The growth in India’s automobile industry and the improvements in the replacement cycle will result to around a 10-11% growth in tyre sales in the country in FY2017-18, according to a CARE Ratings report. Tyre demand is directly proportional to…
South and East Asia rubber news
The growth in India’s automobile industry and the improvements in the replacement cycle will result to around a 10-11% growth in tyre sales in the country in FY2017-18, according to a CARE Ratings report. Tyre demand is directly proportional to…
Thailand’s first automotive and tyre testing centre that follows global standards is set to be completed and ready for operations by 2018. “The first phase of the testing centre should be ready for Thai car and tyre makers in 2018.…
The world’s largest glove maker by capacity, Malaysia’s Top Glove Corporation, is teaming up with Japan’s Fimatec to create a joint venture that will produce rubber reinforcing agent used in manufacturing gloves. The companies will establish a joint venture that…
German chemicals company Wacker Chemie AG has opened a new Wacker Academy international training centre for silicone solutions and applications located in Tsukuba, near Tokyo, Japan, strengthening its presence in the country. The centre primarily offers seminars on silicone products…
Tyre manufacturers in India are looking to Southeast Asian natural rubber producers for supply as demand for the commodity increases in the country amidst a slowdown in domestic production, according to industry officials. The country’s rubber industry is also expected to…
The US Department of Commerce will impose anti-dumping import duties on emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (ESBR) from South Korea following its decision last month to impose anti-dumping duties on dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) from South Korea as well. The preliminary determination…
India’s Rubber Board has published a book on the country’s tariff policies on rubber and rubber products that aims to provide clarifications on the policies after the implementation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). India’s external trade policies have undergone important…
Malaysia, one of the world’s largest natural rubber producing countries, has already completed and is now evaluating three pilot projects to determine the technical and financial feasibility of using rubber on stretches of roads and highways. Malaysia Works Minister Datuk…
Tyre manufacturer CEAT, the flagship company of Indian industrial conglomerate RPG Group, has signed a joint venture agreement with a major Bangladeshi business group, A.K. Khan and Company to build a tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. Jyotibrata Banerjee, managing director…
The committee on agriculture and food inside the House of Representatives in the Philippines is moving forward with the creation of the proposed Philippine Rubber Industry Development Board (PhilRubber) that will help expand the markets of the country’s rubber industry.…
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Continental is reviving its agricultural tyre business with the launching of its first premium radial tyres for agricultural operations, which is an important step in the growth of the group’s tyre...
Two products by South Korean tyre manufacturer Nexen Tire have won the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Nexen Tire’s N'FERA AU7, a commercially...
Takata, a Japanese global supplier of automotive safety systems such as seat belts, airbags and child seats, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the US ...
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