Felcra Berhad has so far developed 6,500 hectares of idle land in Kelantan with the involvement of 2,000 settlers said Malaysia’s Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub. He said this was relatively small as compared with…
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CEO of Malaysian glovemaker Supermax convicted with insider trading charges
The chief executive of Malaysian rubber glove maker Supermax Corp Bhd has been found guilty of insider trading offences, relating to when he was CEO of another company, and has been sentenced to five years in jail, the Securities Commission…
Top Glove to acquire Aspion Sdn Bhd for as much as US$350 million
Top Glove Corp Bhd is planning to acquire the surgical glove producing company Aspion Sdn Bhd for an estimated price of up to RM1.44 billion (US$349.60 million). Aspion Sdn Bhd is a unit of Adventa Capital Pte Ltd. The acquisition…
Wacker launches new technical center for construction, textile and consumer-care in Istanbul
Chemical business Wacker Chemie AG has unveiled its range of services in Turkey with today’s official opening of a technical center for construction, textile and consumer-care applications in Istanbul. The technical facility serves as an application and test laboratory for…
Keltan Eco part of the official match ball for Soccer World Cup 2018
The new official soccer ball of the World Cup 2018 contains the bio-based EPDM rubber Keltan Eco from Arlanxeo, one of the world’s leading suppliers of synthetic rubber. The EPDM rubber (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer) Keltan Eco 6950 is the rubber basis…
FGV records net profit of RM38.77 million in third-quarter 2017
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) has recorded a net profit of RM38.77 million in the third quarter (Q3) ended September 30, 2017 from a net loss of RM73.61 million recorded in the same quarter a year ago. The company…
Mitsubishi Materials shares drop after units falsify product data
Mitsubishi Materials Corp saw its stock fall as much as 11 percent on Friday after it said three subsidiaries had falsified product data, marking the latest in a series of quality assurance scandals involving Japanese manufacturers. Mitsubishi Materials said inspection…
Guizhou invests US$400 million in building factory in Vietnam
Guizhou Tyre Co recently signed an agreement with Vietnam’s Qianjiang province for a total investment of US$400 million to build a factory in Longjiang Industrial Park in Qianjiang. The project will be carried out in three phases. The first phase…
Malaysia to introduce rubberised roads in Sabah to address low rubber price
The Sabah government will introduce the use of rubber in paving roads and ‘green tyres’ as a long-term strategy to address the issue of low rubber prices, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin. Yahya, who is also Sabah…
Hainan sets up R&D center for crude rubber
A global research and development center for natural rubber has been established in south China’s Hainan Province. The center, set up Saturday by Chinese and global organizations in Hainan’s Boao, aims to develop a new market for China’s crude rubber…