TRP Sealing Systems has recently taken delivery of a new 400 ton Desma injection moulding machine for the production of high voltage silicone insulators The machine is equipped with an injection unit designed to handle paste silicone and is furnished…
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Bridgestone CEO appointed Thailand Board of Investment advisor
Bridgestone’s CEO and Representative Board Member Concurrently Chairman of the Board Masaaki Tsuya has been appointed as Honorary Investment Advisor to the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) in November. The Honorary Investment Advisor position was established with the purpose of…
Rubber Board India organizes training
The Rubber Board in India will organize a one-day training in modern rubber clones at Rubber Training Institute, Kottayam on December 11. The training is intended for persons from rubber plantation sector, farmers and nursery owners. The fee for training…
South African University opens rubber research centre
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa launched the Centre for Rubber Science and Technology at its South Campus last November 23. According to Dr. Percy Hlangothi, Director of the Centre: “Nelson Mandela Bay is home to the motor and…
Pirelli unveils calendar by photographer Annie Leibovitz
The 43rd edition of the Pirelli Calendar was created by one of the most celebrated American photographers and portraitists, Annie Leibovitz, who shot the work last July in her New York studio. Leibovitz is also the creator of the 2000…
World tyre market to grow by 4.1 percent by 2019
Worldwide demand for tyres is projected to increase 4.1 percent per year to 3.0 billion units in 2019. In value terms, sales of tyres are forecast to grow 7.1 percent per annum to US$258 billion. Increasing incomes in developing regions…
Goodyear offers EUR250 mn European notes
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that its European subsidiary, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V. (GDTE), will commence a private offering of EUR250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2023. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations…
EU initiative presents options for exploiting carbon dioxide to produce rubber/synthetic fibres
New possibilities for utilising the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide were a topic at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, a European Union initiative for climate innovations. Based on a model programme named enCO2re, Climate-KIC wants to promote the…
New rubber trading platform to be set up by 2016
Ministers from the world’s top three rubber producers could set up a new trading platform for the commodity by the end of the first quarter of 2016, as they try to turn around five years of falling prices. But analysts…
Industrial gloves market to reach US$9.7 bn by 2020
According to a new report by Allied Market Research, global sales of industrial gloves would reach US$9.7 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 12.8% during 2015 – 2020. The disposable gloves segment accounted for over half of the market…