9 Sept 2025
More sustainable tires: TotalEnergies’ Cray Valley Affiliate supplies resins (Cleartack® and Ricon®) derived from used cooking oil for synthetic rubber production
Brussels, Belgium, September 9, 2025 – TotalEnergies’s Cray Valley Affiliate has signed a new agreement to supply tire manufacturer Continental with ISCC Plus-certified Cleartack® and Ricon® resins. Using a mass balance approach, the Cleartack® and Ricon® resins will enable the increase of renewable materials in the value chain of Continental tires while maintaining the highest level of safety and performance through specific tire tread formulation.
Cleartack®, a pure monomer low molecular weight tackifying resin, and Ricon®, a Liquid Polybutadiene resin that enhances the performance of tires, are produced at TotalEnergies' Carling, France site. The ISCC Plus-certified bio-feedstock originally comes from vegetable oil or used cooking oil processed at TotalEnergies' biorefinery in La Mède, France. Cray Valley will supply Cleartack® and Ricon® resins to different Continental tire plants in Europe.
The agreement highlights Cray Valley’s ambition to develop low carbon solutions for high-value applications such as automotive applications, enabling their clients to reduce the carbon footprint of their products through the use of renewable feedstock in their value chain.
“The collaboration with Continental is the ideal example of a long-term and trustworthy partnership with a common target: achieving performance while accelerating the transition to more sustainable materials through innovative and reliable solutions. We are very proud to support our long-standing partner to reach its sustainability ambitions. Simultaneously, this agreement is part of our 2030 ambition to supply more than 30% of our total volume as sustainable resins,” said Thierry Lebriat, Global Head of Sales at Cray Valley.
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TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.
About Cray Valley
TotalEnergies’ Cray Valley affiliate is a global supplier of specialty chemical additives, hydrocarbon specialty chemicals, and liquid or solid tackifying resins used to make adhesives, rubbers, polymers, coatings and other materials. As a pioneer in the development of these advanced technologies, Cray Valley has already brought hundreds of performance-enhancing products to market for demanding applications in a range of sectors (energy, printing, packaging, construction, tires, electronics, etc.). Cray Valley’s European headquarters, at the Carling Saint-Avold platform, is home to its customer service, a research and development center, and production units. For more information, visit www.crayvalley.com.
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