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Tyre recycling: Work to start on Enviro & Antin JV plant

Uddevalla Municipality in Sweden has authorised Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) to proceed with the construction of its new joint venture end-of-life tyre recycling plant. This clearance comes after Enviro, Antin Infrastructure Partners, and Michelin reached a final decision on the project’s investment on 7 February. Having secured all essential environmental and construction approvals, Enviro anticipates commencing construction in the first quarter of 2024.

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  1. Enviro, Antin partnering to recycle 1 million tonnes of tyres by 2030
  2. Enviro share issue funding JV, operations
  3. Enviro develops ‘improved’ rCB
  4. Fredrik Alpner to manage Enivro’s current & upcoming plant
12th February 2024 by

Continental marks million trip AIBA milestone

Since opening the AIBA (Automated Indoor Braking Analyzer) at its Contidrom proving ground in 2012, Continental has carried out more than a million trips at its fully automated tyre braking test facility, hurtling vehicles at speeds of up to 75mph in precisely reproduceable tests to evaluate tyre performance in a range of conditions. Acceleration is aided by an electromagnetic linear drive borrowed from roller-coaster technology.

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  1. Continental creating own climate at AIBA test centre
  2. Continental celebrates 50 years of tyre tests with driverless vehicles
  3. Continental testing prototype tyres for electric trucks
  4. Continental adds driving simulator to tyre development arsenal
9th February 2024 by

Pirelli in Top 1% of S&P Global Sustainable Yearbook 2024

S&P Global has published its Sustainability Yearbook 2024, with Pirelli distinguishing itself as the only firm within the Auto Component sector to qualify as a ‘Top 1%’ company. Commenting on this achievement, Marco Tronchetti Provera says the recognition confirms Pirelli’s “capacity to integrate its sustainability strategy along the entire value chain.”

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  1. Pirelli ‘Gold’ for sustainability with S&P Global
  2. Pirelli wins gold again in Sustainability Yearbook 2022
  3. Pirelli confirmed on S&P Dow Jones Indices
  4. Pirelli confirms top S&P Global score
9th February 2024 by
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Hamaton enlarging European distribution facility

As of next month, Hamaton will supply European customers from a larger premises. Although the manufacturer of TPMS solutions, tyre valves, inflation products, tools, and accessories isn’t moving far, remaining within the Siemensring business park in Willich, Germany, from 11 March it will operate out of a “large, modern space that matches our ambition for growth and will provide increased storage space, improved facilities, flexible office space, and bigger social areas for our clients and staff.”

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  1. Kumho, Fiege Logistics open major tyre warehouse in Hamburg
  2. Hamaton Ltd expanding UK warehouse
  3. Germany: Falken further expands distribution presence
  4. Bridgestone to Open West Bohemia Distribution Centre in 2006
9th February 2024 by
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L4T Group extends tyre recycling remit to USA

Ireland-based end-of-life-tyre recycling company Life for Tyres Group (L4T Group) is establishing its first processing facility in the USA. Government agency Louisiana Economic Development shares that L4T Group will set up shop at the Port of South Louisiana, investing US$46 million to build a plant on a 10-acre (4-hectare) site.

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  1. End-of-life tyres: Nexolub to market oils from L4T facility
  2. Sustainable raw materials: Liberty deal supporting Bolder’s growth
  3. Bolder Industries signs 20-year supply agreement with Tauber Oil
  4. Bridgestone & LanzaTech partner on ELT solutions
9th February 2024 by
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Goodyear’s rationalisation plan – will Beaurepaires disappear from Australia?

Last September, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company approved a “rationalisation plan” for its operations in Australia and New Zealand, an overhaul that involves divesting or closing 100 retail and fleet locations and nine warehouses. With Australian media reporting that negotiations for a sale have faltered, the number of retail sites to close may end up being more than this quoted figure.

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  1. NETE Buys 15 HiQ Outlets
  2. HiQ Tyre Retail Chain to Create Up To 500 Jobs
  3. Aircraft tyres: Goodyear to appeal Australian ruling on Dunlop name
  4. Goodyear: Dunlop investment continues, Fulda brand to remain in post-factory scenario
9th February 2024 by

China Automotive award for Sailun EcoPoint3

China’s state broadcaster CCTV presented the fourth annual China Automotive Festival on 28 January. The event at Beijing National Stadium included an awards ceremony honouring the best from domestic and international manufacturers, and amongst the recipients was Sailun Group, which won the Jury’s Choice Award for its EcoPoint3 technology. Mrs Liu Yanhua, chairwoman of Sailun Group, accepted the award on behalf of the tyre maker.

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  1. Work begins on Sailun JV test facility
  2. Sailun upgrading car & truck tyre production at acquired factory
  3. Sailun: New Supervisory Board chairman
  4. Sailun Group a Nokian Tyres offtake partner
8th February 2024 by

Continental probably cutting more jobs than previously announced

Last autumn, German business publication Manager-Magazin caught wind of plans at Continental to axe 5,500 jobs in its Automotive group sector. Continental confirmed this shortly afterwards. The magazine now has another exclusive, citing inside information that Continental is currently discussing the elimination of “more than a thousand additional jobs,” leading to cuts in research and development being “more severe than expected.”

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  1. Job cuts, changes: Continental responds to evolving automotive market
  2. 20 million tyres a year by 2022: Continental launches next expansion phase in Hefei
  3. Goodyear Germany job talks end in failure
  4. Uncertain future for 3 Michelin plants in Germany
8th February 2024 by

Nokian Tyres signs rCB agreement with Enviro/Antin JV

To help achieve one of its key sustainability targets, Nokian Tyres has secured a long-term purchase agreement for recovered carbon black (rCB). The Michelin-supported joint venture tyre recycling operation that Scandinavian Enviro Systems and Antin Infrastructure Partners formed last year will deliver rCB to Nokian Tyres from 2026, a year after its first plant in Sweden enters operation.

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8th February 2024 by

Sailun Group joins SBTi

Membership in the Justice League? Not quite, or not yet – but Sailun Group has joined several organisations and initiatives dedicated to doing good in recent times. The company confirms that it is now a member of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). It also recently became the first Chinese tyre maker to join the United Nations Global Compact.

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  1. SSE debut for new Sailun Group ticker symbol
  2. Work begins on Sailun JV test facility
  3. Sailun approves Cambodia TBR project
  4. SBTi validation for Goodyear targets
8th February 2024 by

VMI gains Silver EcoVadis Medal

Business sustainability ratings company EcoVadis has awarded VMI a Silver EcoVadis Medal for its progress toward sustainability. By achieving Silver status, the machinery specialist is in the top 15 per cent of all companies worldwide that EcoVadis assessed by EcoVadis for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in 2023.

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  1. VMI awaits ruling in Chinese infringement case
  2. VMI taking legal action against Safe-Run
  3. Michelin Supplier Award an honour – VMI
  4. IP & patent infringement: VMI wins ‘significant lawsuit’ against Safe-Run
8th February 2024 by
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Romain Sartorius named Chairman & CEO of Mobivia

French automotive and mobility sector company Mobivia, which operates 11 brands and some 20 start-ups in several countries, has a new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Following its election on 27 January, the company’s Board of Directors chose Romain Sartorius to lead the firm for the next four years.

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  4. New MD for Norauto France
8th February 2024 by
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ZC Rubber building factory in Mexico

Not only is Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd (ZC Rubber) setting up a new factory in Indonesia, the Hangzhou, China-headquartered tyre maker has also unveiled plans for a plant in Mexico. The company is looking to establish a manufacturing facility in Saltillo, in the state of Coahuila, with a potential size of up to 600,000 square metres. It will also build a North American warehouse centre adjacent to the factory to improve the local distribution network and optimise cost efficiency.

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  1. ZC Rubber sheds further light on Indonesia factory plan
  2. With Europe, America factories planned, ZC Rubber prepares for IPO
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  4. Mexico plant a “strategic expansion” for Sailun
8th February 2024 by
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New Pyrum Innovations reactor already at 75%

Pyrum Innovations is working to bring two new reactors into operation at its main Dillingen plant in Germany’s Saarland, trebling the facility’s capacity. It began a second test run of the first of these, reactor 2 (TAD 2), on 30 January and reports “initial successes” towards the reactor’s commissioning.

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  1. ELTs: Pyrum both upstream & downstream of Mercedes-Benz
  2. Pyrum Innovations gains permit for expanded main plant
  3. Site found for Pyrum’s new plant
  4. First pyrolysis oil made in Pyrum’s expanded plant
7th February 2024 by

Ireland extending EPR waste tyre scheme

The Republic of Ireland’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for tyres is to be extended to cover all tyre categories set out in country’s Tyres Regulations (8th regulation). According to Ossian Smyth, Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy, this extension will take effect on 1 January 2025 and enable the environmentally sound management of bus, truck, agricultural, construction and industrial waste tyres. Currently, the EPR scheme manages and seeks sustainable solutions for end-of-life passenger car, 4×4, van and motorcycle tyres.

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  1. Australia to tyre industry: If you don’t act on recycling, we will
  2. Site found for Pyrum’s new plant
  3. ELTs: Pyrum both upstream & downstream of Mercedes-Benz
  4. Belgium’s Risorce secures €12.5 million for ELT pyrolysis plant
7th February 2024 by

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