To meet growing demand and improve service for its regional customers, mining services provider Metso is investing in a new rubber products plant in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The new factory will offer rubber and Poly-Met mill linings, as well…
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Trelleborg acquires tooling and automation specialist for LSR
Sweden’s Trelleborg Group, through its business area Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, has signed an agreement and finalised the acquisition of the Austrian company Nexus Elastomer Molds GmbH. The company provides advanced, customised tooling solutions and automated manufacturing cells, primarily for liquid…
Pyrum/Unitank tie-up to build tyre recycling facilities in Europe
Tyre recycler Pyrum Innovations from Saarland and Hamburg-based Unitank Holding GmbH & Co, an operator of independent tank farms, signed a shareholder agreement to establish a joint venture. This partnership will lay the foundation for the construction of five to…
Kumho ties up with Ansible Motion for digital tyre development
South Korea’s Kumho Tire has partnered with Ansible Motion to develop next-generation digital tyres. The two companies will use advanced digital simulation technology to enhance Kumho’s tyre performance verification system and strengthen its competitiveness in the development of tyres for…
Pirelli claims 2025 as record year for product tests and cyber tyre tech
Italian tyre firm Pirelli says 2025 was a record year for innovation, with many awards won in tests and the recognition for Cyber Tyre technology. The new tyres from the P Zero, Cinturato, and Scorpion families, in fact, notched up…
Synthomer awarded grant for CO2 to butadiene research
UK-based polymers firm Synthomer has announced that it has been awarded two grants through Ohio’s Greater Akron Polymer Innovation Hub: one direct R&D grant and one indirect grant administered by the Polymer Industry Cluster. The Polymer Industry Cluster will invest…
Wanli inaugurates tyre plant in Cambodia
Wanli Tire Co. Ltd., a subsidy of China’s Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group (GIIHG), recently launched its car tyre plant in southeast Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province. Situated in the Sin Bavet Special Economic Zone in Bavet town on the border…
SMX expands rubber traceability scope to latex and gloves
Global technology firm, SMX (Security Matters) has expanded its industrial rubber traceability platform to include latex and rubber gloves, extending its material-embedded identity technology to one of the largest and most complex post-use rubber waste streams. The expansion is the…
EACC launched to support sustainable development in Uganda
East African Carbon Company (EACC), a purpose-built institution focused on developing high-integrity carbon markets across Africa, has officially launched. The organisation has been established as a government-backed facilitator of carbon markets, advancing national climate goals, protecting public land, restoring ecosystems,…
EU project takes a shot at sustainable rubber alternative with birch bark
The EU-supported NORDIC BIO-RUBBER project is advancing a fully bio-based rubber alternative derived from birch bark, an abundant residue from the pulp, paper and plywood industries. Through the project, researchers refined a birch bark bio-refinery process and demonstrated that the…