Global EPDM market is to grow at a CAGR of 6.67% over the period 2014-2019. Based on application, the global EPDM market can be segmented into six: automotive, molded goods, building and construction, lubricant additives, plastic modification, and others. EPDM…
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Kerala’s rubber subsidy meets with lacklustre response from growers
The subsidy scheme announced by the Kerala government for the benefit of small rubber growers has met with a lacklustre response from the rubber belt. Almost a month after it came into force, the number of growers registered under the…
Crumb-rubber turf stirs outcry in Edmonds
April Osborne’s son ends football practice coated in oil and blowing black pellets out of his mouth and nose. The 12-year-old plays on a type of synthetic field made from recycled tyres, or crumb rubber, that’s fueled a turf war…
Malaysian technology firm to build new £12m rubber recycling factory in North East
A Malaysian technology firm is to invest £12m in a new North East-based factory in a move that will create 90 new high-skill jobs for the region. The exact location of Petra Group’s new facility has not yet been decided…
Efficient system to produce graphene for energy storage applications
Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and University of Western Australia researchers have developed a new process to develop few-layer graphene for use in energy storage and other material applications that is said to be faster, potentially scalable and…
Marangoni: increased ringtread production at Reifen Muller
Marangoni Retreading Systems is pleased to announce the installation of a new Ringbuilder 3003 (an optimised version of the highly-efficient Ringbuilder 3000) at the plant operated by Reifen Müller GmbH, one of Europe’s largest retreaders. Ringbuilder 3003 is a completely…
Desi tyre companies reel under onslaught of Chinese imports
A huge influx of imported tyres in the past 12 months is causing Indian tyre companies a lot of heart burn in the truck, bus and car radial replacement market. Sources in the tyre industry say already imported tyres comprise…
Yokohama Tyres to up India output
Seeking to increase its market share in India, Japan-based Yokohama Tyres is planning to ramp up production capacity at its Haryana plant and has undertaken a feasibility study for the same. “We began our first production in November 2014 at…
Rubber’s Potential Left Untapped
Cambodia’s rubber rush burned out quickly. High world rubber prices in 2011 encouraged investors to clear thousands of hectares for rubber plantations, but the price of natural rubber plummeted the following year and has bottomed out at around $2,000 per…
Mitsubishi Motors production hubs will be Japan, SE Asia, Russia
The president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) said Japan, Southeast Asia and Russia will become the automaker’s principal production hubs after it quits making cars in the United States later this year because of dwindling sales there. “Japan, ASEAN (countries),…