With plunging rubber prices, Kerala government today announced a price support scheme whereby small-scale rubber farmers would get an assured price of Rs 150 per kg. As part of the scheme, the government would ensure that small-scale rubber growers with…
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Low Latex Prices Boost Vietnam’s Rubber Exports
By the end of May 2015, the average selling price of rubber in Vietnam was US$1,442 per ton, down from over US$2,000 per ton in early 2014. Prices have been averaging under US$1,500 per ton since October 2014. Compared to…
Greener than green
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has looked into how the CO2 footprint can be further reduced during the processing of “green” rubber. Anyone wishing to develop “ green” rubber articles can already turn to the Keltan Eco EPDM rubber from Lanxess…
Trinseo, DuPont, Lanxess introduce new products at IRC 2015
At the recent German Rubber Conference DKT 2015/International Rubber Conference 2015, Switzerland-headquartered rubber/plastics materials company Trinseo was awarded the DKG Product Award 2015 for its multi-functionalised oil-extended solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR). It was presented by the German Rubber Society…
Demand, insights, analysis of Europe cleanroom Disposable gloves market 2013 – 2020
Europe Cleanroom Disposable Gloves Market (Types and Geography) – Size, Share, Trends, Company Profiles, Demand, Insights, Analysis, Research, Report, Opportunities, Segmentation and Forecast, 2013 – 2020 is a new market research publication announced by Reportstack. Aseptic and contaminant-free environment, necessitates…
Hyundai Replaces General Motors As Official Automotive Sponsor Of The NFL
Sure, sometimes breaking up might be hard to do, but it always helps when you’ve got another suitor lined up to take your former flame’s place. Such is the arrangement for the National Football League, which announced today that it’s…
New products in the rubber industry
Solvay S.A. has unveiled Efficium, a highly dispersible silica and a reinforcing filler that allows for higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing green passenger car and truck tire compounds, the company said. Efficium offers benefits for the automotive industry,…
Demand for new tyres in the Gulf on the rise
Tyre shops are expecting brisk business this time of the year as more customers replace old tyres, which is a common practice during the summer season. Ali Akbar, manager of Al-Saad Trading along Salwa Road, said his store has experienced…
Analysts neutral on natural rubber latex usage for roadbuilding in Malaysia
Analysts are neutral on Malaysian government’s plans to use 10 % of its natural rubber latex output for roadbuilding from 2016. AmResearch Sdn Bhd (AmResearch) in a report, noted that a similar proposal had been made by the Thai government…
Rubberised roads to boost rubber demand and price in Malaysia
The Public Works Department (JKR) and the Malaysian Rubber Board yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement to undertake joint research in the use of the frozen rubber “cup lumps” as an additional material in asphalt, Bernama reports. It is good…