Malaysian condom manufacturer Karex Bhd is planning to build a new facility for rubber-based medical gloves at its Innotex (Thailand) Ltd. (ITL) base in Hatyai. ITL currently manufactures condoms, personal lubricants and other rubber products including catheters but intends to…
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Petronas Chemicals/LG Chem to build NBR plant in Malaysia
With the recent flurry of activity in the glove sector in Malaysia, state-owned Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PCG) and South Korea’s LG Chem have tied up to build a nitrile butadiene (NBR) latex manufacturing plant at the Pengerang Integrated Complex…
Bridgestone to close doors of bias tyre manufacturing plant in South Africa
Tyre and rubber company Bridgestone Corp. (Bridgestone) plans to close its bias tyre manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth (PE), South Africa, to focus more on premium, profitable growth segments. Bridgestone’s PE plant is specifically geared towards the production of older…
Ceat, ReadyAssist launch roadside assistance initiative for less than US$3 per vehicle
Indian tyre manufacturer CEAT Tyres (Ceat) has started a partnership with service provider ReadyAssist, as part of their Road-Side Assistance (RSA) programme, to offer round-the-clock vehicle maintenance services to their customers. The service offered, including puncture repair and emergency fuel…
Nippon Zeon raising NBR prices for 2020 delivery
Nippon Zeon Co. Ltd, a company under Japanese materials supplier Zeon Corp., has raised selling prices for its brand of acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, Nipol NBR, in an effort to maintain stable supply of products and improve quality for customers. According…
Top Glove pays migrant workers remediation of US$1.05 mn
Malaysian rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove has made its first remediation payment of US$1.05 million to resolve a migrant labor issue less than a month after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency placed a detention order on disposable…
Australian court fines man for illegal dumping of tyres
A man has been fined AU$30,000 (US$21,655) in the Ipswich Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to unlawfully transporting and dumping tyres in 2018 in at least 17 locations in southeast Queensland,including on vacant or state land in the local government…
Maxxis Tyres to expand Indian manufacturing plants
One of the fastest-growing tyre manufacturing companies in India, Maxxis Rubber India Pvt. Ltd., plans to set up at least five manufacturing units in India in addition to the expansion of current units that cater to the two- and four-wheeler…
Orion designs custom packaging solution for carbon black
Global supplier of carbon black, Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Orion) has introduced a new packaging system – Minibags – for dust-free and sustainable handling of both powder and beaded carbon blacks. The soluble and meltable Minibags have been designed to…
Continental to expand business at Indiana facilities, create new jobs
Manufacturer and technology company Continental AG (Continental) plans to invest more than US$4 million to expand its ContiTech Vibration Control business unitin DeKalb County, Indiana. Aside from increasing efficiencies in its anti-vibration systems at the 100-sq. ft. facility, Continental plans…