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🔮 Imagine this: You wake up tomorrow in a world without PBR and SBR. 🚗 Your car tires? They’d grind down in weeks. Highways would be littered with shredded rubber. Logistics costs would explode. The price of simply moving goods would rise like oil shocks. 👟 Your sneakers? They’d slip on wet floors, soles cracking after a month. Sports as we know it — basketball, running, even football — would collapse. ⚙️ Industrial seals, conveyor belts, hoses? Factories would stall. Machines would leak. Energy systems would fail. Now pause. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the quiet power of two invisible materials: PBR (Polybutadiene Rubber) → the hidden shield against wear. It absorbs stress, resists abrasion, and gives products their lifespan. SBR (Styrene-Butadiene Rubber) → the democratizer. It makes rubber affordable, versatile, and usable in almost everything. Together, they don’t just make tires or shoes. They make global trade possible, mobility affordable, and everyday life safe. 💡 The real lesson? The world isn’t built only on flashy innovations. Sometimes, it’s held together by silent heroes you never notice — until they disappear. #SyntheticRubber #PBR #SBR #Polybutadiene #StyreneButadiene #MaterialsScience #SIMONTCO

⚡ The Dark Side of Pirelli’s Beginning Before Pirelli became the tire giant of Formula 1… its founder Giovanni Battista Pirelli almost gave up completely. At 24, drowning in debt, people laughed at him for playing with rubber, a material considered worthless. He was so hopeless that he wrote in his notes: 👉 “I might be building something no one will ever need.” That “useless idea” became the tires trusted at 350 km/h on the fastest cars in the world. So next time you feel your idea is too small, too crazy, or too hopeless—remember: 💡 What feels like your biggest hopelessness might actually be your greatest invention. #Motivation #Pirelli #NeverGiveUp #CarbonBlack #SIMONTCO

🚗➡️♻️ Yesterday’s Tires, Today’s Treasures! Once upon a time, second-hand tires had two fates: 👉 Rotting in giant piles like lazy donuts 🍩 👉 Or being burned as cheap fuel (ouch 🔥). But fast-forward to today… things got exciting! 🚀 Tires are retreaded and reborn 👟 Shredded into crumb rubber for playgrounds 🛝 Pyrolyzed into oil, gas & carbon black 🛢️ Even transformed into roads you drive on 🛣️ What used to be a waste headache is now a circular economy superstar. 🌍✨ The moral? Your old tire isn’t retired… it’s just getting started. 😎 --- 🔖 #CircularEconomy #Recycling #Sustainability #Innovation #GreenFuture #TireRecycling #CarbonBlack #CleanTech #EcoFriendly #FutureIsCircular #SIMONTCO #CarbonBlack

🔥 The Goodyear Mistake That Changed the World In the 1830s, Charles Goodyear wasn’t a success. He was bankrupt, in prison, and ridiculed for chasing his “rubber obsession.” Then one day, in a tiny workshop, a small accident happened. He dropped rubber mixed with sulfur onto a hot stove. Instead of melting, it hardened into something strong, durable, and elastic. That “failure” became vulcanized rubber — the backbone of every tyre on the planet. Goodyear himself never enjoyed the wealth of his invention. But his name became immortal, rolling on every road in the world. #Goodyear #CarbonBlack #SIMONTCO

🛞 From Socks to Superpower: Bridgestone’s Shocking Origin Bridgestone didn’t start with cars. It didn’t even start with tires. It started with… socks. In 1930s Japan, a young man named Shōjirō Ishibashi ran a small shop making tabi socks (the split-toe kind). While others stitched fabric, he asked himself a crazy question: 👉 “What if this rubber on the sole… could hit the road?” And just like that, the first Bridgestone tire was born. --- 🚫 Everyone told him it was impossible: Japan had no tire industry Imported tires ruled the market His first products failed often But Ishibashi didn’t stop. He reversed his own name (Ishi = stone, Bashi = bridge) and created a new one: Bridgestone. A symbol of crossing from tradition → future. --- Fast forward: 1933: First full factory in Kurume. 1950s: Modern tire tech. 1988: The boldest move — acquiring Firestone in the US. --- 🔥 Today, Bridgestone is #1 in the world. 100,000 employees. Global reach. Still driven by one motto: “Serving society with superior quality.” --- 💡 The lesson? Greatness doesn’t start with perfect conditions. It starts when someone dares to look at socks… and see tires. --- #Entrepreneurship #Inspiration #BusinessHistory #Bridgestone #Innovation #Leadership #CarbonBlack #SIMONTCO

🔙 Once upon a time, every tire had a roommate… That roommate’s name? The tube. Always fragile. Always causing drama. One nail… and it screamed louder than the tire itself. 💥 Then engineers said: “What if the tire lived alone?” Result: Tubeless tires. Stronger. Safer. Independent. Sometimes progress is just about… 🚪 kicking out the wrong roommate. #Innovation #Engineering #Automotive #SmartDesign #CarbonBlack #SIMONTCO

🚀 A Bugatti tire at 400 km/h faces 3,800 Gs — like a fighter jet launch. 🛞 Michelin’s secret? Synthetic rubber + carbon black. #Bugatti #Michelin #CarbonBlack #SyntheticRubber #Engineering #Innovation #SIMONTCO

💣💣Since yesterday we joined the 2nd GCC AI & Digitalisation in Oil & Gas Conference 2025 in Dubai, where global leaders discussed how digitalisation is reshaping the industry. For us at SIMONTCO, the key takeaway is clear: these same technologies that transform oil & gas can also revolutionise carbon black and synthetic rubber trading — from smarter supply chains and price forecasting to better client service. We are committed to bringing these insights into action, building a future-ready ecosystem to serve our partners worldwide. 🌍 #SIMONTCO #CarbonBlack #SyntheticRubber #AI #Digitalisation #OilAndGas

👉 “Two brothers were born from the same fire, but they grew up very differently…” Both came from the same furnace — carbon black. The first brother was soft. He loved to bend, adapt, and cushion. He found his place in car tires that make families feel safe on the road, in seals that stop leaks, in hoses that never complain. He was the quiet comfort. The second brother was hard. He refused to bend, he wanted to fight. He became the strength behind airplane tires, truck tires, and giant machines carrying the world’s weight. He was the silent warrior. Two brothers, one purpose: to keep the world moving. At SIMONTCO, we don’t just sell carbon black. We connect industries to the right brother — the comfort of softness, or the strength of hardness. Because behind every journey, there’s a story of balance. If you had to choose for your own car: Would you trust the soft brother for comfort, or the hard brother for strength? #CarbonBlack #SIMONTCO #RubberIndustry #Storytelling

🧛♀️🧛Vampires drink blood… But who eats Carbon Black? Not a myth. Not a fantasy. Humans did. Still do. 🖤 Food-grade Carbon Black — E153. 🖤 Candies, drinks, desserts. 🖤 Fatty, glossy, mysterious. It looks forbidden. It tastes unforgettable. And it proves one thing: Carbon Black is more human than we think. #CarbonBlack #FoodGrade #SIMONTCO #BeyondOrdinary