India’s output of natural rubber (NR) dropped to a six-year low of 1.26 lakh tonnes in the first quarter of 2018/19, with consumption at a high of 3.02 lakh tonnes. The production-consumption gap widened to 58% of consumption in Q1…
South and East Asia rubber news
India’s output of natural rubber (NR) dropped to a six-year low of 1.26 lakh tonnes in the first quarter of 2018/19, with consumption at a high of 3.02 lakh tonnes. The production-consumption gap widened to 58% of consumption in Q1…
Tokyo-based Yokohama Rubber Co. says that the results of joint research projects conducted since 2013 with two universities in Thailand, a major producer of natural rubber, were recently presented at The International Polymer Conference of Thailand 2018 (PCT-8). The joint…
Family-run Huf Group from Velbert, Germany, and Chinese automotive supplier Baolong from Shanghai are to tie-up to establish a joint venture in the field of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). The aim is to accelerate growth through joint activities in the areas of…
China’s Ministry of Commerce has imposed temporary anti-dumping measures on nitrile rubber imported from South Korea and Japan from 16th July. The Ministry says it will collect deposits ranging between 12 and 37.3% on imports of the rubber from South…
The US Commerce Department says that rubber bands imported from China will be subject to hefty state subsidies. Meanwhile, a similar investigation into the same products from Thailand resulted in a leaner fine. Imports of rubber bands from China were…
Japanese firm Zeon Corporation is boosting the production capacity of the Kawasaki plant to expand its business of specialty cross-linked hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR). Marketed as Zetpol, the firm says the HNBR is increasingly being adopted for use in important safety…
US-based Saint-Gobain Seals says that it has established the production of Rulon 123 stamped fluoropolymer parts at its Bangalore, India, facility in order to supply local parts to a global industrial customer for use in gasoline metering pumps. The business…
US carbon black manufacturer Cabot is adding on significant capacity to its worldwide network of carbon black plants. Through the combination of a plant expansion, operational improvements, and debottlenecking projects, Cabot is expanding its global capacity by over 300,000 tonnes. Cabot…
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has reportedly said that the European Commission (EC)’s decision to impose duties on China-made bus and lorry tyres is a measure to artificially raise the dumping margins by using the cost of production in a…
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd, a specialty manufacturer of rubber automotive parts and LEDs, is set to strengthen its business in China by making Tianjin Star Light Rubber and Plastic Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary in April 2018. Tianjin Star Light…
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