The Tire Industry Project (TIP) has announced the publication of a scientific study that introduces an advanced model for understanding the movement and concentrations of tyre and road wear particles (TRWP) in land and freshwater. The mass balance model as…
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Niutech breaks ground on 100 kt tyre pyrolysis plant in China
China’s Niutech Environment Technology Corporation (Niutech) says that its majority-owned subsidiary, Shandong Hesheng Environment Technology Co., Ltd.(Hesheng), has officially broken ground on a 100,000 tonnes/year tyre pyrolysis expansion project, which scales up Hesheng’s total annual processing capacity from 60,000 to 160,000…
Enviro terminates agreements relating to Infiniteria jv
Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro Systems has announced that it is terminating agreements with Infiniteria Europe Sàrl and Cuibhil Luxco regarding the collaboration related to the joint venture Infiniteria. The terminations are made within the framework of Enviro’s ongoing corporate reorganisation and with the support of Chapter…
Lanxess to showcase new high-performance tyre additives at Tire Technology Expo
Lanxess will present new high-performance additives for the tyre industry at the Tire Technology Expo 2026 in Hannover. With these solutions, the specialty chemicals company is helping tyre manufacturers to stabilise and improve the safety and material efficiency of their…
Continental phases out coal, heavy fuel oil across all tyre plants
Continental has reached a major milestone in its global sustainability strategy by fully eliminating coal and heavy fuel oil at all tyre production sites. Since January 2026, every plant has relied on alternative energy sources, including biomass, biogas, renewable electricity,…
Cabot/Dunlop tie-up for use of recycled carbon in tyres
Japan’s Dunlop (Corporate name: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd), has entered into a MoU with US carbon firm Cabot Corporation to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s patented regenerated carbon technology. This circular reinforcing carbon powered by Cabot’s Evolve Sustainable Solutions incorporates…
Sumitomo Rubber to use sustainable carbon black in tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries says that it has for the first time adopted the sustainable carbon black for mass-production Dunlop tyres designed for certain passenger car models. The sustainable carbon black is produced via a chemical recycling process* that uses end-of-life…
Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
Innovative rubber tyres are entering the era of space missions: as a catalyst to advancing science and mobility technology on Earth and beyond, says Angelica Buan in this article. Rubber tyre’s cosmic journey Space exploration is making history with landmark…
Yokohama opens passenger tyre plant in China ahead of schedule
Japan’s Yokohama Rubber Co. has opened a new passenger-car tyre plant in China’s Hangzhou. Located in Qiantang New District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, the 300,000 sq m plant site will produce 9 million passenger car tyres/year. Construction of the new China…
Contitech to cut further jobs; relocate to lower cost countries
Faced with competition, especially from China, German auto/tyre maker Continental says it is planning additional global measures within its ContiTech sector, which is involved in the manufacturing of belts/hoses utilised across various industries, to achieve a competitive cost level. Early this year…