Dr Boy, German injection moulding machine maker, says it has improved the processing of silicones with an 8 mm-size silicone unit on its Boy XS machine. It will present its latest technology at the German Rubber Conference in Nuremberg, that…
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Rubber cultivation replacing cocoa farms in Eastern Region of Ghana
President of Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana, Nana Opanbour Bonsu II has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region. He was speaking at an Agric Dialogue Series…
Ecolomondo to set up tyre recycling plant in Canada
Canada’s Cleantech company Ecolomondo Corp. is acquiring land in Hawksbury, Ontario, for a tyre recycling plant. Ecolomondo Corp. expects to process approximately 13,000 tonnes/year of tyre waste with the latest generation thermal decomposition technology (TDP) in a 52,000 sq-ft facility.…
Symphony launches first latex glove made with d2p technology
UK-based glove maker Symphony Environmental Technologies says it has launched the first latex antimicrobial examination glove made with d2p technology. The latter is an antimicrobial technology that provides complete protection throughout the life of the glove by disrupting and deactivating…
Sri Lanka lifts ban on glyphosate weedkiller for use in tea/rubber estates
Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to ban the usage of glyphosate in the agriculture industry in 2015. It has now had a about-turn and will lift the ban for tea and rubber plantations only. Meanwhile, in the…
Europe: 94% of all used tyres recycled in 2016; slight increase over 2015
According to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ERTMA)’s Used Tyre (UT) data for 2016, covering 32 countries (EU28, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey), compared to the previous year, in 2016, Used Tyres collected in Europe (3.9 million tonnes)…
Cambodia’s rubber exports up in 1st quarter; revenue down
Cambodia exported 39,147 tonnes of dry rubber in the first quarter of 2018, which was up by 21% over the same period last year, according to a report released by the General Directorate of Rubber of the country. The Southeast…
MacLellan secures rubber contract for pipeline
UK’s MacLellan Rubber has been selected by one of the country’s premier gasket cutters to supply Natural Rubber material for the second phase of a pipeline Bearing Pad contract; the first phrase was awarded mid-2017. MacLellan’s part of the multi-million…
BMW’s latest sedan model to utilise Yokohama tyres
Japanese supplier Yokohama Rubber says it is now supplying its global flagship Advan Sport V105 tyres to Germany’s BMW Group for use as original equipment on the automaker’s new M5 model. The new BMW M5, which debuted in March 2018…
Researchers solve long-standing puzzle of butadiene make-up
Linear polyenes are hydrocarbon chains with unusual optical and electrical properties. They have become a paradigm for studying photoisomerization — when molecular structures rearrange from absorbing light — because of their straightforward molecular structure, potential for electrical conductivity, and role…