Trinseo, a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber (SR) is presenting a new grade of multifunctionalised S-SBR (solution styrene butadiene rubber)at an upcoming tyre expo in Germany. Sprintan 918S multifunctionalised S-SBR achieves an…
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Gloves Sector: Malaysia’s gloves sector holds its place in a volatile market
As a main exporter of gloves globally, Malaysia is handling suitably geopolitical pressures ...
LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
Once liabilities and eye sore on landfills, end-of-life tyres have now become assets ...
Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
Innovative rubber tyres are entering the era of space missions: as a catalyst ...
Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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API launches new recyclable TPU for footwear
API, an Italian company specialised in the production of thermoplastic elastomeric compounds and bioplastics, has launched its new recyclable TPU Apilon 52 A/C-series at a recent industry show in Milan. API furthers that the new lightweight footwear solution of thermoplastic…
Vystar’s latex deproteinised formula gets new European patent
US manufacturer of Vytex natural rubber latex (NRL), Vystar Corporation has been granted European, EP Patent No 2238183 entitled “Natural Rubber Latex Having Reduced Allergenicity and Method of Making Same.” Vystar now holds 13 foreign and 4 US patents related…
Consumption/demand of NR up in 2018
In 2018, world production of natural rubber (NR) accounted for 13.960 million tonnes, an increase of 4.6% from 13.350 million tonnes on a year-to-year basis, says the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) in its latest report for December…
Acquisition forms North American distribution platform for industrial, rubber products
Mid-America Fittings (MAF), a manufacturer of customised, high quality, industrial fittings and valves in Kansas has been acquired by Chicago-headquartered middle market private equity investment firm, Wynnchurch Capital. With the takeover, MAF will become part of a growing distribution platform…
Philippine province latches on new technology to boost production
The Philippine province of North Cotabato, the country’s second largest rubber producer after Zamboanga Sibugay, is introducing a new technology to the local farmers to boost yield and ensure early maturity of rubber crops. Under the Serbisyong Totoo Rubber Development…
Survey: future tyres must be weather adaptable, safer
Consumers are particularly interested in tyres that can adapt to different weather conditions by utilising sensor technology, according to a survey commissioned by Finnish tyre maker Nokian Tyres. Some 34% of European drivers, it said, hope that the black and…
Indonesia’s APK seeks institutionalised mechanism for NR importation
Indonesian planter’s body, Association of Planters of Kerala (APK) expressed their concern over uncontrolled imports of natural rubber (NR). PK suggested that an institutionalised mechanism must be made to regulate shipments to protect local farmers. APK said that the draft…
Rubber tyre wall to make Vietnam’s perilous mountain pass safer
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam ordered the installation of a rubber tyre wall to ensure safety along an “accident prone” mountain pass. The walls, made up of sand-filled old rubber tyres piled into iron pillars, are installed along the…
Baolong, Huf create new jv for TPMS
Auto parts maker, Shanghai Baolong Automotive Corporation, and German automotive locking system supplier, Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH launched a joint venture (JV), BH Sens in China, Europe and the US. The jv, which was founded in January, will be…