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Category: Feature
Rubber glut expected
Investment bank Goldman Sachs says world supply will increase 7% to 11.8 million tonnes as demand rises 3% to 11.4 million tonnes
Getting to the bottom of recycling of tyres
This article by Bob Wrighton takes a tour of tyre recycling, exploring new tyre technologies; recycling concepts and how the recycling process ought to be managed
Exxon’s butyl rubber output expanded in Japan
ExxonMobil EMYK’s joint venture with JSR Corporation in Japan, JBC, will expand the capacity of its halobutyl rubber plant at Kashima to 80,000 tonnes/year by 2012
IRSG reports higher demand for rubber
IRSG’s latest October-December 2011 report says that global rubber consumption reached 25.8 million tonnes by end Q3 2011
Lehigh completes capacity expansion
The capacity expansion project, which started earlier this year, required investment of more than US$3 million
Goodyear envisages shortage of aviation tyres
Due to the severe flooding in Thailand, US-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber expects a global shortage of bias aviation tyres that may begin affecting the commercial airline industry in February or March
Lanxess aims for billion mark in China
Lanxess is continuing to focus on the growing Chinese market and is targeting sales of more than EUR1 billion there in 2012
The ergonomics for a leading position
Malaysia’s slide from the top spot was due to a commodity shift to palm oil that provided higher returns
Lanxess improving EPDM plant in the US
German speciality chemical fim Lanxess is investing US$7 million in new finishing technology for ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) rubber at its Texas manufacturing plant.