Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received an order for 60 tonnes of recovered carbon black from a major European tyre manufacturer in the premium segment. The tyre manufacturer will use the carbon black for production tests as a step in…
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Phillips Carbon to set up 5th carbon black plant in India
Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. (PCBL) plans to establish a greenfield production facility in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with its recent signing of an MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu for setting up its fifth plant in the country. The company says the plant is targeted…
Orion to expand carbon black output in Louisiana
Carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons says that next year the company will invest to convert a reactor line at its plant in Ivanhoe, Louisiana, US, from manufacturing soft carbon black to producing hard carbon black, commonly used in tyre treads.…
Cabot launches low PAH-content carbon black
Specialty chemicals firm Cabot Corporation has launched Vulcan 3-LP carbon black, a new low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) product for rubber applications. The new carbon black is the fourth product in the Cabot LP carbon black series, providing customers with a full suite of carbon black products for…
Orion enters Into US$650 mn sustainability-linked term loan
US carbon black supplier Orion Engineered Carbons has entered into a US$650 million-equivalent seven-year sustainability-linked Term Loan B, across Euros and US Dollars. With this transaction, Orion has replaced its existing Term Loan B that was scheduled to mature in July 2024…
Enviro’s recovered oil and carbon black ISCC certified
The oil and carbon black that Scandinavian Enviro Systems recovers from end-of-life vehicle tyres in its plant in Åsensbruk have been accredited under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) scheme.In doing so, Enviro says it has become the first company in…
Orion Engineered Carbons starts second China plant for carbon black
Orion Engineered Carbons, a global provider of carbon black materials, has begun construction on its second plant in China, which will produce speciality and high-performance carbon black, increasing the chemical company’s production capacity. The new Orion facility in Huaibei, Anhui’s…
Michelin debuts latest eco tyre with Enviro’s recovered carbon black
French tyre manufacturer Michelin introduces a new sustainable racing tyre based on recovered carbon black from Scandinavian Enviro Systems. The new tyre, which contains 46% renewable and recovered material is a high-performance tyre developed for racing cars and was recently…
UK study investigates tyre recovery with Enviro’s tech
Scandinavian end-of-life-tyre (ELT) recycler Enviro Systems’ representative in the UK market, 2G BioPOWER, has been granted the equivalent of SEK2.5 million in state funding for a feasibility study that will investigate the possibilities for the large-scale introduction of Enviro’s recovery technology for ELTs in the UK.…
Global tyre chemicals market to go over 42.58 mn tonnes by 2025
The global tyre chemicals market is expected to grow at a moderate pace, surpassing 42.58 million tonnes by the year 2025, according to a new report by Research and Markets titled “Global Tire Chemicals Market By Type (Natural Rubber, Synthetic…