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Continental Opens Research Lab for Dandelion Rubber<\/h4>\n
The first sample of a premium winter tire featuring a tread made from pure dandelion rubber was brought onto the road in 2014. The first truck tire with a tread made from Taraxagum then followed at IAA 2016.<\/b><\/div>\n
Photo courtesy of Continental<\/div>\n
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Continental officially inaugurated its research laboratory named \u201cTaraxagum Lab Anklam\u201d in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, and presented it to the public. After the ground-breaking ceremony in November 2017, the building – covering an area of 323,000 square feet\u00a0is ready for occupation just one year later, completed on schedule.<\/div>\n
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It is set as the base for future research on farming and the extraction process of Russian dandelion as an alternative raw material source to the rubber tree in the tropics. If initial test results indicate viability, the tire manufacturer is planning to introduce the raw material into serial production within 10 years\u00a0to obtain an increasing proportion of its natural rubber demand from the dandelion plant.<\/p>\n

At the opening, Nikolai Setzer, member of the Executive Board of Continental AG and head of the Tire division, said, \u201cWe are proud to inaugurate this lighthouse project today. We are the first tire manufacturer in the world to invest such a significant amount in industrializing dandelion rubber. We see Russian dandelion as an important alternative and complementary to conventional natural rubber from hevea brasiliensis allowing us to meet rising global demand in an environmentally compatible and reliable way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the investment in the new research laboratory is another technological milestone on the road to implement the Vision 2025 Continental has developed for its tire business.<\/p>\n

In the mid-term, around 20 employees with background in agricultural sciences, chemistry, and production and process technology will search on plant cultivation as well as developing, setting up, and operating machines for processing Russian dandelion at the new location. The Ministry of Economic Affairs of the state of Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania supported the future-oriented project in order to create the high-quality jobs locally. The new business location creates opportunities for farmers in the region and their cultivation areas, too.<\/p>\n

Continental\u00a0has been conducting research into replacing natural rubber from the tropics with plants which can be grown at moderate climates since 2011 in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute IME in M\u00fcnster, the Julius K\u00fchn-Institute in Quedlinburg, the plant breeder ESKUSA in Parkstetten and other partners in various research projects with support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The first sample of a premium winter tire featuring a tread made from pure dandelion rubber was brought onto the road in 2014. The first truck tire with a tread made from Taraxagum then followed at IAA 2016.<\/p>\n

Source: Automotive Fleet<\/a><\/p>\n

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