Measuring from as miniscule as 2 nanometres, specialty silica can impart sustainability in tyres, thus driving demand. It is impossible to imagine vehicles without fossil fuels. Globally, transportation accounts for 62.3% of petroleum consumption..
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Cultivating opportunities in the Philippine rubber sector
Rubber, a top agro-commodity, is being groomed as a key contributor to the nat ional economic development of the Philippines, says Angelica Buan…
Top Glove considers going into condom business
Top Glove, the world’s largest latex glove makerwhich makes one of every four pairs of rubber gloves the globe uses, may go and diversify into the condom business. Although the latex glove industry has a 6% to 8% annual growth,…
Silicones market to reach US$20.78 bn with 4.9% CAGR by 2022 –report
Allied Market Research (AMR), a full-service market research and business-consulting wing of Allied Analytics LLP, recently published a report titled “World Silicones Market”. According to this report, the silicones market is expected to reach US$20.784 billion by 2022, growing at…
“Europe Rubber Technologist 2016” award given to Dr. Gerard Nijman
In the first “Europe Rubber Industry Forum 2016” that was held on June 22 to 23 in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr. Gerard Nijman was presented the “Europe Rubber Technologist 2016” award by the Rubber Technologists Network (RTN)for his excellent contributions in…
Michelin advances sustainable growth in N. America with US$3.1 bn investment
More than US$3.1 billion has been invested by Michelin North America since 2011 on manufacturing capacity and infrastructure and other developmentsin support of its sustainable growth strategies. Michelin North America currently employs nearly 23,000 people, operating 20 major manufacturing plants…
Silicone: a hit for medical applications
Silicone stands out in medical applications, owing to its suitable properties, including biocompatibility to human tissue , resistance to bacteria and corrosion, sterilisability, and being odourless , tasteless and non- reactive t o other materials…
Top Glove makes trading debut on the Singapore stock market
Malaysia-headquartered Top Glove Corporation Bhd, the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer, in conjunction with its secondary listing, made its trading debut on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) today. The company has undertaken this exercise with…
Hevea brasiliensis genome decoded by researchers
Researchers from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and collaborators from UniversitiSains Malaysia (USM) have successfully decoded the genome sequence for Hevea brasiliensis, the natural rubber tree native to Brazil. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows…
China dumping, radial tyre imports in India rise
The first two months, April to May, of the current financial year in India saw a 57% surge on the imports of truck and bus radials. For Indian tyre makers, this situation is made complicated by the fact that they…