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Hanwa Invests in Thailand’s Tire Pyrolysis Recycling Business

on July 22, 2025 in Materials

Hanwa has acquired through its Thai subsidiary a stake in Pyro Energie, a tire pyrolysis recycling business in Thailand. Hanwa is a major Japanese trading company handling steel, food, and chemicals. The group already supplies tire chips, produced by shredding waste tires, as low-environmental-impact energy to Japanese companies. Overseas, pyrolysis is a prevalent recycling method, generating decomposition oil and carbon...

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Hanwa Signs Basic Agreement with Thai Tire Chip Manufacturers

on July 18, 2025 in Industry

Osaka-based trading company Hanwa has announced that its Thai subsidiary, Hanwa Thailand, has signed a basic agreement with Thai waste tire collection and tire chip manufacturing companies Pralan Energy and R&T (2018). The agreement covers the supply of tire chips, which will be promoted as an alternative to coal fuel both domestically and internationally. Around the world, large quantities of...

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Bridgestone Transfers Carbon Black Operations in Thailand to Tokai Carbon

on July 14, 2025 in Industry

Bridgestone has signed an agreement to transfer ownership of its group company Bridgestone Carbon Black (Thailand) to Tokai Carbon and its Thai subsidiary, Thai Tokai Carbon Product. Bridgestone is restructuring its in-house carbon black operations by focusing on areas where collaboration with partners who possess specialized expertise, global networks, and resources can add value. Tokai Carbon, a global partner whose...

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Nitta Inaugurates Second Plant in Thailand

on December 10, 2024 in Products

Nitta is constructing a second plant on the premises of its consolidated subsidiary Nitta Corporation [Thailand] (NCT), and held an inauguration ceremony on November 26. As part of the company’s shift to further globalization of the hose and tube products business in the medium-term management plan SHIFT2030, the group constructed a second plant on the premises of the NCT plant...

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Sumitomo Rubber to Conduct Joint Research on Rubber Tree Tissue Culture Technology with Khon Kaen University

on May 17, 2024 in Industry

Sumitomo Rubber and Khon Kaen University, a national university in Thailand, have concluded an agreement on joint research on rubber tree tissue culture technology, and held a signing ceremony. The purpose of the research is to analyze data on the plant physiological response of rubber tree and to elucidate the mechanism that leads to improved yields. This will accelerate efforts...

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Thailand Hosts First Asian Rubber and Elastomer Federation International Conference

on March 28, 2024 in Industry

The first Asian Rubber and Elastomer Federation (AREF) International Conference took place in Phuket, Thailand, from February 27 to March 1 with the participation of Thailand, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, India and China. The conference was attended by a total of 178 participants, including rubber industry representatives from various countries. The overall theme of the conference was “Global Challenges and Opportunities...

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