The US Department of Commerce (USDOC) has recently announced an affirmative preliminary anti-dumping (AD) determination on truck and bus tyres imported from China as prompted by a petition on January 29 from The United Steelworkers (USW), a union that represents…
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Thailand urges farmers to stop use of sulphuric acid in latex
Rubber farmers in the northeast of Thailand have been concerned over recent rumours that two major tyre manufacturers are stopping natural rubber orders from the area due to the use of sulphuric acid in the production process which results in…
Goodyear Thailand to up production with US$162 mn aviation tyre factory
Goodyear Thailand Plc recently announced its plans to expand its production in PathumThani, a province in the north of Bangkok, by investing US$162 million (around B5.6 billion) to build a new radial aviation tyre factory. The move will allow the…
Malaysia’s rubber product exports to bring in RM18.5 bnof profit
Malaysia’s rubber-based product exports are expected to produce around RM18.5 billion of earnings this year, driven by higher usage of disposal medical gloves, according to the country’s Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong. The ministry will…
Cooper Standard opens HQ in India to serve growing Asia Pacific demands
Cooper Standard recently opened its new headquarters and technical centre in Pune, Maharashtra in India to better serve its growing customer base in the Asia Pacific region. The 6,000-sq ft facility, which was relocated from its previous location in Sahibabad,…
Bridgestone introduces Firestone for passenger cars, SUVs in India
Japanese tyre major Bridgestone Corporation recently introduced America’s legendary tyre brand Firestone with the Firestone FR500 for cars and Firestone Destination LE02 for SUVs in India. The company said that 116-year-old Firestone brand will focus on the passenger car and…
Indian rubber farmers disappointed after stakeholders’ meeting
Office-bearers of the Indian Farmers’ Movement (INFAM) alleged that the country’s rubber farmers were left disappointed after the Union Ministry of Commerce called for a meeting of rubber sector stakeholders but failed to initiate any corrective measures to stimulate the…
nuTonomy trials world’s first self-driving taxi in Singapore
A US-based start-up company that develops software for self-driving cars recently put their work to the test when they had a limited public trial for the world’s first driverless taxi in Singapore. Hoping to get feedback ahead of a planned…
Three Asian countries to reduce exports by 700,000 metric tonnes this year
A grouping of Asia’s top three rubber-producing countries, the International Rubber Tripartite Council, will be reducing exports by an additional 85,000 tonnes from September to December this year, an Indonesian rubber industry official said on August 25. Indonesian Rubber Association…
New bio-inspired tyre design could improve safety, reliability
The ability of geckos to scamper up smooth walls and hang upside down from surfaces has intrigued scientists for centuries. But about 15 years ago, researchers were definitively able to attribute the gecko’s powers of adhesion to nanoscale threads in…