Author: RubberWorld

Continental uses carbon black from recycled racing tires in its production of solid tires. To this end, a total of 300 CrossContact Extreme E racing tires were processed using a special pyrolysis process. With this initiative, the premium tire manufacturer is integrating sustainable circular economy solutions into its tire production. By recovering carbon black, virgin raw materials can be saved and CO2 emissions reduced. Since September 2023, Continental has been producing solid tires – whose main application is in forklifts – with recycled carbon black at its plant in Korbach (Germany). Both recycled car and truck tires are used to produce these tires

Bridgestone Corporation has been named by the FIA at the World Motor Sport Council in Baku as sole future tire supplier for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship starting in the 2026-2027 season. Bridgestone’s selection by the FIA as the sole tire supplier for Formula E, covering seasons 2026-2027 through 2029-2030, will be a cornerstone of the company’s sustainable global motorsports strategy.

On October 20, 2023, Silcotech celebrated its 25th year in business. Today, the company is global, with over 100 employees, doing business out of its own highly automated, state-of-the-art facility in Bolton, just a few blocks from the original location. Silcotech also has a facility in India, Silcotech Bonny Products Pvt Ltd.

FAST Riding School courses teach riders how to approach and negotiate turns plus braking, cornering, and acceleration techniques and strategies in a controlled environment of a race track that mimics highways and roadways as well as build skills in subsequent phases to hone track riding skills and boost confidence. FAST Riding School will now feature tires from Bridgestone’s premium motorcycle sport tire line, BATTLAX, including the new Bridgestone BATTLAX HYPERSPORT S23, to help riders gain sufficient confidence and comfort while learning and completing each course.

The fire is reported to have started in a building which is housing raw materials, including carbon materials. Some of these are highly flammable.
Elkem Salten is located in Straumen, in the Sørfold municipality in Nordland county in the north of Norway. It is one of the world’s largest and most modern silicon plants exporting silicon and silica fume products worldwide. The plant has around 200 employees. With its three furnaces, the plant has an annual production capacity of 128,000 mt, of which silicon capacity is 80,000.

BMW trusts in Continental’s original equipment expertise and is equipping its new BMW 5 Series from the factory with Continental tires. The SportContact 7 for sporty driving, the energy-efficient EcoContact 6 Q summer tire and the WinterContact TS 860 S as the winter tire for the cold months have been approved for the entire series – both for combustion vehicles and for the all-electric i5 version.

TechnoBiz is hosting “Rubber Week 2024” during 22-26 April 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand as a Knowledge Hub with 3 Conferences and 10+ Training Programs

Orion S.A. announced a fourth plant has earned International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). The company now leads its industry with the number of certified carbon black production sites.

AkvisIO IME simplifies the setting up and configuration of the connected injection molding machines and process monitoring systems from Kistler such as ComoNeo and ComoScout. Thanks to seamless synchronization, digital assets like tool configuration, reference curves and monitoring objects can be easily transferred and consistently managed – both on the master computer (AkvisIO) and directly on the machine. All data is saved on a cyclical basis and can be compared and analyzed across cycles, giving customers a single source of truth for all their plastics processing product data. Furthermore, the cross-machine and cross-device monitoring of all injection molding processes simplifies the creation of customized reports for quality assurance.