Tag: tyres

Michelin/Murfitts tie-up on tyre recycling for rCB and TPO

UK’s largest tyre recycling company Murfitts Industries and French tyre maker Michelin have announced a project to process old tyres, recovering the energy and materials within them. The £14m pyrolysis project, which if approved, could be fully operational at Michelin’s truck tyre retreading…

Prism introduces tech to up the ante on recycled tyre products

Tyre recycler Prism Worldwide has announced a trio of innovations, with key advancements in odour reduction, sustainable thermoplastic vulcanisates (TPV) development, and high-content Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) reuse, challenges it adds that have long been considered barriers to wider…

Enviro/Michelin to create a circular solution for racing tyres

Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) and French tyre manufacturer Michelin have initiated a collaboration following successful tests, which means that Enviro will recycle valuable raw materials such as carbon black and oil from Michelin’s used racing tyres. The recycled carbon…

Jinyu sets up tyre plant in Vietnam

China’s tyre maker Jinyu Tire Group has completed a passenger car tyre project in Vietnam as part of its strategy to return to the passenger vehicle tyre market. The company recently fully commissioned the plant that has a capacity of…

Sumitomo to establish Dunlop as premium tyre brand

Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), which recently acquired the Dunlop trademark and other rights for four-wheel tyres in Europe, North America and Oceania from Goodyear Tire & Rubber, says it expects to establish the Dunlop brand as a premium tyre brand…

SKS acquires Mehler EP plant to expand global capacity

Sweden’s AB Svenskt Konstsilke (SKS), a single-end cords producer for tyres and MRG reinforcement, has announced the acquisition of the assets from US-based Mehler EP’s 153,500-sq-ft plant in Martinsville. Terms were not disclosed. The equipment will enhance SKS’s production capacity at…