Momentive Performance Materials Inc says that a Chinese court has ruled that Ecopower (Yongxiu) New Materials Co. Limited’s and Ecopower (Guangzhou) New Materials Co. Limited’s manufacture and sale of a product was in violation of a Momentive patent for NXT…
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South and East Asia rubber news
Yokohama Rubber, RAOT to cooperate for sustainable NR procurement in the country
Yokohama Rubber has recently partnered with the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT), a state enterprise under the jurisdiction of Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, to provide economic support for natural rubber (NR) farmers in Thailand and to improve traceability…
Sinochem sets up rubber antioxidant plant in Thailand
Sinochem International Corporation, a China-based international fine chemical company listed in Shanghai Stock market, has begun construction of its polymer additives plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand – which is the company’s first overseas polymer additives production base. Opening of the plant will…
BREAKING: Honda Philippines to cease auto production by March
Honda Cars Philippines (HCPI), which produces passenger cars, BR-V, City has announced that it will stop production operations in its plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, effective March, 2020. According to its press statement released today, to meet Honda’s customer needs…
India’s tyre industry worried over NR shortage; resorts to imports to ease demand
Concerns are growing over the continued shortage of natural rubber (NR) in India’s tyre industry, despite national Rubber Board estimates of 10% year-on-year increase in NR production. Already, industry insiders think rubber farmers are hoarding the commodity, as the flow…
Trelleborg reopens production facilities in China
A majority of the Chinese production facilities owned by Swedish group Trelleborg has resumed operations after a temporary break due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country; however, the operational status may change depending on local decisions, as the situation…
Gloves Sector: A helping hand for Malaysian gloves growth
Scarcity and viral infections may bring out the best and the worst in situations, but for Malaysia’s glove sector, it is the catalyst to its continued growth, says Angelica Buan. When the Covid-19 (new coronavirus disease) epicentre, Wuhan in Hubei,…
Coronavirus fears prompt Goodyear to suspend operations in China
Two Chinese facilities of tyre manufacturing major Goodyear Tire and Rubber (Goodyear) has suspended operations until at least Feb. 9 over concerns about the Wuhan coronavirus. According to Goodyear, it will continue “to work with the Chinese government to determine…
APBI announces alternate idea for troubled Indonesian rubber farmers
In an attempt to revive rubber demand and boost prices, the Indonesian Tire Producers Association (APBI) has recently asked the government to promote the development of a rubber-based biofuel, to prevent rubber farmers from switching to other crops. Many farmers…
Cambodian government to study family-oriented rubber farmers to expand rubber revenue
To better understand rubber farmers’ challenges and how they have responded to the rubber price slump in the past decade, the General Directorate of Rubber (GDR) has initiated a joint study with Belgium’s University of Liege agro researchers; the two…