US-based designer Benjamin Weinstein has launched its company, renewpurpose, offering stylish cases and bags from discarded rubber tyre inner tubes. Weinstein commented in an interview that the toughness of rubber tyres, if crafted properly, can be made into excellent protective…
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Tokai Rubber Industries acquires Anvis
GERMANY-headquartered Anvis, maker of highly engineered anti-vibration products for automobile applications will be taken over by Tokai Rubber Industries after the latter has completed the sales with H.I.G. Europe, the European arm of global private-equity company H.I.G. Capital. In 2010,…
Goodyear’s Eagle Sport All-Season tyre showcases new tread compound
The tyre features asymmetric tread pattern, which the company said provides responsive handling and grip whilst reducing road noise and promoting even wear..
Titan to invest in Russia
OFF-road tyre specialist Titan International Inc., is currently on talks with Russian tyre maker JSC Cordiant on a potential investment in Russia. In a recent statement, Titan has confirmed interest on said investment plans, saying that mining and farming growth…
Association sees Kerala NR sector likely to crash
THE ASSOCIATION of Planters of Kerala (APK) cautions that the natural rubber (NR) growing sector in the Indian state of Kerala is likely to slip into crisis due to frequent price drops and production cost hikes. Y Raghavan, Chairman of…
Halcyon Agri to acquire Malaysian NR producer
SINGAPORE-headquartered SIR (Standard Indonesian Rubber) producer Halcyon Agri Corporation said that it will acquire Malaysian NR (natural rubber) producer Chip Lam Seng in an RM63 million (USS$25.67 million) deal. With the buyout, Chip Lam Seng’s current two natural rubber factories…
Sri Lanka to increase natural rubber output
About 17,000 hectares of new rubber plantations have covered the districts of Moneragala and Ampara, and more areas in Hambantota, Mullativu, Vavuniya and Kilinochchi will also be planted with rubber.
Wacker unveils modular system for pourable silicone rubbers
MUNICH-based chemical Group, Wacker has developed a modular system for pourable, addition-curing silicone rubber compounds. The Elastosil Vario system possesses both the reactivity of the silicone rubber compound and the hardness of the elastomer and can be adjusted as required.…
Radial tyres to spur further Lanxess’s growth in Asia
There is a growing trend towards the use of radial or tubeless tyers for buses and trucks in China and India, according to Lanxess, in lieu of the recent opening of its largest single investment butyl facility in Jurong island, Singapore.
Lanxess committed to Asia with BR plant in Singapore
German speciality chemicals firm Lanxess recently inaugurated its EUR400 million 1,000 kilotonnes/year butyl rubber plant on Jurong Island in Singapore, its highest investment to date. The plant will create about 160 highly qualified new jobs that will mainly be filled locally. The…