US-based Cooper Tires plans to close its UK tyre manufacturing plant in Melksham by the end of 2023, with the loss of around 350 jobs. It has had the facility for more than 130 years and the site is likely to be…
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Klean expands to Australia with new subsidiary
Canadian pyrolysis and gasification equipment manufacturer that designs and builds projects for converting hydrocarbon-based waste such as end-of-life tyres Klean Industries Inc. has opened a new wholly owned subsidiary in Australia. Klean has now completed the initial incorporation of its…
Evonik gives scrap tyres a new life in athletic shoes
Germany-based materials firm Evonik is introducing a new sustainable high-performance plastic to its eCO product line. In the production of the polyamide 12 elastomer (PEBA) Vestamid eCO E40, 50% of fossil raw materials are saved and replaced by a starting…
Bridgestone tyres for terrain vehicle destined for the moon
Teledyne Brown Engineering says that Bridgestone Corporation is joining its team looking to design and build the crewed lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) for NASA to support future exploration on the moon. As NASA’s mission is to reach new territory in…
Mitsui in jv with Kal Tire to recycle mining tyres
Japan’s Mitsui & Co. and Canadian tyre supplier Kal Tire have reached basic agreement on the joint establishment of a recycling business for mining tyres. The business will recycle mining tyres using thermal conversion technology to recycle scrap tyres currently…
GRI opens corporate office in the US
Sri Lankan tyre firm GRI, which has enjoyed an established presence in the US for some time, has announced the opening of its corporate office in the US, located at Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina, to primarily provide…
Hankook Tire to invest US$1.6 bn in US plant expansion
South Korean tyre maker Hankook Tire says that its board of directors has approved a US$1.6 billion investment to expand its Tennessee plant, located in Clarksville, Tenn. The investment includes the previously planned Phase 2 expansion that will double production capacity of Hankook’s passenger car and…
Scientists develop concrete from recycled tyres
Researchers from RMIT University in Australia are said to have designed groundbreaking sustainable concrete built from recycled car tyres. This comes against the back about efforts to replace some of the aggregate used in concrete with crumbled used tyres. Now, however, scientists have succeeded in producing good quality…
TRS uses Buss compounders to make rubber powders from used tyres
Swiss scale-up company Tyre Recycling Solutions SA (TRS), Préverenges, has chosen Buss’s Compeo technology for implementation of its “Intelligent Compounding” concept, which transforms powder products obtained from recycled end-of-life tyres into compounds at industrial scale. TRS’s performance materials, which require a…
EU safety regulation requires TPMS on truck/bus tyres
Under the new European vehicle general safety regulation, which came into force early July, truck and bus tyres are legally required to have tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The regulation introduces a range of mandatory advanced driver assistant systems to…