THE STATISTICS Department in Malaysia said that natural rubber (NR) exports in November last year rose 15% to 74,792 tonnes from the same period in 2012. The Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) contributed 92.1% of the total exports, with 66.5% of…
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Sustainability, theme of forthcoming Rubber Summit in Singapore
THE World Rubber Summit (WRS) 2014, promised to be the biggest gathering of business and policy makers for the rubber industry will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore on May 19-21, The summit…
Alaska Rubber acquires new sites in Washington
US hose and fittings supplier, Alaska Rubber Group has acquired five additional locations in Washington state. The Group, which consists of three locations within Alaska, namely, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Wasilla, has bought the five additional locations that used to be…
New Hampshire rubber plant named hazardous by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added a former rubber plant located at Farmington, New Hampshire to the Superfund list of hazardous waste sites. The Superfund investigates and cleans up identified hazardous waste sites across the US. The 123-acre site…
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.
World’s 9th largest tyre maker to build new plant in Indonesia
TAIWAN’s Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co, the world’s ninth largest tyre firm is setting up a factory on a 27-hectare site in Indonesia, and in so doing is reported to be increasing its investment from US$80.1 million to US$320 million,…
Ansell taps emerging markets for its rubber gloves and condoms
AUSTRALIA-based Ansell Ltd announces that it focuses on emerging markets to boost sales of its high-tech rubber gloves and upmarket condoms. “We’re focusing on emerging markets because working hands have moved from developed to developing markets and clearly we need…
Momentive Performance Materials expands capacities in US and Germany
MOMENTIVE Performance Materials Inc. is embarking into an expansion of two production facilities located in the US and Germany. The company has increased manufacturing capacities of its Texas-based (US) and Leverkusen-based (Germany) production facilities. “We have seen growing demand in…
IRSG to revise demand forecasts for rubber based on slow economic growth
The growth in global demand for natural and synthetic rubber will be slower than previously expected this year, against concerns about the health of the world economy.