Japanese tyre and rubber company Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) has developed a new tyre sensing technology that can detect road conditions, tyre load and other information by analysing the wheel speed signals that are generated by the rotation of…
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Petropolymer to build US$300mn NBR plant in Johor
Malaysian glove manufacturer Petropolymer Sdn Bhd has announced its plans to build a US$300 million (RM1.29 billion) acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) facility in Pengerang, Kota Tinggi in Johor, Malaysia to keep up with the high demand for the raw material…
RMA relaunches as US Tire Manufacturers Association
The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), the national trade association for tyre manufacturers in the US, relaunched under the brand new banner of the US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA).The USTMA also unveiled its rebranded and newly designed website for the new…
Freudenberg plans new site in India; EUR15 million investment
Diversified technology company that produces seals and nonwovens to household products and lubricants, Freudenberg, continues to expand its activities in Asia. The group will start with the construction of a new production facility in autumn 2017 in Chennai, India, producing…
Dow to proceed with coatings and silicones investments in Saudi Arabia
US-based chemicals firm Dow Chemical has signed an agreement to construct a manufacturing facility to produce a range of polymers for coatings and water-treatment applications, and a MOU for a feasibility study related to a proposed investment in the company’s…
Nigeria’s Edo State to give rubber sector a boost
Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State in Nigeria, said he will boost rubber production efforts in order to increase the state’s foreign exchange earnings. According to him, rubber was a major source of foreign earnings for the country before…
India considers repealing the Rubber Act
The central government of India is mulling the repeal of the Rubber Act of 1947, which is often referred to by the country’s rubber farmers as “the Constitution”.The Act has been one of the key elements regulating the rubber industry…
Malaysia rubber glove exports hit RM4 bn in Q1 2017
Malaysia exported more than RM4 billion worth of rubber gloves in the first quarter of 2017, showing a 26% increase compared to the first quarter of 2016, which recorded RM3.2billion in sales. The country’s rubber products are currently exported to…
India’s rubber sector structural reforms worry farmers
The current structural reforms that India’s Rubber Board is going through combined with the possible changes in rubber plantation policy perspectives have the country’s more than 1 million rubber farmers worried. The immediate reason for alarm has been the decision…
VMI South America relocates to new Itatiaia facility in Brazil
VMI South America Ltda celebrated its official relocation to its new and larger location in the city of Itatiaia, about half way between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with an open house event for its customers and…