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…
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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…
Biotech firm Edison Agrosciences initiates sunflower rubber research
The Missouri-headquartered agricultural biotech company, Edison Agrosciences is tapping new sources of natural rubber. In view of this, it has initiated a US$1 million Phase II research contract sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This Small Business…
UMaine prof research on chem process for butadiene gets US$0.5 mn support
Thomas Schwartz, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Maine received a U$513,995 NSF Career Award to advance his ongoing study of the Lebedev process. To date, there has been little research carried out on the Lebedev…
Sri Lanka forms a committee to develop rubber cultivation
Sri Lanka’s Minister Keheliya Rambukwella confirms the approval of the proposed committee for the development of rubber cultivation and its affiliated industries in the country, the government news portal, News.Lk, reported. The proposal was submitted by the Minister of Plantation,…
SGX invests in rubber trading platform HeveaConnect
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has taken a minority stake in HaveaConnect (HC), a Singapore-founded digital marketplace for sustainable natural rubber (NR). SGX, which is investing US$1.5 million via its wholly-owned subsidiary Asian Gateway Investments, joins Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited (HAC), ITOCHU Corporation and DBS Bank as shareholders…