R&D efforts and partnerships are keeping pace with the clamour for renewable-sourced rubber for tyres, says Angelica Buan in this report. From guayule to soy beans...
R&D efforts and partnerships are keeping pace with the clamour for renewable-sourced rubber for tyres, says Angelica Buan in this report. From guayule to soy beans...
Renewably-sourced synthetic rubbers are making the cut in the growing automotive and tyre markets, says Angelica Buan in this report..
Rubberised roads demonstrate a viable solution against greenhouse gas emissions, road noise abatement and landfilling of scrap tyre rubber. In Thailand, rubber roads also stabilise its economy, says...
Evolving from silicon, one of the earth’s most common elements, silicones are recognised for their versatile medical application potentials...
This technical paper by Melanie Wiedemeier-Jarad and Dr. Hermann-Josef Weidenhaupt of Lanxess GmbH, Germany, explores the interaction between sulphur...
Malaysia dominates the global rubber industry, supplying more than half the world’s glove requirements. It is well positioned to do so for reasons such as its natural rubber resources...
Fluctuating supply and prices o f latex rubber and a growing demand for more eco-friendly technologies are antecedent to the development o f a flourishing green tyre sector...
The Asian rubber industry is no stranger to fluctuations in commodity prices and upshot of market mechanisms. This year has jump started with improved rubber prices, compared to earlier quarters of last year, supported by increasing crude oil prices and…
Mired by the current tight supply and high prices, brought on by an increase in oil prices , the synthetic rubber sector is facing challenging times...
The new facility is a key addition to the Charleston site’s supply chain, with an expected annual capacity of 13,000 metric tonnes.
International Rubber Prices
(as of 15, September 2017)
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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