Recently, Nova Motorsport has unveiled its new ACB11 rallycross tyre at the Loheac round of the 2024 French Rallycross Championship (FFSA Championnat De France Rallycross), of which the brand is the title sponsor. The latest ACB11 tyre is produced in…
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Bridgestone launches 55% recycled material tyre
Bridgestone has introduced Potenza Sport, the company’s first mass-produced tyre to incorporate 55% ISCC PLUS certified recycled and renewable materials. The tyre was developed with Enliten technology to improve its sustainability characteristics and make it fully EV-ready, without making any…
Australian govt to invest A$44 mn to reduce waste in WA
The Federal and Western Australian Labor governments are co-investing A$44 million in nine new recycling projects, including tyre recycling, to improve recycling capabilities across Perth and in regional areas in Western Australia. In total, the nine projects will divert an…
Nokian Tyres to add renewable material from birch bark to tyres
Nokian Tyres has signed a development agreement with Swedish biomaterial science company Reselo AB to further develop its renewable material Reselo Rubber as a potential new raw material in tyres. Reselo Rubber is a completely renewable material made from birch…
Bridgestone, Grupo BB&G and Versalis tie-up for recycling tyres to tyres
Tyre firm Bridgestone EMEA (Bridgestone), technology company Grupo BB&G (BB&G) and Italian chemical firm Versalis (Eni) have entered into an agreement aimed at establishing a closed-loop ecosystem to transform end-of-life tyres into new tyres. The agreement will bring together the…
Mitsubishi Chemical exploring recycling of end-of-life tyres through coke ovens
Japan’s Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) says it is undertaking studies to perform chemical recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) by utilising the coke ovens at its Kagawa Plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture). It aims to begin marketing sustainable carbon black made…
Polymer colourants from end-of-life tyres for auto sector
Materials firm Avient Corporation has announced the launch of OnColor REC Polymer Colorants, formulated with pigments derived from recycled content, including end-of-life tyres. They offer an alternative to traditional carbon black formulations and can help manufacturers reduce their product carbon…
China extends anti-dumping duties on halogenated butyl rubber from US, EU, UK, Singapore
China has said it will impose anti-dumping duties on halogenated butyl rubber originating from the US, the European Union (EU), the UK and Singapore, the country’s Ministry of Commerce announced recently. Duties ranging from 23.1 to 75.5% will be levied…
Neste expands logistics for plastics/tyre recycling in Finland
Green materials firm Neste says it is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tyres. This lays the foundation to handling larger…
China’s Linglong to expand Serbian facility
Chinese tyre manufacturer Linglong says it plans to invest US$645 million to expand its production of tyres in Serbia’s northern city of Zrenjanin. The company says the investment is needed to meet rising demand in Europe. This project includes the…