Sumitomo Rubber USA, the American subsidiary of global tyre and rubber company Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) Ltd., has announced plans to resume production at its tyre plant in Tonawanda City, New York, on May 11th. The plant has a maximum…
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Cambodian rubber exports decline sharply after strict border security
Tightened measures at border checkpoints along the Cambodian border with Vietnam, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has caused rubber exports to plummet and “will continue to affect rubber exports as long as restrictions remain in place,” said local exporter…
Michelin, Enviro to start joint projects to accelerate progress in tyre recycling
Tyre recycling expert Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) and French tyre manufacturing giant Michelin have recently come into a strategic partnership which includes the establishment of a jointly-owned recycling plant for end-of-life tyres, a supply agreement, and other joint development work…
JK Tyre provides India’s daily earners/migrants with life-saving medical care, food supplies
Indian manufacturer JK Tyre & Industries (JK Tyre) is supplying over 10,000 workers and migrants across every region in India with food supplies and critical care items in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak. JK Tyre is collaborating with…
Toyoda Gosei to merge Indian production subsidiaries
Japan-based automotive parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei (TG) will reorganise its production subsidiaries in India for “TG One India” – the company is looking to optimise its production network in the country and also intends to develop a more flexible supply…
MRB’s transgenic rubber trees may hold anti-dengue capabilities in its latex
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…
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…