US low-emission carbon black and hydrogen manufacturer Monolith says it has renewed an expanded partnership with École des Mines de Paris-PSL (Mines Paris) through February 2030 in support of research and development (R&D) efforts at the organisation’s facility in Sophia… Read more → The post Monolith/Mines Paris-PSL expand carbon black R&D partnership appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

German tyre maker Continental recently celebrated 15 years since establishing its tyre business in Thailand and five years of tyre production in its tyre plant in Rayong. The tyre manufacturer had invested a total of EUR250 million in the plant… Read more → The post Continental marks 15 years of tyre biz in Thailand appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

India’s Apollo Tyres is partnering with Natrax, a provider of testing and validation services, to set up what the partners say is “the first of its kind test track” in India, specifically designed to validate tyres for electric vehicles (EVs)… Read more → The post Apollo/Natrax to develop tyre test track in India for EVs appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

India’s Himadri says it will expand its carbon black capacity to meet the increasing demand from Europe amid an impending ban on Russian carbon black imports in the EU. The Kolkata-based speciality chemicals major will expand its speciality carbon black… Read more → The post Himadri Speciality to expand speciality carbon black capacity appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

Leveraging more than a decade of partnership, Germany’s Continental Tires and vehicle maker Brabus teamed up recently to test the limits of the newly-launched, made-for-APAC (Asia-Pacific) sporty tyre, MaxContact MC7, at Continental’s testing facility Contidrom. Using the Brabus 750 Bodo… Read more → The post Continental Tires and Brabus test sporty tyre launched for APAC market appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

Synthetic rubber supplier Arlanxeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Therban hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) plant in Changzhou, China. With a nameplate annual production capacity of 5,000 tonnes, the first… Read more → The post Arlanxeo breaks ground on new HNBR plant in China appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

Tyre maker Michelin’s groundbreaking of the Collaborative Innovation Centre is said to mark a major milestone in this project dedicated to innovation, and the only one of its kind in Europe. Initiated in 2020 and spearheaded by five major local… Read more → The post Michelin breaks ground on EUR60 mn innovation centre in France appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

In its efforts to advance chemical recycling, sustainable materials firm Neste says it has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tyres. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for… Read more → The post Neste concludes first processing run with pyrolysis oil from discarded tyres appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

Dutch machinery firm VMI is focusing on smart solutions that optimise tyre building and address the challenges the industry is facing, with new advanced vision systems, self-learning AI algorithms and self-adjusting processes contributing to improved flexibility, higher accuracy and consistency. Thus,… Read more → The post VMI introduces foreign-detection sensor for tyre treads appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more

French tyre maker Michelin, the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and the University of Strasbourg recently inaugurated the SpinLab associated research laboratory in Strasbourg, with a view to studying the electrospinning process for the optimal production of nanofibrous materials,… Read more → The post Michelin and partners research nanofibrous materials appeared first on Rubber Journal Asia -News on Rubber machinery , Manufacturers , Rubber chemical producers and Rubber processors ..read more