At the recent German Rubber Conference DKT 2015/International Rubber Conference 2015, Switzerland-headquartered rubber/plastics materials company Trinseo was awarded the DKG Product Award 2015 for its multi-functionalised oil-extended solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR). It was presented by the German Rubber Society…
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Demand, insights, analysis of Europe cleanroom Disposable gloves market 2013 – 2020
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Hyundai Replaces General Motors As Official Automotive Sponsor Of The NFL
Sure, sometimes breaking up might be hard to do, but it always helps when you’ve got another suitor lined up to take your former flame’s place. Such is the arrangement for the National Football League, which announced today that it’s…
New products in the rubber industry
Solvay S.A. has unveiled Efficium, a highly dispersible silica and a reinforcing filler that allows for higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing green passenger car and truck tire compounds, the company said. Efficium offers benefits for the automotive industry,…
Demand for new tyres in the Gulf on the rise
Tyre shops are expecting brisk business this time of the year as more customers replace old tyres, which is a common practice during the summer season. Ali Akbar, manager of Al-Saad Trading along Salwa Road, said his store has experienced…
Analysts neutral on natural rubber latex usage for roadbuilding in Malaysia
Analysts are neutral on Malaysian government’s plans to use 10 % of its natural rubber latex output for roadbuilding from 2016. AmResearch Sdn Bhd (AmResearch) in a report, noted that a similar proposal had been made by the Thai government…
Rubberised roads to boost rubber demand and price in Malaysia
The Public Works Department (JKR) and the Malaysian Rubber Board yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement to undertake joint research in the use of the frozen rubber “cup lumps” as an additional material in asphalt, Bernama reports. It is good…
India: Industry expresses concern as rubber output shrinks
The rubber industry has pressed the panic button at the rate natural rubber (NR) production in the country has been shrinking. NR production has nosedived in the last two years and this needs urgent solution, the industry bodies said in…
Giti Tire disappointed at tyre duties decision
Giti Tire Group said it was disappointed by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s June 12 final determination to issue heavy antidumping and countervailing duties against Chinese passenger and light truck tyres imported from China. Commerce issued final antidumping duties of…
Goodyear closes Wolverhampton tyre factory with 330 job losses
Tyre company Goodyear has announced plans to close its only UK manufacturing plant. All 330 workers at the Wolverhampton site are expected to lose their jobs. The US company, which plans to transfer the site’s operations elsewhere, said the move…