To better understand rubber farmers’ challenges and how they have responded to the rubber price slump in the past decade, the General Directorate of Rubber (GDR) has initiated a joint study with Belgium’s University of Liege agro researchers; the two…
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GDT signs agreement for first US plant, secures US$100m for other possible plants
Green Distillation Technologies (GDT), a renowned Australian tyre recycler, will soon be building their first plant on US soil, in addition to securing funding of up to US$100 million for other plants in the US, should the first one prove…
US offers olive branch to China in trade deal truce
In what can be considered as a sweetener to the long running duel between the US and China, US President Donald Trump recently signed the first stage of a US-China agreement said to be a truce. The preliminary deal, which…
Alliance introduces new R1 radial tyre line featuring dual-layer lug design for better traction
Tyre manufacturing company Alliance Tyres Americas (ATA) has just launched the Agri Star II, a multi-angle lug radial farm tyre which is claimed to offer “extra eye appeal.” ATA has modified the tread design into a new “Stratified Layer Technology”…
India to assess batch pyrolysis processes upon suspicion of dire environmental impact
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has requested that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) find out if advance batch automated plants can “address pollution” caused by burning of waste tyres in India’s…
Evonik opens silicone facility in Germany
Following its double-digit million euro investment and after less than 18 months of construction, German materials company Evonik has officially opened its new multi-purpose silicones manufacturing facility in Geesthacht, Germany. Located in Northern Germany, 30 km outside the port…
Enviro still in talks with WindSpace and TreadCraft for tyre recycling facilities
During the second half of 2019, Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) continued negotiations with WindSpace A/S from Denmark and TreadCraft Limited regarding the establishment of local vehicle tyre recycling facilities based on Enviro Systems’ technology. The earlier negotiations with EE-TDF Cleveland…
IRSG photo competition 2020 “Rubber is a Community”
Singapore’s International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced its 2020 photo competition that is themed: “Rubber is a Community”. The photo submissions should tell a story or emphasise the concept of a communal life that involves rubber at its source,…
TRM introduces new company logo, brand, in new start to 2020
The Italian manufacturer of retreading equipment, TRM Retreading Technology (TRM), has just launched its new corporate logo that has undergone meticulous restyling with a new graphic design. In a payoff that “highlights the company’s ability to innovate and propose new…
Malaysia set to experience growth in nitrile rubber gloves segment
In track to market growth, the Malaysian rubber gloves sector is reporting increasing demand for nitrile gloves while industry players’ new capacities are “being swiftly taken up,” according to local research house Kenanga Research (Kenanga). Kenanga postulates that the nitrile…