Instead of just limiting rubber trees’ use to manufacture latex surgical gloves – a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic – or tyres, the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has ventured to create a latex serum from locally-cloned transgenic rubber trees that…
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Trinseo evaluates sale of SM/PBR assets in Germany
Trinseo, a manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber, says that it is looking at disposing its styrene monomer assets in Boehlen, Germany, and its polybutadiene rubber (nickel and neodymium-PBR) assets in Schkopau, Germany. The combined Adjusted EBITDA of…
ZC Rubber, Nanjing Lvjinren sign contract to expand rubber recycling capacity
Chinese tyre manufacturer Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber (ZC Rubber) is to expand its capacity for recycled rubber together with Nanjing Lvjinren Rubber & Plastic High-tech Company (Nanjing Lvjinren Rubber). The expansion project – part of ZC Rubber’s quest to find the…
Dow to invest US$300mil in silicones expansion project in China
American giant Dow Inc. (Dow), following an MoU signed with China’s Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone (FTZ), will invest at least US$300 million throughout the next five years to expand capacity for differentiated silicones products manufactured in the region. Dow will…
Synthomer to sell latex business to Trinseo; sees strong growth
UK company Synthomer is to sell its Pyratex VP Latex business in Germany to materials firm Trinseo, ahead of its purchase of Omnova, a US-based specialty chemical company which manufactures emulsion polymers, speciality chemicals and decorative products. Completion of the…
Rubber demand globally on a downward trend in 2020
According to the Malaysia-headquartered Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)’s March report, the world consumption of natural rubber (NR) fell 19.6%, year-on-year, during the first quarter of 2020, as per the preliminary estimates and forecasts of individual countries. The…
Yokohama India opens new Club Network store in commercial centre Mangalore
Japanese Yokohama Rubber’s fully-owned subsidiary, Yokohama India, has just opened the doors of its first retail store in Mangalore, Karnataka, under the region’s leading tyre dealer Good Wheel. The Yokohama Club Network (YCN) store in Mangalore is the latest in…
Hartalega buys more land in Malaysia for factory expansion
Malaysian glove manufacturer Hartalega Holdings’ (Hartalega) business unit based in Sepang, Hartalega NGC, will purchase 38.49 hectares of land in Selangor, Malaysia, for RM263.1 million – from property investor Bonus Essential – to meet the increasing global demand for gloves…
Malaysian rubber glove makers to ramp up production despite MCO
The Malaysian rubber glove industry will continue to produce medical and surgical gloves, essential and critical items in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, in spite of the Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed in the country that will last till…
Covid-19: Marangoni continues to operate while enforcing necessary measures
With the complete lockdown of Italy, given the wide spread of COVID-19, Italy’s retreading systems/tyre machinery maker Marangoni says it is not stopping and is “acting with commitment and determination to continue to produce, as permitted by the Italian Prime…