According to the "European Rubber Journal" report, Cabot's engineered elastomer composites (E2C) have achieved market recognition in the off-highway tire field four years after entering the market. The composite uses "proprietary wet mixing technology" to mix reinforcing agents with elastomers. The material reportedly expands the range of compound properties, shortens new product development cycles, and reduces barriers to commercialization.
When talking about customer acceptance of the product, Cabot CEO and President Ke Shangen said that the main obstacle to market development is customers' production process problems. "This high-performance material requires customers to make a certain degree of change in the production process, which is a challenge compared to traditional materials," he noted during the recent fiscal first-quarter results conference call. Keshanen explained that this requires a certain degree of change in the production process. Some adjustments will be made to the front-end processing equipment and processing technology of tire production.
Keshanen also said that the company has achieved significant results in the off-highway tire market. "In the field of large earthmoving tires, the wear resistance, cut resistance and chipping resistance of this reinforced composite material are crucial," he said. He believes that the next areas to adopt this technology may be trucks and public vehicles. Automotive Tires (TBR). He added: “Customers are trying to balance the tire’s wear resistance and fuel economy or rolling resistance.” According to Keshanen, the company already has a number of customers conducting road test expansion experiments of this technology in the field of truck and bus tires.