Malaysian glovemaker Hartalega Holdings Bhd expects to amp up gloves production capacity to 143 billion/year when its new manufacturing facilities in Kedah becomes fully operational over the next 20 years, according to reports. Hartalega is investing RM 7 billion to…
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Sumitomo Rubber on course for carbon neutrality, joins hydrogen association
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has joined the Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A), an open-participation organisation that aims to hasten the arrival of the Hydrogen Economy through various social implementation projects, with members representing a wide range of industries to provide a…
Hainan Rubber, Wangfujing Group forge JV on duty-free goods for Hainan market
Chinese general merchandise retailing company, Wangfujing and the country’s largest natural rubber manufacturer, Hainan Rubber formed joint ventures to enter Hainan’s offshore duty-free market, taking advantage of a yet to be implemented new tax-exempt policy, according to reports. The partners…
Malaysia’s AT Systematization, K-Star Sports partner for China, Taiwan gloves market
New Malaysian glove maker AT Systematization Bhd (ATS), which has recently opened its production factory, is tapped by China-headquartered sports footwear and apparel group, K-Star Sports Ltd, for a partnership to market and sell its medical gloves in China and…
ASTM, IRMRA partner to promote support within the rubber industry
A letter of cooperation (LoC) was signed recently between global standards organisation ASTM International and the Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA). It will lead to a working partnership between ASTM and IRMRA, mainly to promote enhanced support for rubber…
India may impose anti-dumping duty on tyre imports from Thailand
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), upon careful evaluation of the domestic tyre market, has suggested imposing anti-dumping duty of US$337.80-US$527.08 per metric tonne on new pneumatic radial tyre imports from Thailand. At the behest of India’s Finance Ministry,…
Elkem clinches deals worth US$150 mn in China
Norway’s Elkem, one of the pioneers in manufacturing silicones, says it has signed letters of intent with three Chinese customers, with a potential total contract value of more than US$150 million, at the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2020 in Shanghai, China, where…
Arlanxeo to shut down Nd-PBR plant in Singapore
One of the world’s largest producers of synthetic rubber and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, Arlanxeo is said to be closing its 140,000-tonne/year neodymium-based performance butadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) plant in Jurong Island, Singapore. In a statement to its customers, Arlanxeo says this is in…
MTPL begins production at greenfield tyre facility in Gujarat
India’s Mahansaria Tyres Private Limited (MTPL) will now commence commercial production at its US$100 million off-highway tyre manufacturing facility in Panoli, western Gujarat, after a virtual inauguration by Chairman Ashok Mahansaria. MTPL’s new, state-of-the-art facility, spread across 127 acres of…
Scrap tyres used for unexpected conservation effort in Malaysia
Whilst artificial tyre reefs are being hauled out of the oceans around the world, such as in Guam and France, at the Pantai Chendor beachfront along Malaysia’s east coast, scrap tyres are bound together to keep the sands from washing…