Nippon Zeon Co. Ltd, a company under Japanese materials supplier Zeon Corp., has raised selling prices for its brand of acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, Nipol NBR, in an effort to maintain stable supply of products and improve quality for customers. According…
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Continental launches new Generation 6 tyres for Indian market
The Indian chapter of tyre giant Continental has introduced a range of Generation 6 – the UltraContact UC6 and ComfortContact CC6 – tyres suited to its diverse market. UltraContact UC6 and ComfortContact CC6 tyres have been developed for higher safety…
Top Glove pays migrant workers remediation of US$1.05 mn
Malaysian rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove has made its first remediation payment of US$1.05 million to resolve a migrant labor issue less than a month after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency placed a detention order on disposable…
Australian court fines man for illegal dumping of tyres
A man has been fined AU$30,000 (US$21,655) in the Ipswich Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to unlawfully transporting and dumping tyres in 2018 in at least 17 locations in southeast Queensland,including on vacant or state land in the local government…
Malaysian companies jumping on the glove market bandwagon
With the Malaysian rubber glove market at a boom at the moment, given the virus pandemic and rising need for gloves globally, a host of companies have laid out plans to enter the industry. The recent additions include companies that…
Maxxis Tyres to expand Indian manufacturing plants
One of the fastest-growing tyre manufacturing companies in India, Maxxis Rubber India Pvt. Ltd., plans to set up at least five manufacturing units in India in addition to the expansion of current units that cater to the two- and four-wheeler…
Orion designs custom packaging solution for carbon black
Global supplier of carbon black, Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Orion) has introduced a new packaging system – Minibags – for dust-free and sustainable handling of both powder and beaded carbon blacks. The soluble and meltable Minibags have been designed to…
Continental to expand business at Indiana facilities, create new jobs
Manufacturer and technology company Continental AG (Continental) plans to invest more than US$4 million to expand its ContiTech Vibration Control business unitin DeKalb County, Indiana. Aside from increasing efficiencies in its anti-vibration systems at the 100-sq. ft. facility, Continental plans…
Hartalega set to reimburse up to US$9 mn to migrant workers
Malaysian glove manufacturer Hartalega Holdings Bhd. (Hartalega) expects to reimburse up to RM40 million (US$9.54 million) in recruitment fees paid by migrant workers to third-party employment agents during recruitment. Hartalega is working with an external independent party to review the…
Continental and Aft set up jv for automotive solutions for hybrids/EVs
German technology company Continental and system supplier aft automotive are setting up a 50:50 joint venture to manufacture couplings made of high-performance plastics for the for the future of mobility. The two companies have already been jointly developing special couplings…