According to the latest report of Technavio, a leading global technology research and advisory company, the global rubber processing equipment market is expected grow at a CAGR of nearly 10% during 2016 to 2020. The report covers the market outlook…
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New highly transparent liquid silicone rubber to be presented by Wacker
A new generation of highly transparent liquid silicone rubbers for lighting technologies will be presented by Wacker Chemie AG at the 20th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber K 2016.Producing crystal-clear optical lenses and coupling elements for high heat…
Continental Tyre Malaysia introduces new date-of-purchase warranty
Continental Tyre PJ Malaysia SdnBhd (CTM) officially introduced a new five-year warranty programme applicable from the tyre’s date of purchase instead of the date of manufacture, as was the case previously. Other tyre companies provide warranty programmes that are only…
Wacker to reveal new silicone rubber dispersion in K 2016
An innovative electrically conductive silicone rubber dispersion will be launched by Wacker, a Munich-based chemical group, at the 20th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber K 2016.Powersil 403 was developed for manufacturing the outer conductive film on cable accessories…
Top Glove considers going into condom business
Top Glove, the world’s largest latex glove makerwhich makes one of every four pairs of rubber gloves the globe uses, may go and diversify into the condom business. Although the latex glove industry has a 6% to 8% annual growth,…
Silicones market to reach US$20.78 bn with 4.9% CAGR by 2022 –report
Allied Market Research (AMR), a full-service market research and business-consulting wing of Allied Analytics LLP, recently published a report titled “World Silicones Market”. According to this report, the silicones market is expected to reach US$20.784 billion by 2022, growing at…
“Europe Rubber Technologist 2016” award given to Dr. Gerard Nijman
In the first “Europe Rubber Industry Forum 2016” that was held on June 22 to 23 in Heidelberg, Germany, Dr. Gerard Nijman was presented the “Europe Rubber Technologist 2016” award by the Rubber Technologists Network (RTN)for his excellent contributions in…
Michelin advances sustainable growth in N. America with US$3.1 bn investment
More than US$3.1 billion has been invested by Michelin North America since 2011 on manufacturing capacity and infrastructure and other developmentsin support of its sustainable growth strategies. Michelin North America currently employs nearly 23,000 people, operating 20 major manufacturing plants…
Top Glove makes trading debut on the Singapore stock market
Malaysia-headquartered Top Glove Corporation Bhd, the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer, in conjunction with its secondary listing, made its trading debut on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) today. The company has undertaken this exercise with…
Hevea brasiliensis genome decoded by researchers
Researchers from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and collaborators from UniversitiSains Malaysia (USM) have successfully decoded the genome sequence for Hevea brasiliensis, the natural rubber tree native to Brazil. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows…