Synthetic rubber producer Synthos says that it will cease Emulsion-SBR (ESBR) production at its Kralupy plant in the Czech Republic in the second quarter of this year, citing the “unsustainable market environment for ESBR due to unpredictable costs in Europe…
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Weighing equipment takes care of Elmet’s silicone parts
A multihead weigher from Japanese firm Ishida has proved to be the ideal solution to enable Austrian silicone specialist Elmet to efficiently fill around 100 million small parts into bags every single day. Investing in this exceptional packaging technology, which…
EU sanctions synthetic rubber/carbon black imports from Russia
In the European Union (EU)’s latest 10th package of sanctions against Russia, since the country’s aggression against Ukraine, are import bans into the EU of Russian high-revenue goods such as bitumen and related materials like asphalt; and synthetic rubber and carbon blacks. These new…
Pyrum to build 2nd plant in Germany
End-of-life tyre (ELT) recycler Pyrum Innovations says that it will construct a new pyrolysis plant in Homburg, Germany, after the Homburg City Council voted in favour of the sale of a city-owned property to Pyrum. The contract to secure the…
Towards sustainable tyres and less dependence on Asian rubber – Continental
Car tyres are round, black and made of rubber. Look closer, however, and you’ll see that the design of tyres and the interaction of the various materials that go into making them are extremely complex. But for some time now,…
Cabot launches elastomer composites for tyre/industrial rubber applications
Global demand for products that reduce environmental impact is driving tire and industrial rubber manufacturers to seek solutions that enable sustainability benefits throughout the lifecycle of their end-product. As such, the rubber industry is looking for opportunities to increase raw…
Reinforcing rubber with graphene nanotubes
Luxembourg-based OCSiAl says it has expanded its portfolio of products for reinforcing and adding conductivity to rubbers with new graphene nanotube technologies for nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). Starting from 0.2%, graphene nanotubes can increase the modulus by up to 53%…
Klean in partnership with Niersberger to rollout tyre pyrolysis projects
Klean Industries, an equipment provider that owns a commercialised portfolio of intellectual properties and know-how focusing on the recovery of clean energy and resources from waste, says that it is continuing to expand its strategic partnership in the waste-to-value space…
VMI expands in Poland with new plant
Dutch tyre machinery maker VMI recently celebrated the opening of three new production assembly halls at its manufacturing site in Leszno, Poland. This will bring the total available floorspace for production of VMI’s machinery in Poland to almost 30,000 sq…
Yokohama Rubber to expand passenger car tyre capacity in India
Yokohama Rubber Co says that it is expanding passenger car tire production capacity in India to meet the increasing demands from the local market. With an additional investment of US$82 million, the company looks to increase its annual passenger car…