UK BASED company, Stantovelo has developed cycling arm warmers to protect wearer drom road rash. The patent-pending design of the Stantovelo arm warmers use lightweight, antibacterial elastomer along the forearm and elbow. Stanton, the inventor of the warmer says that…
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Upgraded supercar to be fitted with Conti, Michelin tyres
For a US$6,500 upgrade, the Tesla Model S Performance 416 hp electric sports car features 21-inch Michelin and Continental tyres and improvements in suspension.
Group denounces rubber firms’ Cambodia, Laos land grab
UK/US-headquartered Global Witness, an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) campaigning against natural resources exploitation and poverty , alleges that at least two Vietnamese rubber firms have illegally seized parcels of land in Cambodia and Laos, in collusion with Government authorities. Naming…
Venture capitalist buys Industrial Latex Compounds
Amin Amiri of a2e Venture Catalysts has acquired a majority controlling stake in UK-based Industrial Latex Compounds (ILC) that has a turnover of circa £16 million. ILC, originally part of Dow Chemical, is a “veteran” of the latex industry, boasting…
Rhein Chemie opens 170k capacity-bladder unit in Brazil
German speciality firm Lanxess’s subsidiary Rhein Chemie has opened a new production facility at the Porto Feliz site in Brazil, to produce 170,000/year Rhenoshape high-performance curing bladders, which are used in tyre manufacture.
Yulex funds university’s 5-year rubber research on Guayule
THE UNIVERSITY of Arizona (UA) receives a US$3 million grant from Yulex Corp for research on breeding the guayule plant to produce biorubber for medical and other applications. The 5-year grant will be used to apply classical breeding along with…
Thailand district rubber plantation encroaches forest reserve
A FOREST reserve in the Wang Thong district is reportedly on the brink of being spoiled, as an approximately 2,000 rai of land in the vicinity of the district’s river basin forest is being developed into a rubber plantation. Allegedly,…
India’s Rubber Board and RSDC to train rubber planters
Vinod Simon, Chairman RSDC said the programme could benefit an estimated 1 million planters who are involved in NR plantation in the country.
Liberty denies Kumho’s claims on recalled tyres
LIBERTY Tire Recycling L.L.C. refutes claims by Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. that it sold thousands of recalled tyres as used tires, instead of recycling them. It furthered that Kumho did not notify the company that the tyres had been recalled…
New harder tyre could up Mercedes’s F1 score
Apart from a more perrnissible weather in Europe, the Mercedes team also expects to score up with the new harder tyres.