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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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…
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,…
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%…
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…
Arlanxeo launches new BR production line in Brazil
Arlanxeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has opened a new 65 kilotonne/year polybutadiene (BR) production line in Brazil, typically used in tyre and other rubber compounds. The new production line supplements Arlanxeo’s existing production capacity in Brazil, and reinforces our commitment…
NR on slow growth; India to diversify rubber planting to north
The world production of natural rubber (NR) registered 0.1% growth to 1.397 million tonnes during December 2022, the slowest growth in production of the year, according to data from Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)’s December 2022…
ETRMA urges end to delays for access to in-vehicle data in Europe
The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA), which is part of the Independent Service Providers (ISPs) grouping, has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the relevant College of Commissioners to put an end to the repeated…
Synthos to re-start production of BR in Germany
Synthetic rubber producer Synthos says it will resume production of butadiene rubber (BR) at its plant in Schkopau, Germany, in March 2023. Recommissioning activities started in the first half of 2022 in direct response to challenging market conditions for butadiene…
Sibur develops special component for production of rubbers and SBS polymers
Russian petchem firm Sibur says it has completed the development of a proprietary technology for the production of n-Butyllithium, a polymerisation initiator for the production of synthetic rubbers and SBS polymers. Rubbers and SBS polymers made using n-Butyllithium offer increased…