Brazilian tread rubber supplier Borrachas Vipal S/A has launched VT160, a snow tread it developed for North American and European markets. Designed to perform in severe weather conditions, the VT160 tread is “highly adaptable” and “perfect for facing different weather…
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India Rubber
The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) was established in 1945 with the purpose of representing the rubber sector in ...
Country Focus: An alliance that keeps Asia’s “white gold” shining
Despite challenges in the global market and supply chain, Asia’s primary rubber producers are successfully achieving their growth targets, with ...
Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s rubber sector rooting for sustainability
Promising solutions are emerging in the form of sustainable rubber practices, aimed at curbing deforestation and substantially reducing the environmental ...
Rubber industry in the digital age: how technology can save forests, boost business
Emerging policies on ethical material sourcing, such as the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR)’s zero-deforestation rule, underscore ecosystem preservation and market ...
Gloves sector holding up through the headwind
Malaysia’s glove makers are benefiting from streamlining of operations, new investments, and net-zero collaborations to mitigate the impact of low ...
Medical technology market shapes up with silicones
Global and Asian markets for silicones in the healthcare and medical industries have grown in tandem with the advancement of ...
Researchers compete to transform dandelions into rubber
Dutch biologist Ingrid van der Meer often meets with disbelief when she talks about her work on dandelions and how it could secure the future of road transport. The reaction is understandable, given most people regard the yellow flowers as…
45% of India’s natural rubber plantations is low-yielding
As much as 45 per cent of the natural rubber plantations in India is in the low-yielding ‘aged’ category. Of this, one-fourth (11 per cent of the total) is over-aged, said an analysis of Rubber Board data on natural rubber…
Semperit Group announces revenue rise in first half
The publicly listed Semperit Group continued its organic growth in the first half of 2014, showing a good revenue and earnings development. Revenue in the first six months of 2014 rose 2.9 percent year-on-year to EUR 464.3 million from EUR…
Dow Corning cooperates with Chinese gov’t to regain customer confidence
Government authorities across China have made a string of arrests in a counterfeiting crackdown since November. In the largest case, law enforcement authorities in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, broke up a counterfeiting ring selling fake Dow Corning silicone sealant across six…
GT Radial to display new tyres at IAA
GT Radial will be displaying 18 tyres at IAA Hanover 2014, of which 11 make their show debut including the recently launched GSW226 winter steer axle and GTL925 low platform trailer pattern tyres. The GSW226 is the brand’s first specific…
Semperit AG to build new production plant in Perak
Semperit AG Holding, an Austrian company that develops, produces and sells specialised rubber and plastic products for the medical and industrial sectors, is allocating some RM220 million to expand production capacity at its facilities in Kamunting, Perak. “This is the…
Continental to launch new tyre products at IAA
“Driving the Future” – the motto of the world’s biggest commercial vehicle show, the IAA in Hanover, perfectly matches the new products being launched by Continental at the show this year under its own IAA-motto “The Future in Motion”. The…
Nitrile gloves market to expand due to increasing global healthcare reforms
The demand for nitrile gloves is expected to remain robust and can offset any possible margin compressions in the industry, according to Hartalega Holdings Bhd executive chairman Kuan Kam Hon. “The industry as a whole is poised for growth, with…
Thai NCPO cuts down 20,000 illegally planted rubber trees
A 500-strong task force yesterday kicked off an operation to end forest encroachment in Mu Koh Phi Phi-Nopparathara National Park, felling more than 20,000 rubber trees on 329-rai of land. The combined forces comprised personnel from the National Parks, Wildlife…