Devulcanising crumb rubber from scrapped tyres to mould new engineered products presents a solution to the huge and ever growing ecological issue of waste tyres and a way to a real circular economy for thermoset rubbers. One of the biggest…
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Biesterfeld to distribute Evonik rubber additive in Europe
German chemicals distributor Biesterfeld is expanding its partnership with compatriot chemical firm Evonik by taking on the distribution of rubber additive Vestenamer to all of Europe with the exception of Italy. The properties of trans-polyoctenamer rubber (TOR) make it suitable…
Yokohama Rubber and Indonesian NR supplier sign MOU to improve traceability
Yokohama Rubber has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PT Kirana Megatara Tbk, a major natural rubber supplier in Indonesia, to cooperate in efforts to provide economic support for Indonesian natural rubber farmers and to improve traceability to ensure…
LanzaTech and Sumitomo Riko jv to develop isoprene from waste products
Carbon capture and transformation (CCT) company LanzaTech NZ, that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products, and Japanese rubber parts manufacturer Sumitomo Riko Company (formerly Tokai Rubber Industries) have announced a joint-development agreement…
Kumho/Technip to produce recycled styrene-based rubber for tyres
South Korean chemical firm Kumho Petrochemical has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with French engineering service provider Technip Energies to work on waste polystyrene pyrolysis and recycled styrene monomers (RSM). An eco-friendly raw material obtained through thermal decomposition…
Hainan Rubber to acquire stake in Halcyon Agri
China Hainan Rubber, a state-owned holding company in China listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has made a cash offer to acquire 574.2 million shares in the capital of Singapore-listed Halcyon Agri Corporation for approximately US$180.9 million. The number of shares…
Bridgestone awarded US$35 mn from USDA for guayule production
Bridgestone Americas says it has been awarded a US$35 million climate-smart grant by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to further cultivate and scale the use of desert shrub guayule as a sustainable way to expand natural rubber production in…
Asahi Kasei markets BR and S-SBR made from mass-balance method
Japanese chemical firm Asahi Kasei says it will begin the sale of Tufdene S-SBR (solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber) and Asadene BR (butadiene rubber) made using the mass-balance method at Asahi Kasei Synthetic Rubber Singapore Pte. Ltd. and the Synthetic Rubber Plant…
Enviro receives pyrolysis oil order from Preem
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems says it has received a recovered tyre pyrolysis oil order worth approximately US$190,000 from Swedish fuel company Preem. The oil will be delivered in the first quarter 2023 and used by Preem for production tests.…
New light on Michelin’s link to deforestation and greenwashing in Sumatra
According to global advocacy organisation Mighty Earth, an investigation by European multilingual news website Voxeurop into a “sustainable” rubber project by French tyre giant Michelin and Indonesian partner conglomerate Barito Pacific has led to fresh allegations of widespread deforestation, wildlife…