The automotive industry has been up against challenging episodes in the outgoing year of 2014, and not only with vulnerable sales and production woes. What has tainted its rosy prospects is…
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Wacker exhibits ultrapure precision silicone film
Wacker, the Munich-based chemical group, will be introducing ultrapure precision silicone films at Energy Harvesting & Storage USA. The film is available as roll stock in thicknesses down to 20 microns. Marketed as Elastosil Film, the product broadens the application…
Malaysian rubber rejuvenated by global demand of gloves and condoms
Global demand for latex condoms and gloves is helping Malaysia rejuvenate its rubber industry that is growing competition from other countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, reported Bloomberg today. The financial newswire said that exports of contraceptives are helping Malaysia…
Myanmar rubber plantation owners calls for compensation talks with MOGE
Negotiations over compensation for land taken from rubber plantation owners by Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprises or MOGE for a gas pipeline passing through Wel-Khru Village-Tract and Chan-Ta-Yar Land, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State have stalled, reports the Independent Mon News…
Trat Province rubber farmers prepares for gov’t price support
A number of rubber farmers in Trat Province have been lining up to open new accounts at the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) in anticipation of the government’s price support of 1,000 baht per rai, with a maximum…
Indian rubber farmers affected by global oil prices decline
A fall in global oil prices may have brought cheer to the Indian government as well as economists in Asia’s third-largest economy, but rubber farmers here say they are suffering as crude has weighed on other commodity prices. Crude oil…
Indian tyre dealers urges gov’t to cut back prices
With the fall in raw material prices including rubber, All India Tyre Dealers Federation has asked the Government to take steps to roll back domestic tyre prices and to lift anti-dumping duty on imported cross ply nylon fabric truck tyres.…
UAE rubber manufacturer aiming opportunities in Mexico, Panama and Brazil
UAE-based manufacturer Rubber World Industries is targeting opportunities across the Americas, according to managing diretor Rizwan Shaikhani. The company, part of Shaikhani Group’s Rubber World Industries business, is targeting opportunities in Mexico, Panama and Brazil, among other markets, and has…
Tocom and Shanghai futures fell due to lack of buying interest
Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended down 1.7% on Tuesday, reflecting sharp falls in Shanghai futures amid oversupply worries. “Both Shanghai and Tocom fell on lack of buying interest,” said a Tokyo-based dealer who declined to be identified. The Asian rubber…
Hankook enhances medium haul truck tyre ranges
Hankook Tire, the leading and one of the fastest growing tyre companies in the world, is further expanding its truck tyre business in Europe by upgrading its range of light to medium duty truck tyres with a special focus on…