Malaysian glove manufacturer Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd is in the midst of securing Halal certification for a second plant in Klang, expected to be finalised by year-end. The second plant is expected to produce 1.2 billion pieces of Halal-compliant gloves each…
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Butyl rubber market to total US$4 bn by 2025
The global butyl rubber market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.7%, from 2017-2025, and reach a market valuation of over US$4 billion by the end of 2025, according to a report by Persistence Market Research. The rise…
Toyota Research Institute to open automated vehicle test facility in the US
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is constructing a closed-course test facility to develop automated vehicle technology at the Michigan Technical Resource Park (MITRP) in Ottawa Lake. Operational this October, the new site will be used exclusively by TRI to safely…
Tyre industry in Sabah to be developed
Junz Wong, the new Agriculture and Food Industries Minister of Sabah state in Malaysia, appointed recently as a result of Malaysia’s latest elections, plans to develop the tyre industry in the East Malaysian state. This move is to help rubber…
Denka to increase production of CR by 10,000 tonnes
Japanese firm Denka Co. Ltd., recently revealed plans to deal with globally tight supply for Chloroprene Rubber (CR), and to increase its production of CR by 10,000 tonnes. Plans include resuming operations at its domestic Omi Plant and removing bottlenecks…
Hankook acquires digital solutions company
South Korean tyre company Hankook Tire has acquired a 75% share of Model Solution, a South Korea-based digital prototype solution company, for US$62 million. The acquisition is in line with the company’s strategy to secure new growth engines by aggressively…
Phillips Carbon Black to set up plant in Tamil Nadu
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group heavy engineering outfit Phillips Carbon Black (PCBL) is setting up a greenfield manufacturing unit near Ennore in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 600 crore. The chairman of the group, Sanjiv Goenka, told reporters here that the…
Boy’s UV-cured silicone processing allows for new material additives
Dr Boy, German injection moulding machine maker, says it has improved the processing of silicones with an 8 mm-size silicone unit on its Boy XS machine. It will present its latest technology at the German Rubber Conference in Nuremberg, that…
Rubber cultivation replacing cocoa farms in Eastern Region of Ghana
President of Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana, Nana Opanbour Bonsu II has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region. He was speaking at an Agric Dialogue Series…
Ecolomondo to set up tyre recycling plant in Canada
Canada’s Cleantech company Ecolomondo Corp. is acquiring land in Hawksbury, Ontario, for a tyre recycling plant. Ecolomondo Corp. expects to process approximately 13,000 tonnes/year of tyre waste with the latest generation thermal decomposition technology (TDP) in a 52,000 sq-ft facility.…