Safic-Alcan, a global specialty chemicals distributor, has set up a new partnership with mineral-based specialty solutions provider Imerys. This extended partnership covers France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and will be effective from January 2022 for rubber industries. Safic-Alcan…
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Thai Commerce Ministry to prioritise raw, rubber products
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry has renewed its income guarantee scheme to include rubber and oil palm as top priority agricultural products to be presented to the new government, which advocated income guarantees as part of its election manifesto. According to the…
Acquisition forms North American distribution platform for industrial, rubber products
Mid-America Fittings (MAF), a manufacturer of customised, high quality, industrial fittings and valves in Kansas has been acquired by Chicago-headquartered middle market private equity investment firm, Wynnchurch Capital. With the takeover, MAF will become part of a growing distribution platform…
No barriers to growth for Malaysian glove makers
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…
Rubber MSMEs in India urge import duty increase on finished rubber products
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India’s rubber industry are calling for an increase in import duty on manufactured rubber goods entering the country. They are asking for import duties to be increased to 30% from the current maximum of…