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Thailand uses drones against NR disease spread in south
Thailand has resorted to spraying chemicals on natural rubber (NR) plantations using drones to contain the spread of Pestalotiopsis fungal disease in Narathiwat province, along the southern border of the country. The International Rubber Consortium (IRCo) has estimated that nearly…
Cabot breaks ground on Indonesian carbon black expansion project
US firm Cabot Corporation has broken ground on its previously announced carbon black capacity expansion project in Cilegon, Indonesia. This phase of the project will add approximately 80,000 tonnes/year of additional production capacity and is expected to be completed in…
Nynas/RISE to convert Enviro’s oil into base products
RISE Research Institute of Sweden and Swedish oil company Nynas AB are launching a joint research project aimed at developing a process for refining the oil that is recovered from end-of-life tyres using Swedish recycler Enviro’s recycling method. Through refining,…
Birla Carbon, Chasm ink deal to develop nanotube-enhanced carbons
Global manufacturer/supplier of carbon black, Birla Carbon, has entered a partnership with Chasm Advanced Materials, a similarly renowned manufacturer/developer of printed electronics and battery materials, to design new, hybrid nanomaterials – the companies will share research and engineering resources on…
Mahansaria Tyres to buy major stake in Euro distributor; setting up OTR tyre factory in west India
India’s Mahansaria Tyres (MTPL) is buying a controlling stake in the European Agricultural Tyre Distributors (EATD) to help it build a distribution network in Europe. The Dutch business EATD, which was set up six years ago to handle the import/…
China’s Long March and DoubleStar Tire sign JV agreements with Pakistani firms
Chinese companies Long March and DoubleStar Tire have signed joint venture deals with Pakistani businesses, as China has begun to consider Pakistan as an investment destination. According to the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Commerce, Abdul Razak Dawood, Long March has…
Halcyon subsidiary joins NGOs for sustainable rubber in Cameroon
Corrie MacColl, a subsidiary of Halcyon Agri, the world’s leading rubber supply chain manager, has joined forces with local and international NGOs to strengthen sustainable rubber production across its Cameroon plantations. Following a long-running consultation, Mighty Earth and the Community…
Dunlop Tyres to build aircraft tyre plant in West Java, Indonesia
UK manufacturer Dunlop Aircraft Tyres (Dunlop) is soon to build an aircraft tyre factory in Karawang, Indonesia, for about US$70.9 million. Dunlop’s new plant, developed and constructed together with local tyre-making giant PT Rubberman Indonesia, is projected to be operational…
Bridgestone’s Susym is “world’s first” rubber-resin copolymer material
Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has developed the world’s first polymer material that bonds rubbers and resin. Susym – a combination of the words “sustain,” “symphony” and “symbiosis” – has many advanced properties that is expected to establish the product as…