Malaysia, one of the world’s largest natural rubber producing countries, has already completed and is now evaluating three pilot projects to determine the technical and financial feasibility of using rubber on stretches of roads and highways. Malaysia Works Minister Datuk…
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LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Kumho Chairman making a bid for control in company
After last month’s news that China’s Doublestar would by the likely buyer of Kumho Tire https://rubberjournalasia.com/kumho-likely-to-be-sold-to-chinas-doublestar/, it now appears that Kumho Asiana Group Chairman Park Sam-Koo has raised nearly US$870 million to buy back a controlling stake in the group’s…
Malaysia leads global rubber glove production in 2016 with 133.6 bn pieces
Malaysia led the global rubber glove production in 2016, manufacturing around 133.6 billion pieces, which represented 63% of the world’s total. Rubber glove exports were worth an estimated RM 14.3 billion, continuing the country’s streak as the world leader in…
Engineers develop thermally conductive rubber material called “thubber”
Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineering associate professors, Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen, have developed a new thermally conductive rubber material, dubbed “thubber”, representing a breakthrough for creating soft, stretchable machines and electronics. The new material is an electrically insulating composite…
Evonik’s Polyvest ST in modern tyres reduces rolling resistance by up to 30%
Evonik, one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals, is expanding its silica/silane system technology for modern tyre production with the newly developed Polyvest ST technology that could further decrease rolling resistance in tyres by up to 30% relative to…
Researchers invent groundbreaking tech to produce tyres from grass, trees
A shift in the tyre production industry toward using more renewable sources found even in backyards is now possible thanks to a breakthrough technology, invented by a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota in the US, that…
Singapore/Israeli team discovers most stretchable UV-curable elastomers for 3D printing
Elastomers have been used in a host of applications, due to their elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation, for fabricating soft robots, flexible electronics and smart biomedical devices that require soft and deformable material properties to establish safe and…
Qatar’s used tyre, rubber recycling facility begins operations
Qatar’s Modern Recycling Factory (MRF), designed and constructed with the aim of conserving energy, preserving natural resources, reducing pollution, and reducing the country’s dependence on raw materials, has started operations after its formal opening this month. The US$41.3 million facility…
Lanxess moves forward in planned acquisition of Chemtura
Germany-based specialty chemicals group Lanxess has taken a significant step forward in its planned acquisition of the US chemical company Chemtura. Chemtura’s shareholders approved the merger at a special meeting in Philadelphia, US where 99.8% of the votes cast were…
Wacker names Foster Corp exclusive distributor of medical silicone rubbers
German chemicals company Wacker Chemie AG has chosen Connecticut, US-based Foster Corporation, a provider of medical and pharmaceutical material solutions as the exclusive distributor of its Silpuran line of medical-grade silicone rubbers for the North American healthcare markets. Starting March…