This advance, intended for the wood industry, is the result
of a collaboration that began in 2018 between ResiCare and Allin, a French
specialist in the production of plywood panels.
Since February, Allin has been marketing “R’PLY”, the first
responsible plywood, integrating a ResiCare resin that is kinder to health and
the environment. Comprising layers of eco-certified okoume or poplar wood,
“R’PLY” is a high-performance plywood for multiple applications. The “R’PLY”
panels will soon be available to private individuals in certain DIY
superstores. They are also suited for use in vehicle and boat construction as
well as in the building trade.
In May 2021, ResiCare set up a mobile resin production unit
on the Michelin site in Olsztyn, Poland. Michelin’s ambition is to substitute,
by 2025, more than 80% of its usual adhesive for use in tire textile
reinforcement with a new ResiCare adhesive free from any substances of very
high concern for health (SVHC).
Based on the Olsztyn model, ResiCare intends to set up other
compact production units over the coming months in Europe and Asia, opening the
way to an ambitious plan to deploy this textile reinforcement technology for
all tire producers.
ResiCare stems from Michelin’s desire to substitute its
customary adhesives, used in tire textile stiffeners, with formalin- and
resorcinol-free adhesives that are safer to human health and to the
environment.
Convinced by the results obtained, Michelin and ResiCare now
want to add value to this technology that goes “beyond the tire”.
This approach is yet another illustration of the
Group’s “all sustainable” strategy and its ambitions for development “beyond
the tire”. Courtesy: www.michelin.com
