With the recent flurry of activity in the glove sector in Malaysia, state-owned Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PCG) and South Korea’s LG Chem have tied up to build a nitrile butadiene (NBR) latex manufacturing plant at the Pengerang Integrated Complex…
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Bridgestone to close doors of bias tyre manufacturing plant in South Africa
Tyre and rubber company Bridgestone Corp. (Bridgestone) plans to close its bias tyre manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth (PE), South Africa, to focus more on premium, profitable growth segments. Bridgestone’s PE plant is specifically geared towards the production of older…
Ceat, ReadyAssist launch roadside assistance initiative for less than US$3 per vehicle
Indian tyre manufacturer CEAT Tyres (Ceat) has started a partnership with service provider ReadyAssist, as part of their Road-Side Assistance (RSA) programme, to offer round-the-clock vehicle maintenance services to their customers. The service offered, including puncture repair and emergency fuel…
3D-printed latex rubber now allows nondestructive use of many new materials, complex
Scientists from the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), the College of Science, and the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech have overcome some long-standing limitations of 3D printing by developing a new custom 3D printer with an embedded computer vision system. The…
Nippon Zeon raising NBR prices for 2020 delivery
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…
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…