RUBBER manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka will be venturing in some projects in Vietnam to ensure a stable supply of natural rubber in the future, according to Sri Lanka Society of Rubber Industry (SRI) Chair, W. T. Ellawala. Vietnam, the…
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Philippine agencies to form rubber industry cluster teams
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are forming regional and provincial rubber industry cluster teams in MIMAROPA region (which includes the provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), Philippines. The move is part of…
Petrochem giants seek funds for KSA rubber plant expansion
SAUDI Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and Exxon Mobil are seeking US$1.2 billion funds from banks for the expansion of their petrochemicals joint project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), according to sources. Allegedly, Al-Jubail Petrochemcial Co (Kemya) will source…
Rubber compounder SPC takes over Jevsa
RUBBER compounding specialist SPC Europe Ltd has acquired the assets of the Barcelona-based rubber compounder, IACP JEVSA, S.A (Jevsa). According to SPC, it has been negotiating with the Administrator for some months and finally closed the deal on 25 July…
Regupol to expand US facility
REGUPOL America, the inventor of recycled rubber flooring for athletic and commercial surfaces, is expanding its Pennsylvania headquarters. According to the company. its campus at the business park will increase to 26 acres once the new plant is completed in…
China hikes anti-dumping duty on SR import from Japan
ACCORDING to China’s Ministry of Commerce, it is increasing the current anti-dumping levy of 9.9% on imported chloroprene rubber, a type of synthetic rubber, supplied by Japanese firm Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, after complaints from local rubber makers start…
Evonik to augment silica capacity in Thai site
EVONIK Industries is expanding precipitated silica capacity at its Maptaphut site in Thailand. Funded by an investment in the lower double-digit million euro range, the expansion is to be completed in the first quarter of 2014. In addition to its…
Nigeria needs to tap rubber potentials – officials
EXECUTIVE Director Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria Prof O.I. Eguavoen expressed his hopes for Nigeria as a potential rubber production hub. He stated during a training workshop held in Benin that the joint initiative project of the Rubber Research Institute…
Rubber training for RP’s t’boli tribe folks
SOME Thirty farmers, mostly members of the T’boli tribe living in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Philippines have been taking a two-week training course for rubber tapping that will end on August 2. The trainees are members of the South Cotabato…
Philippine rubber price cartel in view?
A GROUP of rubber farmers in North Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines are protesting against low prices of rubber cup lump in the province. The leader of the Free Tappers Association (FTA) in North Cotabato alleged that a cartel is “controlling” the…