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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Industry News: A new way forward for the rubber sector

Malaysia, as one of the pioneer nations to start rubber plantations in 1877, continues to lead the field in producing ...

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Carbon black bound for sustainability

Sustainable carbon black made from renewable feedstock is becoming more and more in demand. But for technologies to fully produce ...

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TA Instruments acquires German software and automation firm

US-headquartered TA Instruments, a subsidiary of Waters Corporation and a manufacturer of analytical instruments for thermal analysis, rheology, and microcalorimetry, has recently acquired Scarabaeus Mess- und Produktionstechnik GmbH based in Wetzlar, Germany. Scarabaeus is a privately-owned manufacturer of instrumentation and…

Airboss takes over AVS supplier Flexible Products

AIRBOSS of America Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire all the shares of Flexible Products Co., a privately-owned US company, which supplies innovative and cost-effective anti-vibration solutions to the North American automotive market. Robert Hagerman, President and CEO…

Bridgestone revamps Bari plant

Bridgestone Europe NV/SA implements the conversion of its passenger car tyre plant in Bari, Italy. The closure of Bari plant, which is fully owned by Bridgestone Italia S.p.A., had been announced in early March. But with the conversion plan, the…

Ansell acquires Korean glove maker

AUSTRALIA-headquartered glove and safety protection products manufacturer Ansell Limited, is fully acquiring Korean industrial gloves company, Midas. The Janggye, South Korean-based privately held company, founded in 1998, has posted current sales of approximately US$30 million yearly. Midas, which manufactures and…

Green tyres made easier with Lanxess’s new rubbers

LOW ROLLING resistance tyres make for lesser carbon emissions on the roads. Lanxess, Germany’s synthetic rubber producer and world’s largest manufacturer of NdPBR (neodymium polybutadiene), has made the processing of such energy-efficient tyres even easier with its newly launched NdPBR…