Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak. The agreement is to purchase two plots of land for a total of RM82.4 million The land stretches for 824.1 acres and is…
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LSR stretches its industrial footprint
Liquid silicone rubber, or LSR, is an advanced elastomer that has gained traction ...
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
In Canada, an international team led by researchers at the University of Waterloo ...
Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
From landfill to factory, the tyre sector is expanding the circular use of ...
Pirelli introduces its cyber car
After 20 years of pursuing the creation of intelligent tyres and working with organisations such as Milan Polytechnic Foundation for Smart Mobility and Berkeley Wireless Research Center, tyre-maker Pirelli has gathered its knowledge and technology to create a cyber car.…
Maxxis launches first manufacturing factory in India
Taiwanese tyre-maker Maxxis has launched its first manufacturing plant in India, increasing the competition in the tyre industry. This came after four years the company entered the Indian market. Maxxis is a unit of Taipei-listed Cheng Shin Rubber Industry. It…
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Apollo Tyres launches all-women rubber sheet making unit
To commemorate International Women’s Day, Apollo Tyres recently launched a rubber sheet making unit to be run solely by rubber tapper’s wives at Vellavoor Panchayat in Kottayam district. S Jayasooryan, Vice-Chairman, Rubber Board, inaugurated the unit. The women have been…
Demand for rubber mechanical goods to grow 6.3% annually through 2022
Global demand for rubber mechanical goods is forecast to advance 6.3% per year to US$76.7 billion in 2021. It is in line with the anticipated gains for the market as a whole, although this rate of growth is a major…
Liquid silicone rubber market predicted to top US$7.9 billion by 2026 – Future Market Insights
The demand for injection materials such as liquid silicone rubber is sharply increasing. This is due to several factors: molding processes are gaining grounds in the manufacturing sector and liquid silicone rubber contains versatile characteristics and unique properties. A wide…
Top Glove to introduce greater automation in its production lines
Malaysian company Top Glove Corp Bhd is set to rely less on manual labour and instead up its adoption of greater automation and digitalisation of its production lines. This effort will see a reduction of foreign workers by 50 %…
Goodyear showcases its intelligent tyre prototype on the road
Goodyear recently showcased its intelligent tyre prototype at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The product is a complete tyre information system that includes a tyre, sensors and cloud-based algorithms that all work together to communicate in real-time with fleet…
Global industrial rubber products market predicted to reach US$151 billion by 2025 – Transparency Market Research
The global industrial rubber products market is largely dependent upon natural rubber as a source of raw material. According to Transparency Market Research, the natural rubber market is in a state of oversupply. There will still be a glut of natural…
Ford China saw February sales dip 30 % year-on-year
Ford Motor Co has seen its vehicle sales in China – the world’s largest auto market – fall a huge 30 % in February from a year earlier. This is partly due to a lack of new products. The U.S.…