Initial evaluations conducted by material scientists from American Process Inc. (API) and Aditya Birla Group’s Birla Carbon have found that combining the companies’ Birla Carbon and Bio Plusnanocellulose products significantly lower the rolling resistance of tyres. In line with this,…
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Asia Pacific nations expected to lead growth of global tyre industry
Asia Pacific nations are expected to lead the growth of the global tyre industry as it continues to expand economically. Countries including China, India, Japan, and Australia are set to play an economically-defining role in the tyre trade in the…
Cabot to expand capabilities for elastomer composite business in Malaysia
Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company based in Massachusetts in the US, is expanding its capabilities elastomer composites in order to support a new set of tyre and industrial rubber customers. The company announced a strategic…
MARGMA: Rubber glove industry expected to earn RM15.2 bn this year
Malaysia continues to lead globally in the production and supply of medical examination and surgical gloves as well as rubber gloves. The country is also forecasted to earn RM15.2 billion in revenue this year as global demand for rubber gloves…
Kuraray’s liquid farnesene rubber used in SRI tyres for the first time
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) has used liquid farnesene rubber (LFR), a liquid rubber developed by Japanese chemicals manufacturer Kuraray, in its latest studles styre Winter Maxx 02. This marks the first time LFR has been used as a performance…
LG to expand R&D centre, develop technologies for elastomers, EP, SAP, SSBR
LG’s Basic Materials & Chemicals R&D Center will upgrade its business structure and develop technologies for elastomer, engineering plastics (EP), super absorbent polymer (SAP) and solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR). Additionally, the centre plans to expand the customer range globally.…
ExxonMobil’s Shanghai Technology Center adds tyre testing capabilities
ExxonMobil has expanded the tyre testing capabilities of its Shanghai Technology Center to help customers meet rising quality standards in the tyre industry. The company added a new state-of- the-art Inflation Pressure Loss Rate (IPLR) test room that evaluates a…
Solvay enhances energy saving tyre performance with its new HDS
Belgium-based chemical company Solvay is improving the performance of energy saving tyres in passenger cars as well as reducing fuel consumption and carbon (CO2) emissions with the launch of its new highly dispersible silica (HDS), Premium SW. Premium SW improves…
Bridgestone successfully creates synthetic isoprene rubber that could beat NR
Bridgestone Corporation has successfully created synthetic isoprene rubber (IR) which has the potential to contribute to the development of next-generation rubber with performance surpassing that of natural rubber (NR), the company announced in a statement. Bridgestone was able to create…
Malaysian rubber industry eyeing growth in engineering rubber products
Malaysia’s rubber industry is eyeing potential growth through production of high-value engineering rubber products following rising demand from many countries, according to Malaysia’s Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong. He said Malaysia had the ability…