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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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Booming rubber tree business in Philippines

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Quezon is collaborating with a private group that will invest in a rubber tree plantation within the province. Pablito Budoy of DTI-Quezon said at present, a rubber tree plantation in Gen. Nakar and Real, Quezon can be expanded with the aim of supplying the local and world market with raw materials for car tires, rubber slippers and other items made of rubber.

Michelin to expand its US facility

MICHELIN North America will invest US$200 million to expand its Starr manufacturing plant to increase the company’s output of rubber compound material used to build tyres in the US. The company expects the investment to create more than 100 new…

Indian firm sets up tyre plant in Bangladesh

HARSH Goenka-led RPG Enterprises has decided to set up the first large-scale tyre manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. CEAT ltd, an RPG firm and India’s leading tyre manufacturer has contracted a joint venture agreement with Bangladesh leading business conglomerate AK Khan…

Artificial muscle with graphene and rubber

DUKE University engineers have discovered broader application for graphene to a stretchy polymer film which includes artificial muscles. Prior to attaching the graphene to the rubber film, the film is pre-stretched several times its original size. The graphene is attached…

Safer flights with fire buffering rubber

SAFETY precautions determine strict requirements for floor coverings used in long range airlines. Products fitted into aircraft galleys are particularly implicated into these safety precautions. Highly renowned engineers from Metzeler Technical Rubber Systems GmbH, have developed a product with higher…

China tyre imports increase

Imports of car tyres from China doubled in October and November 2012, according to the Global Trade Information Services Inc. (GTIS) data.
Imports from China surged to 3.56 million units in October last year from 1.74 million a year earlier; whilst in November, the imports hiked up to 3.19 million units from the previous 1.64 million.