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Tyres can’t function without this critical raw material. Whether its natural or synthetic rubber you are interested in, articles bearing this tag feature this indispensable polymer.

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Continental purchasing rubber via HeveaConnect

Company News, International News

With immediate effect, tyre maker Continental will handle a portion of its natural rubber purchasing through HeveaConnect, a digital trading platform designed to ensure greater transparency and sustainability in the natural rubber supply chain. Reporting this new arrangement, Continental’s Dr Andrea Appel explains that the goal is to procure all materials from “responsible sources,” and that the key to achieving this “lies in innovative technologies and digitalisation, which can make a decisive contribution to transparency in complex supply chains.”

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  1. Project TREE: A blockchain-driven, more sustainable rubber supply chain
  2. GPSRNR policy framework drives commitment to sustainable rubber sourcing
  3. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
  4. Continental grows commitment to rubber supply chain sustainability
17th December 2021/by Stephen

‘Circle of the Best’ – presidential accolade for Dandelion rubber researchers

International News

On Wednesday, Germany’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced the winner of the 2021 Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize), an accolade bestowed upon those promoting technology and innovation within the country. This year the award went, perhaps predictably, to the research team at Biontech for their work developing Pfizer’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, but the awards event also honoured research into finding a viable substitute for the rubber from the Pará tree.

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  1. Dandelion rubber: Continental specialist amongst nominees for major German award
  2. Dandelion rubber research scientists awarded Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize
  3. Work starting on Continental’s Russian dandelion rubber lab
  4. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
19th November 2021/by Stephen

Toyo Tires closing Australian rubber mixing business

International News

Toyo Tyre Australia Pty Ltd., the Australian sales subsidiary of Toyo Tire Corporation, will wind up its rubber mixing business as of 13 December 2021. The closure of the 1974-established operation directly affects 36 of the 107 people employed (as of 31 December 2020) by Toyo Tyre Australia.

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  1. Toyo’s Shandong Silverstone acquisition finalised
  2. Groundbreaking for Toyo expansion in US
  3. Toyo Tires becomes AC Milan premium sponsor
  4. Toyo Tires raising prices in USA
5th October 2021/by Stephen

Continental codeveloping invisible rubber marking technology

Company News

Tyre maker Continental and Security Matters, an Australian company focused on the digitisation of physical objects in the blockchain, are collaborating to develop and test a marker technology for natural rubber. The two companies have entered into an agreement covering this work.

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  1. Continental grows commitment to rubber supply chain sustainability
  2. Rubberway: Michelin & Continental team up for rubber supply chain JV
  3. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
  4. Schaeffler/Conti Saga – ‘Over By Christmas’?
23rd September 2021/by Stephen

Continental integrates printed electronics into rubber

Company News

Tyres are but one product that may benefit from Continental’s research into integrating printed electronics within rubber. At a facility in Freiburg, Germany, the company is working to digitalise rubber and plastic products that previously only performed mechanical tasks. Work conducted there under the leadership of Dr Tim Wolfer includes the three-year sensIC (sens for sensor and IC for integrated circuit) project, which is being co-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to the tune of 2.9 million euros.

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  1. Another New Continental?
  2. We’re Back on the Road to Success, Conti Shareholders Told
  3. Schaeffler Preparing For Conti Merger
  4. Des Collins to lead Conti’s new public liaison office
2nd September 2021/by Stephen

ANRPC: Rubber demand up 7.2% in 2021

International News

The latest figures from the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) suggest that year-on-year growth in global natural rubber supply won’t be quite as high as previously anticipated and will be lower than expected demand. The ANRPC has downwardly revised its full-year outlook on global natural rubber supply for 2021 to 13.782 million tonnes.

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  1. Kumho Vietnamese Plant – Latest
  2. China establishing rubber Free Trade Zone in Sri Lanka
  3. IRSG: World rubber demand to rise 2.5% in 2019
  4. IRSG and GPSNR sign MoU
19th August 2021/by Stephen

Continental grows commitment to rubber supply chain sustainability

International News

Continental is extending its commitment to sustainability in the natural rubber supply chain. The tyre maker and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have agreed to significantly expand their project to ensure full traceability within the natural rubber supply chain in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan (Borneo).

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  1. Work starting on Continental’s Russian dandelion rubber lab
  2. Continental’s Taraxagum project a potential winner under Germany’s bioeconomy strategy
  3. BMZ and Continental pioneer digital tracing in natural rubber sector
  4. GPSRNR policy framework drives commitment to sustainable rubber sourcing
30th April 2021/by Stephen

Kumho Tire agrees Vietnam rubber processing plant sale with Hyundai JV

International News

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s second-largest tire maker, said Tuesday it will sell its natural rubber processing plant in Vietnam to focus on its core business. According to an official statement published on 23 March 2021, Kumho Tire said it has struck a deal with a joint venture between Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Thanh Cong Group of Vietnam to sell its rubber factory.

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  1. Kumho Vietnamese Plant – Latest
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  3. Smit: Cut rubber trees to manage price
  4. China establishing rubber Free Trade Zone in Sri Lanka
29th March 2021/by Chris

SRI evolving Advanced 4D Nano Design technology

Company News

Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has presented the “next evolution” of its proprietary Advanced 4D Nano Design materials development technology. The manufacturer of the Falken and (outside Europe) Dunlop tyre brands also reports it is utilising supercomputer technology to accelerate its work on materials simulation.

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  1. SRI testing remote tyre monitoring
  2. “Sam” Gibara Joins SRI Board
  3. SRI net income up 26.4% in 2013
  4. Tyre energy to power vehicle electronics
10th March 2021/by Stephen

Bridgestone: New technology to raise guayule rubber productivity

Company News

Bridgestone Corporation reports it has developed a new technology for improving the rubber productivity of guayule plants. It worked on this technology in a joint development project with Kirin Holdings Company, Limited, a company perhaps better known for beer and other beverages.

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  1. Bridgestone optimising rubber yields with big data
  2. Guayule ‘milestone’ – Bridgestone & NRGene assemble new genome
  3. Bridgestone’s guayule research farm complete
  4. PanAridus ships guayule-derived rubber to Cooper
29th January 2021/by Stephen

Bridgestone optimising rubber yields with big data

Company News
Bridgestone Corporation

According to OECD estimates, the world will be home to more than 2.4 billion cars by 2050, around a billion more than exist today. This significant rise in the global vehicle parc will result in much higher demand for the raw materials needed to manufacture tyres. Bridgestone has turned to big data to help optimise rubber yields, and reports developing a system that leads to higher long-term yields.

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  1. Escalating Raw Material Cost Prompts Further Bridgestone Price Adjustment
  2. Toyo supports sustainable natural rubber economy initiative
  3. GM collaborating with tyre makers on natural rubber sustainability
  4. Michelin and Pirelli lead in rubber sustainability – Context Group
12th January 2021/by Stephen

Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres

Company News

The German Sustainability Award project is hailed as “Europe’s premier award for environmental and social engagement.” Held annually since 2008 and oriented towards the goals of Agenda 2030, the multi-stakeholder, government-supported awards honour those working towards a more sustainable future. Awardees for 2021 include Continental, whose Urban Taraxagum bicycle tyre caught the judging panel’s attention. The tyre is an award-winner in the Responsible Design category.

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  1. Work starting on Continental’s Russian dandelion rubber lab
  2. Dandelion rubber research scientists awarded Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize
  3. Bringing rubber production to Europe: Continental starts work on test lab
  4. Award for Continental Urban Taraxagum
10th December 2020/by Stephen

MOL Group completes Hungarian waste tyre recycling plant

Company News, International News

While reporting third-quarter 2020 pre-tax profits (EBITDA) of US$610 million on 6 November, MOL Group confirmed that its Hungarian waste tyre recycling was completed in the third-quarter.

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  2. JSR, MOL to build joint venture S-SBR plant in Hungary
  3. Recyclatech signs first franchise deal for bacteria devulcanisation process
  4. Putting rubber on the road
23rd November 2020/by Chris

Germany: Michelin’s Taneja named rubber association president

Career Tracks

Anish K. Taneja has been appointed president of the German Rubber Manufacturers Association (wdk). The chief executive officer of Michelin’s Europe North Region was named successor to Dr Ralf Holschumacher earlier today. Holschumacher has served as wdk president since 2014.

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  1. Lanxess Celebrates World Rubber Day
  2. German Tyre Components Factory To Close
  3. Michelin chosen as sole M6 fitment
  4. Michelin names Frankfurt its new ‘Europe North’ hometown
19th November 2020/by Stephen

Industry-academic exchange: Linglong signs agreement with QUST

International News

A signing ceremony between Linglong Group and Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) on 10 November paves the way for long-term cooperation between the two parties. So far Linglong has shared only a few details of the agreement, however it appears it covers training programmes as well as technological exchanges.

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  1. Linglong Tire signs cooperation agreement with Geely
  2. Linglong Hubei TBR tyre plant officially opens
  3. Linglong Tire working with Tencent Cloud, Huazhi Group on digital platform & manufacturing system
  4. Linglong starts partnership with SGMW
13th November 2020/by Stephen
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