The automotive industry's push to deliver more’sustainable’vehicles - conventional,hybrid and fully electric - is accelerating change among both suppliers and processors of tire-rubber materials.Much of the focus is on the use of silica-silane filler systems with functionalised polymers to reduce the rolling resistance of tire compounds - thereby improving vehicle fuel- or drive-efficiency. These trends are leading to significant changes in the synthetic rubber(SR)market,according to Frank Lueckgen,director business unit Tire & Specialty Rubbers,global marketing tires at Arlanxeo.
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