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Goodyear partnering to develop US-based natural rubber source

Company News, International News

The USA has classified natural rubber as a strategic raw material that serves as a critical ingredient in military, aircraft and truck tyres. The country currently relies on rubber imports for its tyre production but wishes to reduce this dependency, and government and military are thus working with private partners to accelerate commercialisation of natural rubber from dandelions. Goodyear Tire & Rubber will play a key role in achieving this goal.

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8th April 2022/by Stephen

Continental gains 4th consecutive top CDP rating

Company News

Four in a row – For 2021, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has once again awarded Continental the highest grade in its Supplier Engagement rating. This makes Continental one of the eight per cent of companies awarded 2021 leadership status by the international non-profit organisation for supplier commitment to climate change.

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  1. Continental codeveloping invisible rubber marking technology
  2. Rubber extraction unit installed in Continental’s Taraxagum lab
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  4. Continental purchasing rubber via HeveaConnect
11th March 2022/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

Dandelion rubber: Continental specialist amongst nominees for major German award

International News

Research into the use of locally sourced rubber in tyre manufacture has led to Continental’s Dr Carla Recker being nominated for a prestigious award in her native Germany. Together with fellow researchers Prof. Dr Dirk Prüfer from the University of Münster and Dr Christian Schulze Gronover from the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Recker has been shortlisted for the ‘Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2021’, an award for technology and innovation bestowed by Germany’s President.

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  1. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
  2. Work starting on Continental’s Russian dandelion rubber lab
  3. Continental’s Taraxagum project a potential winner under Germany’s bioeconomy strategy
  4. Continental’s Taraxagum project gains momentum
21st September 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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  4. Award for Continental Urban Taraxagum
10th December 2020/by Stephen

Award for Continental Urban Taraxagum

Product News

The judges of the d&i awards 2020, which are presented in association with the Taipei Cycle Show in Taiwan, have honoured Continental with their highest accolade. They awarded the d&i Golden Award to the Continental Urban Taraxagum, praising both the tyre’s production from locally-sourced dandelion rubber as well as its tread and sidewall design. The Taipei Cycle Show itself had to be cancelled on account of the coronavirus pandemic but the awards were nevertheless presented.

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27th April 2020/by Stephen

Continental’s Taraxagum project a potential winner under Germany’s bioeconomy strategy

International News

Locally-sourced alternatives to natural rubber, such as Continental’s ‘Taraxagum’ Russian dandelion project, look set to benefit from new government policy in Germany. Yesterday, the German cabinet approved its ‘Nationale Bioökonomiestrategie’ (National Bioeconomy Strategy). This brings together existing bioeconomy strategies and paves the way for further development in this area, including funding for research.

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  4. Council approval granted for Continental’s ‘Taraxagum Lab Anklam’
16th January 2020/by Stephen

Rubber extraction unit installed in Continental’s Taraxagum lab

Company News, International News

In Anklam, near Germany’s Baltic coast, Continental is setting up a centre to oversee its efforts to industrialise rubber sourced from Russian dandelions for use in tyre production. Groundbreaking on the Taraxagum Lab Anklam facility took place last November, and Continental reports that the first machine for extracting rubber from the roots of the Russian dandelion plant was installed several days ago.

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  4. University award for Continental’s Taraxagum project
29th August 2018/by Stephen

University award for Continental’s Taraxagum project

Company News

The Taraxagum research project into the use of rubber from Russian dandelions in tyres has led to Continental and Professor Dirk Prüfer from the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology being awarded the University of Münster’s Transfer Prize. Continental shares that the €10,000 prize was awarded for the successful transfer of expertise from biotechnology research to commercial application.

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28th June 2018/by Stephen

BKT partnering with Kultevat on dandelion rubber development

Company News

Instead of just finding dandelions growing in fields, we may soon also find them in the tyres of tractors and other agricultural vehicles that traverse these fields. Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT) sees a future for these plants as a material within the tyres it makes; it recently entered into a joint research agreement with US biotechnology company Kultevat, Inc. to develop new compounding methods based on TKS/Russian dandelion rubber, with the aim of integrating these into its tyre manufacturing process.

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23rd April 2018/by Stephen

Bringing rubber production to Europe: Continental starts work on test lab

Company News

With sods of soil sliding from shiny shovels, work on the Continental ‘Taraxagum Lab Anklam’ research and test laboratory officially began on Monday. Construction of the facility will now begin in earnest, and Continental Reifen Deutschland anticipates that the lab, based near Germany’s Baltic coast, will be operational in autumn 2018. Continental is investing a total of 35 million euros in the project, a sum supported by a subsidy of 11.6 million euros from the Ministry of Economics in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

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  4. Rubber extraction unit installed in Continental’s Taraxagum lab
16th November 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Work starting on Continental’s Russian dandelion rubber lab

Company News, International News

For the past six years, Continental has worked with partners on projects to source rubber from Russian dandelions for its tyre production. In 2016, the company announced plans to establish a new facility for industrialising this process. A seven-acre site in Anklam, not far from Germany’s Baltic coast, was selected for this research laboratory. The tyre maker now reports that groundbreaking for the 35 million-euro initial phase of its Taraxagum Lab Anklam will take place this coming Monday.

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  2. Sustainability award for Continental’s dandelion rubber tyres
  3. Dandelion rubber research scientists awarded Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize
  4. Continental’s Taraxagum project gains momentum
10th November 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Council approval granted for Continental’s ‘Taraxagum Lab Anklam’

Company News

Continental reports that plans to establish a research facility for its ‘Taraxagum’ Russian dandelion rubber project in Anklam, Germany have gained council approval. With this box ticked, the tyre maker is now in the process of acquiring around seven and a half acres (3 hectares) of land in a local business park and obtaining a building permit prior to erecting the first building on the site.

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7th April 2017/by Tyrepress Editors
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