Rana Motors, an automobile firm in the country, has gone to the aid of rubber growers by providing them with various financial packages to acquire trucks for carting their produce. Under the package, a farmer pays 20 per cent of…
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India Rubber
The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) was established in 1945 with the purpose of representing the rubber sector in ...
Country Focus: An alliance that keeps Asia’s “white gold” shining
Despite challenges in the global market and supply chain, Asia’s primary rubber producers are successfully achieving their growth targets, with ...
Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s rubber sector rooting for sustainability
Promising solutions are emerging in the form of sustainable rubber practices, aimed at curbing deforestation and substantially reducing the environmental ...
Rubber industry in the digital age: how technology can save forests, boost business
Emerging policies on ethical material sourcing, such as the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR)’s zero-deforestation rule, underscore ecosystem preservation and market ...
Gloves sector holding up through the headwind
Malaysia’s glove makers are benefiting from streamlining of operations, new investments, and net-zero collaborations to mitigate the impact of low ...
Medical technology market shapes up with silicones
Global and Asian markets for silicones in the healthcare and medical industries have grown in tandem with the advancement of ...
Indag Rubber sales declined
Net profit of Indag Rubber declined 3.21% to Rs 6.34 crore in the quarter ended March 2014 as against Rs 6.55 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2013. Sales declined 0.50% to Rs 55.64 crore in the quarter ended…
Top Glove founder motivates Malaysian rubber glove makers
Malaysia may be home to the world’s top two glove makers, but Top Glove Corp Bhd founder and chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai (pix) has cautioned against taking its position for granted. Malaysia is the world’s largest producing country…
European tyre market set to inflate
The state of various European economies varies significantly, there are signs that the tyre markets are picking up and – if some of the large tyre makers’ recent financial reports are anything to go by – premium tyre sales are…
Pirelli announces progress with 2015 experimental tyres
Pirelli has confirmed it made ‘useful progress’ in the Bahrain tests this week after accumulating over 100 laps of testing with experimental tyres for next season. Overall eight new constructions and six new compounds were tested during the two days,…
Porsche Macan gets Continental tyres
Porsche places its trust in Continental tyres for its new compact SUV Macan. To this end, the manufacturer of sports cars has now approved both 18″ and 21″ summer tyres…
GAIL to build PBR rubber plant
Public sector unit GAIL (India) is gearing up to spend about R2,600 crore to set up a poly butadiene rubber (PBR) plant in Gujarat. Currently, Mukesh Ambani-promoted RIL is the only producer of this rubber — highly elastic and stress-resistant…
Rubber farmers in Ghana to form groups to gain support
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr. Clement Kofi Humado, on Saturday entreated rubber farmers in the country to form farm groups in order to access technological support to enhance production. He said Ghana has a high potential of…
Indian rubber market stays neutral
Spot rubber finished unchanged on Saturday. The week-end session was almost inactive and the market remained neutral amidst scattered transactions. Sheet rubber was quoted steady at Rs.145.00 a kg by traders and the Rubber Board. The grade finished flat at…
Egypt’s Ministry of Industry to retread old tyres
The Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade will start refurbishing and reusing heavy truck tyres, Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour announced Wednesday in an official statement. The project, a joint effort of the Industry Council for Technology and Innovation, the…