In recent reports, industry experts say that natural rubber (NR) physical prices have dipped on Asian markets since late 2009, and the sector is wary of China showing a decelerating economy..
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Asia drives EPDM rubber market to reach US$6.5 billion by 2017
The report says that the region is the largest EPDM market, which is expected grow with end-user industries such as automotive, wire & cables
Total’s French refineries strike ends, results in million barrels of oil shortfall
With 80% of the workforce in dispute over wages, the action nearly crippled the company’s operations and affected the region’s styrene and mixed xylenes.
Braskem and Genomatica to develop green butadiene
The research programme conducted jointly by the two firms will develop renewable-based materials that are also competitive in production cost.
K2013: Maplan to set up a new facility in Austria
Wolfgang Meyer, CEO on the operative side in sales, development and production, says the firm’s main focus will be on its core business, that is, rubber injection moulding.
Latex that befits the gloves sector
The healthcare and food industries, which are amongst the top recession-proof
industries, have rubbed on their luck to the gloves sector.
Technology for rubber
The recently concluded K2013 show featured also the rubber sector,’s latest technology that machine makers introduced, from injection moulding machines and liquid silicone
processing to recycling.
Lanxess lowers profit reach; Asia boost to sales but rubber challenging
The third-quarter sales in the Asia Pacific region, which accounts for 25% of group sales, rose by nearly 5%, compared with the prior-year period, to EUR515 million.
Bus window seals go green with biobased EPDM
Autotravi, a major South American automotive supplier based in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, has begun producing window seals from Lanxess’s biobased EPDM rubber.
Global consumption for rubber up 3.5% a year
Car sales in China soared 21% in September to an eight-month high, contributing to a record global sales in 2013, says LMC.