContact MC7, at Continental’s testing facility Contidrom. Using the Brabus 750 Bodo…
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Synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Therban hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) plant in Changzhou, China. With a nameplate annual production capacity of 5,000 tonnes, the first…