US-based Vystar Corporation and the Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a wide range of collaborative activities, including but not limited to research, innovation, testing and technology transfer in midstream and downstream sectors of the rubber industry.…
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ASTM, IRMRA partner to promote support within the rubber industry
A letter of cooperation (LoC) was signed recently between global standards organisation ASTM International and the Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA). It will lead to a working partnership between ASTM and IRMRA, mainly to promote enhanced support for rubber…
India may impose anti-dumping duty on tyre imports from Thailand
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), upon careful evaluation of the domestic tyre market, has suggested imposing anti-dumping duty of US$337.80-US$527.08 per metric tonne on new pneumatic radial tyre imports from Thailand. At the behest of India’s Finance Ministry,…
Turnspire Capital completes acquisition of Goodyear Air Springs
US private equity firm Turnspire Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of the Goodyear air springs business from EnPro Industries. Goodyear Air Springs is the first acquisition of Infinity Engineered Products, a new platform formed by Turnspire. Headquartered in Ohio,…
Nynas successfully exits reorganisation
The District Court of Södertörn, Sweden has decided that Swedish naphthenic oil company Nynas’s company reorganisation is now complete, following a creditors meeting where the previously submitted composition proposal was accepted. “I am happy to announce this very important step for Nynas and that…
Mesnac “liquid gold” rubber mixing plant to come on stream by 2023
Mesnac Co., Ltd. (Mesnac), a Chinese rubber and machinery manufacturing group, announced its rubber wet-mixing production plant in Qingdao is set for 2023 commissioning; the plant is to produce nearly 300,00 metric tonnes of chemically mixed compounds (EVEC) to support…
Cranfield University, Meditech create sustainable, biodegradable NR latex gloves
Researchers from Cranfield University, UK, and Malaysian company Meditech Gloves, have developed biodegradable natural rubber (NR) gloves that spell the ideal future raw material for sustainable manufacturing. The special formulation of natural latex that makes the gloves is also free…
Toyoda Gosei’s new technology for tougher EPDM
Japanese chemical firm Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. and the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, have developed material crosslinking technology that enhances the toughness of synthetic rubber. This new technology enhances the toughness of the synthetic rubber…
Pyrolyx rCB unit in Indiana files for bankruptcy
The Indiana unit of tyre pyrolysis company Pyrolyx A.G. (PLX) has filed for bankruptcy following a failure to raise capital for a major plan to restructure company debt. The plan included the restructuring of around US$30 million in “senior debt”…
Bolder Industries, Continental Carbon to establish sustainability markets
Carbon black manufacturers Bolder Industries and Continental Carbon Company (CCC) have announced a co-marketing agreement to produce customised and sustainable products such as pre-blended fillers for the global rubber and plastics industry. Bolder and CCC will jointly supply the industry…