A company from China is looking to import some 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia by early next year, according to Pol Sopha, director-general of Cambodia’s Agriculture Ministry’s general directorate of rubber. The move coincides with the Cambodian government’s plan…
India imposes anti-dumping duty on SBR from Thailand, South Korea and EU
India’s Finance Ministry has approved a definitive anti-dumping duty on Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) of 1500 and 1700 series imported from the Thailand, South Korea, and the European Union (EU). The duty will be imposed for five years, unless revoked…
Japan’s Shin-Etsu to expand silicones production in the US
Japan’s largest chemical company, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., is investing 2.4 billion Yen to expand the silicones production capacity of the Akron plant in Ohio of its group company Shin-Etsu Silicones of America (SESA). The expansion work is expected to…
Alliance Rubber, UK researchers team up for strong graphene-infused rubber
US-based rubber band manufacturer Alliance Rubber Company is partnering with researchers from the University of Sussex in the UK to develop graphene-infused rubber bands. Adding graphene to rubber bands will increase its durability which could possibly transform how food travels…
Indonesia to trade rubber for Russian jets worth US$1.1 bn deal
Indonesia will be exporting rubber to Russia as part of its payment for 11 Russian Sukhoi fighter jetsworth US$1.1 billion, Indonesia’s defense and trade ministries announced. The announcement follows a memorandum of understanding signed between Indonesian and Russian state-owned companies…
Smithers Rapra provided tyre testing training for Chinese industry players
A tyre testing expert from Smithers Rapra, a world leader in rubber, plastics and composites testing, presented and discussed various tyre testing techniques and government regulatory requirements for Chinese tyre industry players at the Tire Technology Training Course, which was…
Goodyear enhances tyre performance with new soybean oil-based rubber
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is enhancing tyre performance in dry, wet and winter conditions with the use of a new soybean oil-based rubber compound. The multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Akron, Ohio in the US introduced the new…
Asahi Kasei, JSR producing next-gen rubber for high-performance tyres
Global Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei and Japanese synthetic rubber producer JSR Corporation are ramping up production of next-generation rubber for high-performance tyres in line with the rising demand expected to stem from the increase in electric vehicles. The new…
Finisterre to recycle discarded synthetic rubber wetsuits into new ones
UK-based cold water surfing apparel company Finisterre is the first in the world to launch a design project to produce new wetsuits made from discarded ones made from synthetic rubber in a move aimed to cut back on the chemical…
Hartalega to build three new plants worth RM900 mn by 2020
Malaysian OEM glove manufacturer and global supplier Hartalega Holdings is investing RM900 million (US$210.26 million) to build three new plants by 2020 in order to keep up with rising global demand as fast developing economies such as China and India…