Finland, Ohio=headquartered Cooper Tire & Rubber Co is recalling over 430,000 light truck tyres in the US on tyre failure risk from sidewall bulges. The recall, which is expected to commence March 25, covers certain Discoverer, Evolution, Courser, Deegan, Adventurer,…
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Eco USA builds first US silicone recycling facility
New Jersey-headquartered Eco USA, has just completed the first phase of the development of its first silicone rubber recycling plant in the US. The silicone polymer recycler can recycle approximately 500 tonnes of silicone/month and plans to increase their output to…
Yokohama Rubber taps own AI tech to predict rubber properties; expands tyre mould subsidiary in Thailand
Tokyo-headquartered Yokohama Rubber Co, Ltd is now using the latest AI technology it developed to design rubber compounds for its tyres. The proprietary system, which was developed under Yokohama Rubber’s new AI utilisation concept, HAICoLab (Humans and AI ColLaborate), and…
Taiwan’s GS offers solution to lower mfg cost of silicone sports glove
Companies sourcing a reliable supplier of sporting gloves are currently limited by manufacturing technology. Conventional production of liquid silicon rubber is expensive. Production costs increase significantly when high quality is required, making the end product too expensive for the regular…
Tan Sri Dr B C Sekhar: “Father” of Malaysian rubber industry honoured in Kerala; his R&D legacy prized globally
Globally renowned and Malaysia’s very own rubber research scientist, the late Tan Sri Dr B C Sekhar has been given honorary recognition by the Kerala state assembly in India, as a new science and technology school within a university in…
South Asia’s largest radial tyre factory opens in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has inaugurated South Asia’s largest tyre and radial tyre plant in Horana, in Sri Lanka’s Western Province. Ferentino Tire Corporation- Private Limited’s factory is sited on a 155-acre land that is owned by the Board…
WWF, Cambodia’s MAFF sign partnership deal on sustainable rubber value chains
WWF-Cambodia and the General Department of Rubber of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on their first cooperation to build a multi-actor partnership for transparent and sustainable natural rubber supply chains in…
Disposable glove makers turn to nitrile to cope with Covid-19 demand
By Hyma Haridas Industries around the world have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with most facing unprecedented and unique challenges to their survival. The disposable gloves manufacturing industry, however, is faced with challenges of a different kind. In…
Trinseo opens TPU/TPE facility in Taiwan
Materials firm Trinseo has inaugurated a new facility built on its existing manufacturing site in Hsinchu, Taiwan; it will allow Trinseo to produce custom-engineered thermoplastic urethanes (TPU), thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) and bio-plastics for use in the automotive, consumer electronics, footwear…
WRP executive charged with CBT
Malaysia-based glove maker WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd’s former top executive Datuk Lee Son Hong has been charged with eight counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) for RM131.85 million and three counts of making false claims amounting to RM8.4…