The free movement of goods and people is an essential factor for all economies. Aircraft, cars and commercial vehicles all need safe, durable tires. The world's leading tire manufacturers use resins produced by RÜTGERS. NOVARES resins influence vulcanization and production times and play a key role in tire grip. Together with the other components of rubber formulations, they also enhance high-speed performance, elongation at rupture and winter strength, features also required in other rubber applications. It is hardly surprising that NOVARES resins are now used in almost all the sectors of the rubber industry.

In addition to hydrocarbon resins, RÜTGERS also produces carbon black feedstock, another key material for tires. The company supplies carbon black manufacturers throughout the world with carbon black feedstock specially formulated to minimize rolling resistance and wear and to enhance wet running properties. Carbon black is now a high-tech product which can be used to modify tire properties in a variety of ways together with the rubber mix.

The tire industry reflects the economic situation. Currently, global tire production is growing. While North American and European markets are stagnating at a high level, the growing economies of Asia, especially China, and eastern Europe are gaining ground at a rapid pace. Currently, there are even delivery bottlenecks in some areas, with industry unable to meet the demand for construction machinery tires. Tire-makers have reacted to this trend and are building new plants, especially in China. For more than 80 years now, RÜTGERS has been the preferred supplier of carbon black feedstock to the world's leading carbon black manufacturers.