Environmental campaign organisation Mighty Earth recently filed a formal complaint with the UK-based investor-focused not-for-profit body Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) calling for Asia’s first corporate “Sustainability Bond”, which had been issued in 2018 for investors in French tyre maker Michelin’s natural rubber joint venture in…
TOP STORY
Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
From landfill to factory, the tyre sector is expanding the circular use of ...
LSR: Silcotech and Momtech partner for baby bottle
Anyone who has ever fed a baby can tell you it’s not necessarily ...
Tyre Sector: Asian tyre sector to amble along with US tariff imposition
The higher than expected trade tariffs imposed by the US may shake up ...
Tyre Industry: Speeding up towards sustainability
Amid environmental issues over rising carbon emissions, the rubber/tyre sector is stepping up ...
ARDL: Discover Excellence in PPE Pharmaceutical and Microbiological Testing with ARDL
In the ever-evolving world of the medical and pharmaceutical industries, ensuring the ...
AirBoss subsidiary nabs US$576 mn Gov’t contract for high-demand PPE
US’s largest custom rubber compounder AirBoss of America’s wholly-owned subsidiary, AirBoss Defense Group (ADD), was awarded a contract worth up to US$576 million by the US Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) – Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness…
Vietnam’s nat’l forest system obtains PEFC endorsement; eyes 50k ha of certified plantations in 2021
Vietnam is the latest member country to have its national forest system endorsed by the world’s leading forest certification organisation PEFC (the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification). Vietnam is the first PEFC member to supply PEFC-certified natural rubber…
Malaysia gloves demand to outpace supply by 2023
Amid the surge in new Covid-19 cases worldwide, demand for PPEs, including gloves is projected to rise. Malaysia, the world’s largest rubber gloves manufacturer is reportedly racing to increase production to augment supply until 2023. The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers…
Plastics, rubber machinery orders expected to increase in 2021 – VDMA
A recent survey with member companies of the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association indicated optimism in their order intake and sales this year. “The demand for plastics and rubber machinery has changed significantly in all regions in the second half…
Hartalega to expand gloves capacity with new Kedah manufacturing facilities
Malaysian glovemaker Hartalega Holdings Bhd expects to amp up gloves production capacity to 143 billion/year when its new manufacturing facilities in Kedah becomes fully operational over the next 20 years, according to reports. Hartalega is investing RM 7 billion to…
Sumitomo Rubber exploits Fugaku supercomputer for rubber materials development
Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) is utilising the Fugaku Supercomputer as it becomes available for general use by academic and industrial researchers from March 9. SRI has applied to make use of HPCI (High-Performance Computing Infrastructure) for industrial research purposes in 2021.…
Tyre, non-tyre applications drive synthetic rubber market to reach US$46.7 bn by 2026 – report
The latest synthetic rubber market report of Polaris Market Research highlighted important factors that expand the global synthetic rubber (SR) market size to reach US$ 46.7 billion by 2026. According to its report, which covers the periods from 2019 to…
GITI Tire in Covid-19 fund misuse allegation
The United Steelworkers (USW) earlier called out Giti Tire for “misspending millions in Covid-19 stimulus funds”. The group, one of South Carolina’s largest unions and representing 850,000-workforce in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply, and the energy-producing…
Cabot expands manufacturing capabilities in Malaysia to advance sustainable rubber tech
US-domiciled specialty chemicals and performance materials company, Cabot Corporation is expanding its manufacturing and R&D capabilities at its plant in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The company launched its Engineered Elastomer Composites (E2C™) solutions in 2020. As it is also expanding…