The Bangkok Post reports, “The Thai rubber industry is struggling to cope with declining prices, which have dropped for the third year to 50 baht a kilogram from 100 baht in 2012. The price slump is set to wipe off…
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Apollo Vredestein launches new high-performance winter tyre
Apollo Vredestein B.V. exhibited its new Wintrac xtreme high-performance winter tire at the International Tire Exhibition & Conference (ITEC) in Orlando Aug. 20-22. The first tire to be developed in collaboration with Giugiaro Design, the Wintrac xtreme features a W-shaped…
Ross presents agitated vessels with silicone blanket
Ross offers new custom agitated vessels with silicone heating blanket for processes that cannot accommodate the conventional jacket which requires a heating fluid. Shown are portable 50-gallon agitated vessels Model VSL-50 fabricated in stainless steel 316 and designed for atmospheric…
CCI probes presumed cartelisation by India’s top five tyre makers
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe by the director general-investigations into alleged cartelisation by the country’s top five tyre makers. The order was issued in June this year in response to a complaint from the All…
Silicone included to the world care labeling standard
It has been nearly twenty years since a new solvent has been added to the world’s care labeling standards. But in June it became official. Silicone is now an official recommendation for the cleaning of textile products according to ASTM…
Vietnam rubber giant responds to villagers’ grievances
More than 15 months after a Global Witness report revealed that Vietnam’s state-owned rubber giant had illegally cleared land and displaced communities in Cambodia, the company has announced that it will accept and respond to complaints from those whose lives…
Lanxess transfers distribution business to Krahn Chemie
The Lanxess High Performance Elastomers unit has transferred its distribution business in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Krahn Chemie Polska. The core products of this division are the technical rubber products CR, EVM, NBR and HNBR. Lanxess is…
Duraturn truck tyres gains SmartWay verification
China Manufacturers Alliance L.L.C. (CMA) has secured SmartWay verification for three Duraturn-brand truck tyres it’s sourcing from Chinese tyre maker Yanchang Petroleum Group Rubber Co. Ltd. The Environmental Protection Agency has verified the Duraturn DS28 steer position, DA20 steer and…
Global NR surplus to decrease 46% in 2015
The global surplus of natural rubber will shrink 46 percent in 2015 as demand expands and farmers reduce tapping because of decreasing prices, according to the International Rubber Study Group. Production will outpace demand by 202,000 metric tons from 371,000…
Graham Partners buys aircraft tyre retreader
Private investment firm Graham Partners Inc. has acquired aircraft tyre distributor, servicer and retreader Desser Tire & Rubber Co. Inc. and two affiliated companies for an undisclosed price. Chris Lawler, managing principal at Graham Partners, called Desser an “established market…