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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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Bridgestone cited with environmental award

THE Akron-based Technical Centre of Bridgestone Americas Inc. has won the Environmental Achievement of the Year award at the recently held Tire Technology Expo in Germany. Research and development for advanced tyre-related technologies are conducted in this 450-staff Americas Technical…

Zeon Chemicals hikes HyTemp capacity

ZEON Chemicals L.P. is expanding the production capacity of HyTemp by 50% at its Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturing facility, to cater to the increasing global demand for acrylic elastomers. The increase is expected to be achieved by July. “The push for…

New silicone that accelerates supercomputers

A SILICONE-based material that transmits light instead of electrical signals inside supercomputers and data centers, and thereby improves the robustness and flexibility of Big Data applications has been developed by Dow Corning and IBM. The new material is expected to…