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Better tyres – SRI says research “opens door” to rubber bioengineering

Company News, International News

Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) reports progress in its joint work with professors from three universities to improve natural rubber yields and create new strains of rubber that will enhance tyre performance.

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  1. Results of Sumitomo Rubber’s natural rubber research published
  2. SRI: New technique for examining materials within tyre rubber
  3. SRI: Testing breakthrough will lead to higher rubber yields
  4. SRI evolving Advanced 4D Nano Design technology
30th June 2022/0 Comments/by Stephen

Michelin now sole owner of RLU sustainable rubber project

Company News, International News

With the purchase of the 49 per cent shareholding that Barito Pacific Group had in Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), the joint venture pilot project to develop sustainable rubber tree plantations in Indonesia becomes a 100 per cent Michelin-owned affair. Moving forwards, Michelin views RLU as a “significant long-term opportunity to actively contribute to making the natural rubber sector more sustainable.”

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  1. Michelin accused of Indonesia natural rubber deforestation “cover-up”
  2. Michelin begins natural rubber JV with Barito Pacific
  3. Top natural rubber produces cutting exports by 240,000 tons
  4. Continental grows commitment to rubber supply chain sustainability
22nd June 2022/0 Comments/by Stephen

OTR tyremaker Huitong transitions to new ownership

International News
Huitong

On 14 June 2022 Hou Yugang, chairman of Zaozhuang Mining Group, went to Zhongxing Huitong Tire for research purposes. During his public speech, Hou Yugang affirmed that Zaozhuang Mining Group’s takeover of OTR tyre specialist Huitong had transitioned smoothly following the transfer of equity.

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  1. Aeolus Placing a Focus upon Quality
  2. Sinochem International Buys 51% of GMG
  3. For Yinbao Tyre, imitation is the highest form of flattery
  4. China establishing rubber Free Trade Zone in Sri Lanka
21st June 2022/0 Comments/by Xuda Wang

Klarius raises prices ‘by a small proportion’

UK News
Klarius

Klarius reports that it has been using its “extensive UK stock of exhaust systems, components and accessories to limit price rises to the aftermarket” up till now. However, the continuing rises in global energy costs are now being compounded by direct sanctions on trade with Russia, which is also pushing up raw materials costs for manufacturing industry.

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  1. MAM Certification for Klarius
  2. Klarius adds 48 exhaust components
  3. Trevor Hudson appointed Klarius business development manager, Germany
  4. Crown Court acquits Klarius directors
15th June 2022/by Chris

Pelletiser aiding Pyrum’s rCB processing

Company News

In addition to gaining ISO 9001 certification, Pyrum Innovations has started test operation of a new pelletiser at its plant site in Dillingen, Germany. The pelletiser enables the recovered carbon black (rCB) obtained via the pyrolysis process to be bonded into pellets, which increases their transportability and facilitates the further processing of the raw material.

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  1. Pearl Global appoints CEO
  2. Recovered carbon black: Michelin & Bridgestone launching joint initiative
  3. Sustainable S-SBR: Asahi Kasei & Shell sign butadiene agreement
  4. Continental and Pyrum sign development agreement, recovered carbon black supply deal
19th May 2022/by Stephen

Birla Carbon rated Platinum by EcoVadis for sustainable business practices

Company News

Birla Carbon has been awarded a Platinum level rating by EcoVadis for sustainability. This recognition confirms Birla Carbon’s position as an industry leader in advanced sustainability practices and reporting and places it in the top 1 per cent of companies rated by EcoVadis. The rating was provided after reviewing Birla Carbon’s sustainability practices in its recently published ninth sustainability report, Driving Circularity.

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  1. Tyre industry suppliers Nynas, Cabot and Evonik amongst top EcoVadis ratings
  2. Birla Carbon receives IATF certification across all factories
  3. Birla Carbon closes US$750 million Sustainability Linked Loan
  4. Birla Carbon announces EMEA price increase
13th May 2022/by Chris

Carlton Forest heats up cold testing of tyre pyrolysis plant

UK News
Carlton Forest

Carlton Forest reports that it has begun a cold testing phase at what it refers to as “the UK’s first continuous pyrolysis plant” located at the company’s Worksop site. That announcement, which was published on 13 May 2022, will be followed by “full operation launch” later in May.

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  1. Enso Tyres becomes a Wastefront recovered carbon black customer
  2. Enviro reports ‘Sharp increase in interest’ in rCB due to war in Ukraine
  3. Pyrolyx withdraws from Australian and German stock markets
  4. Klean CEO speaking on recovered carbon black at European Carbon Black Summit
13th May 2022/by Chris

Continental: Lower income despite strong tyre business in Q1 2022

Company News

Announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2022, tyre maker and automotive technology firm Continental states that it “performed well” during the period despite “an increasingly turbulent market environment.” It describes its Q1 2022 tyre business as “strong.”

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  1. A “good result” – Continental returns to the black in 2021
  2. Michelin: YTD sales up 15.6% to €17.2 billion
  3. Continental: Components supply issues hit Q3 2021 sales & earnings
  4. Continental revises 2022 outlook, publishes preliminary Q1 results
11th May 2022/by Stephen

MRF: Profits halved thanks to unprecedented material cost rises

Company News, International News

Indian tyre maker MRF Limited has reported a standalone income of Rs 193.04 billion (£2.03 billion) for the financial year ending 31 March 2022, a 19.7 per cent increase on the previous year’s result. Exports were slightly up, being valued at Rs 17.79 billion (£186.80 million), compared with Rs 13.33 billion for the prior financial year. Standalone net profit, however, dropped 48.2 per cent year-on-year to Rs 6.47 billion (£67.94 million).

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  1. Lower material costs help MRF double net quarter profits, despite Chinese competition
  2. Apollo Tyres annual net profit up 12 per cent, but European sales slide
  3. Ceat: Higher input costs squeezing margins
  4. MRF Ltd: Q2 2017 profit down 78%
10th May 2022/by Stephen

Eldan & Pyrum intensify tyre recycling, pyrolysis collaboration

Company News, International News

Under an expanded cooperation, end-of-life tyre (ELT) recycling equipment manufacturer Eldan Recycling A/S and pyrolysis technology developer Pyrum Innovations AG will include each other’s products in their complete recycling solutions. The Danish and German firms say they’ll distribute these solutions “actively”.

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  1. Pyrum to supply Continental from expanded pyrolysis plant
  2. Pyrum Innovations appoints CFO, extends Klein’s CEO remit
  3. Interest in Tyre Recycling Increasing, says Eldan
  4. Barry Stocker Appointed Sales Director for Genan
9th May 2022/by Stephen

US launch for Goodyear’s soybean truck tyres

Company News, International News, Product News

This week, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company achieved a further step towards its goal of fully replacing petroleum-derived oils by 2040. Selected products within the Goodyear Metro Miler range, a city transit tyre available to customers in North America, are now produced using a bio-based soybean oil compound that replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used.

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  1. Goodyear awarded for safety improvement practices
  2. Goodyear invests in EV charging provider AmpUp
  3. Goodyear to Hike US Tyre Prices
  4. U.S. Senator to Goodyear: Workers are ‘tired of this corporate race to the bottom’
5th May 2022/by Stephen

Synthos: Ukraine war & EU regulations driving interest in recovered materials

Company News

With its acquisition of Trinseo’s rubber production plants in Schkopau, Germany late last year, Polish firm Synthos has also taken on the minority stake in Swiss start-up Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) that Trinseo held. It reports that its collaboration with TRS is now “progressing according to plan.”

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  1. Trinseo investing in, begins partnership with Tyre Recycling Solutions
  2. Enviro reports ‘Sharp increase in interest’ in rCB due to war in Ukraine
  3. Black Bear Carbon preparing to go back on-stream prior to technology’s roll-out
  4. Pyrolyx files for insolvency in Germany
14th April 2022/by Stephen

Enviro reports ‘Sharp increase in interest’ in rCB due to war in Ukraine

Company News, International News
Enviro

Tyre recycling and product recovery specialists Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) is has noted “a sharp increase of interest in purchasing the carbon black and oil that Enviro recovers from end-of-life tyres” since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Interest has been observed “among old and new customers”, but the company has not commented on what this means in terms of specific orders.

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  1. Enviro: Improved tyre pyrolysis market will help revenues
  2. Co-owned recycling plants: Enviro setting up USA holding company
  3. Corporate bond to finance Environ’s ownership of recycling plants
  4. Sri Lanka tyre manufacturer signs recycled carbon black order
17th March 2022/by Chris

Carbon black and gas prices push tyre manufacturer supply situation to a head

International News

Russia’s attack on Ukraine is now impacting Europe’s leading economies and specifically Germany. For those producing tyres, hoses, seals or health protection products, the situation is particularly series due to the duel effects of tight carbon black supplies and rising energy and specifically gas costs. “Carbon black is an indispensable material for production and so far more than a third comes from Russia,” explained Boris Engelhardt, general manager of the German Rubber Industry Association (WdK) in Frankfurt am Main, according to our sister publication reifenpresse.de.

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  1. Turkey leads strong Eastern Europe heavy trailer demand
  2. SABIC introduces new synthetic rubbers
  3. Omsk carbon black production to start in 2018
  4. Klean CEO speaking on recovered carbon black at European Carbon Black Summit
16th March 2022/by Chris

Enso Tyres becomes a Wastefront recovered carbon black customer

International News
Enso

During the first week of March, Wastefront announced it has entered a strategic partnership with electric vehicle tyre-focused tyre brand Enso. The deal will see Enso incorporate Wastefront’s recycled carbon black (rCB) in its tyres from 2024. Wastefront will also provide UK-based Enso with a recycling outlet for its used tyres, as part of its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).

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  1. Sri Lanka tyre manufacturer signs recycled carbon black order
  2. Pyrolyx withdraws from Australian and German stock markets
  3. Enviro CEO joins post-Michelin and Bridgestone rCB presentation panel
  4. Klean CEO speaking on recovered carbon black at European Carbon Black Summit
14th March 2022/by Chris
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