LIBERIAN President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf resounded a challenge to rubber processing companies operating in the country: Shift their focus by considering investing in manufacturing finished products. Sirleaf contended that the country’s export of natural processed rubber may have to be…
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Former Plymouth Rubber site up for US$7 million clean up
THE former site of US rubber products manufacturer, Plymouth Rubber will be undergoing a remediation clean up to facilitate the development of housing units. The cleanup of the 40-acre contaminated plant site has been appraised to cost US$7 million, or…
Malaysian glove makers bid for reconsideration on junked RA extension
RUBBER glove makers in Malaysia continue to hope for a reconsideration to extend the the 15-year period reinvestment allowance (RA) to a further 15 years, despite the Government rejecting the proposal earlier. The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) affirmed…
Indonesia to propose review of rubber supply management deal
The world’s second-biggest rubber producer, will be spearheading a review proposal of the supply management deal ,which is seemingly a poorly supervised mechanism, according to the Indonesian Rubber Association.
New market report reveals S-SBR to reach US$3.2 billion in 2018
Entitled, “Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (S-SBR) Market for Tire, Polymer Modification, Footwear & Others
Toyo tyre sales subsidiary in Thailand begins operation
The Bangkok-based Toyo Tire (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (TTT) will oversee original equipment (OE) and passenger vehicle aftermarket tyre sales with local sales channels, scheduled to begin in April and July, respectively.
Scrap tyres and inner tubes transform to travel gears
SIKLO Pilipinas, a Philippine-based enterprise that manufactures accessories from scrap rubber tyres. Siklo upcycles – a method of re-purposing discarded materials to be made into new, sellable products – scrap tyres (and inner tubes of tyres) into durable travel products…
F1 team opts for Pirelli’s 2013 tyres
FORMULA One (F1) team, Lotus, is staying put with Pirelli’s mew rubber tyres for this season’s race. Whilst other teams expressed that Pirelli should switch back to last year’s rubber, James Allison, Lotus’s technical director said that their team do…
Ghana allocates GH¢62m for the rubber industry
THE Government has invested more than the said amount in the rubber industry under the Rubber Outgrower Plantation Project (ROPP).
NASA plans to buy aerogels from Aspen Aerogels
NASA/JSC has posted a requirement for rubber aerogels for space suit application. According to the agency, it needs five square samples of aerogel formulation 050313, and a quantity of one roll sample of aerogel formulation 050313 and it intends to…