Today sees Phnom Penh host the “4th Rubber PLANT Summit” – an event promoting foreign investment into Cambodia’s expanding rubber plantation sector. With the promise of Cambodia’s abundant “unused land” splashed across the event’s website, many of the rubber industry’s…
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Hankook Tyres gears up for major retail expansions throughout UK
Hankook Tyres is all set for major expansion plans across UK through its Hankook Masters Programme. The Hankook Masters Programme The Hankook Masters Programme from Hankook Tyres is a unique retail and franchise development plan that has been designed to…
Apollo launches new Apterra SUV tyre range
Apollo Tyres has launched its new Apterra H/P on-road high-performance summer tyre for SUVs at the ongoing Geneva Motor Show. The new tyre, which is available in H and V speed indexes and being introduced globally, has been developed by…
Evonik snags top US silicic acid ester supplier
German industrial firm Evonik Industries AG has acquired Silbond Corp, a leading supplier of silicic acid esters based in Michigan, US. The mid-double digit million-euro transaction closed on February 28, 2014. As a special group of functional silanes, silicic acid…
Global Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) market size,trends and forecast to 2020
The global market for SBR is expected to reach USD 23,144.3 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing demand for SBR in tire manufacturing is expected to support the growth of this market…
Vietnam, China pip India to 5th place in natural rubber production
Giving a shock treatment to the Rubber Board and the policy makers, recent data released by Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) shows that India has slipped down to the fifth spot in production, below Vietnam and China in…
Apollo Tyres’ Neeraj Kanwar goes back to the drawing board
Neeraj Kanwar had a Plan B before his company Apollo Tyres Ltd signed on to buy Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. last year; it’s what he’s turned to now after what could have been the Indian auto sector’s largest ever…
Lanxess and Hankook Tire form partnership for synthetic rubber
Lanxess and Korean Hankook Tire have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop synthetic rubber technologies for high-performance tyres. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly study the development of new high-performance synthetic rubber grades and applications that…
Apollo Tyres enters Qatar
Apollo Tyres Ltd. announced it has expanded into the Qatar market in the Middle East region. The company says the move is part of its strategy to enter newer markets across geographies. Two years ago Apollo set up its hub…
Rubber prices end lower
Malaysian rubber prices closed lower for the fourth consecutive day this week with buyers sidelined due to a lack of fresh leads, a dealer said. She said the downtrend was also in tandem with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Shanghai…