The rate of consumption is an economic benchmark, and the higher the consumption for a commodity; the better it is for the economy. Yet, with the apparent obsessive focus on consumerism, we tend…
Category: Top News
Relying on safety and sustainability
Globally, rubber demand is expected to grow 1.8% in 2015 and 4.1% in 2016, while plummeting rubber prices, due to oversupply, continue to impact rubber-producing countries in Southeast Asia…
WRS: outlook for rubber dismal; long-term prospects seem better
With rubber prices hovering at a dismal low for the past five years, against an oversupply situation in both synthetic and natural rubbers and weakening crude oil outlook, the industry is pacing…
Green Rubber building new facility in Malaysia; putting used tyres to good use
Since 1995, there has been a technology offered in Malaysia called DeLink that reprocesses End-of-Life tyres (ELTs) and turns them into consumer products. The process is called…
Growth path for synthetic rubber
Amidst the volatilities in raw materials supplies and costs, demand for synthetic rubber is continuing to move forward, according to…
Prices of rubber surge due to floods in Malaysia; Top Glove remains optimistic
A large-scale flood in Malaysia, the biggest in years, have sent price of rubber surging, affecting some businesses, and not some. The world’s largest rubber glove…
Desma banks on auto sector for growth in Asia
Rubber injection moulding machinery manufacturer Klöckner Desma Elastomertechnik expects in three years that its market share in Asia will be upped to 50% of its turnover…
World total rubber demand to increase, predicts report
The newly-released World Rubber Industry Outlook has predicted that world total rubber demand is forecast to increase at 1.8% and 4.1% in 2015 and 2016 respectively…
Asian rubber sector looks forward to yearly gains after 2014
Asia is a dominant region in terms of global rubber output and consumption. The bloc accounted for about half of the global rubber consumption and close to half of the global output in 2012…
Tyres making strides in growing Asian economies
Growing population and rising economic conditions stimulate tyre demand. Asia Pacific region is predicted to lead in scaling up tyre demand further. ExxonMobil Chemicals in its report…