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Stellantis sees internal combustion engine in vehicles through mid-century

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Stellantis has concluded that 24 engine families in European vehicles sold since 2014, representing 28 million vehicles on the road, are ready to use advanced drop-in eFuel without any powertrain modification, following months of testing at its technical centers across Europe. The tests were conducted using surrogate eFuels provided by Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies.

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Bridgestone providing custom designed tires for the World Solar Challenge

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Bridgestone announced it will be supplying teams at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC) with tires developed using 63% recycled and renewable materials. The tires, which are custom-designed to meet the unique challenges of the 3,000 kilometer across Australia, mark the first use of the company’s new ENLITEN® technology in motorsport competition.

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Global bias tire market size is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 13.46 percent between 2023 and 2027

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The Global Bias Tire Market size is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 13.46% between 2023 and 2027. The market size is forecast to increase by USD 25,765.53 million. The growth of the market depends on several factors, including the growing demand for bias tires in the agriculture equipment market, a rise in sales of passenger vehicles globally, and an increase in two-wheeler production and sales. The US, China, India, Japan, and Germany are the top countries contributing to the market growth. The US held the largest market in 2021 projecting revenue of USD 3,974.37 million according to Technavio.

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Sustainable additives for the rubber industry

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Efforts to make rubber products more environmentally friendly (green) continue to increase. These efforts have become increasingly important to all rubber companies, large and small. Suppliers that produce rubber additives have increasingly focused efforts to provide products to the rubber industry that help meet the goal of increased sustainability. In this regard, Rhein Chemie (RCH), a business unit of Lanxess, currently has a sizeable portfolio of sustainable additives for rubber compounds, and also continues to explore the development of new products that meet the challenge of increased sustainability. This article will focus on currently available products and future products under development that will aid rubber companies in achieving the goal of more environmentally friendly products.

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Towards the modern automotive industry: Adhesive innovations with styrenic TPEs

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Adhesive innovations with styrenic thermoplastic elastomers In automobile manufacturing, hot melt adhesives have numerous purposes, such as applications in the trunk, roof linings, seat assembly, filter manufacturing, emblems, trim and assembly bonding. The trunks
of modern cars, especially trucks with large storage space, are complex. Individual elements, such as the trunk floor, rear seat backs, rear covers, etc., have been produced for several years with dispersion based adhesive systems, with a growing trend of polyurethane reactive (PUR) systems.

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Influence of functionalized terpolymer resin on carbon black reinforced rubber compounds

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Influence of functionalized terpolymer resin on carbon black reinforced rubber compounds and corelation with tire performance In recent years, the European Union (EU) has mandated reducing greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide (CO2). Passenger cars are responsible for roughly 13% of the total CO2 emission in the E.U. From 2021, the CO2 emissions of new passenger cars must be reduced by 27% compared to 2015.

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