The Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL), the largest industrial rubber plantation in Ghana, will be constructing a second rubber factory in the Western Region of the country. The factory, estimated at EUR50 million, will create 3,000 jobs when the first…
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Preferred Compounding adds elastomer compounding machinery in Mexico
Custom rubber compounder Preferred Compounding is bringing online a 75-litre tilt mixer dedicated to specialty elastomers in its production facility in Mexico to meet the demands for FKM, HNBR, ECO and other high performance elastomer (HPE) compounds. The first of…
Yokohama, Michelin set to increase tyre prices
Yokohama Tire Corp. and Michelin North America are set to raise tyre prices due to the recent hike in the cost of raw materials. Yokohama will increase prices on all of its tyres sold in the US, including all consumer,…
Thai rubber exporters confident in meeting demands despite floods
Exporters of rubber in Thailand say they can still meet export demands despite the recent huge floods that have adversely affected growers in the region as they have enough rubber in stockpiles. Global rubber prices soared to five-year highs on…
Goodyear unveils first radial special trailer tyre built in the US
American multinational tyre manufacturing company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company introduced Endurance, the only radial special tyre manufactured in the US. Unveiled during Goodyear’s 2017 Customer Conference in Orlando, Florida, the Endurance radial tyre is capable of transporting the…
India’s NR output likely to go up 15% as farmers go back to tapping
India’s natural rubber (NR) production in 2017-18 is expected to rise 15% to its highest in four years at 750,000 tonnes as rubber farmers take advantage of the current rally in natural rubber prices and go back to tapping trees,…
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Control Union has formally introduced the newest version of its Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS 3.0.) for both “certified organic” latex foam components and finished products made with “certified organic” latex for suppliers, manufacturers and marketers of latex-based products including…
Malaysia to build rubberised roads to boost domestic rubber consumption
Malaysia will start the construction of rubberised roads all over the country this year in order to increase domestic rubber consumption, according to Malaysia’s Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry. Its minister, Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong, said the move would…