HOLZ Rubber Company, a rubber manufacturing and moulding solutions firm has brought onboard Russell Huntley as its expansion joint product manager. To be based in Houston, Texas, Huntley will help expand the Holz expansion joint product line in an effort…
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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 ...
Yokohama starts design for West Point plant
YOKOHAMA Rubber Co. Ltd has chosen US-based Kajima Associates/Architects & Engineers to design the first phase of the 931,000 sq ft West Point tyre plant. The project, assumed to cost US$300 million, will include production, warehousing and operations facilities for…
Michelin leads in North America sales
MICHELIN North America Inc. has posted sales of US 9.96 billion in 2012, beating Goodyear by almost US$300 million, according to reports. Michelin sales in North America, which accounts for the company’s 35.1% corporate sales, have increased by 11.6% in…
KSB joins French firms in Bioproof project
PLANTS or other recycled materials used as feedstock is being targeted by the Bioproof Project, which is now being supported by pump and valve manufacturer, KSB. Since 2000, the demand for natural and synthetic rubber has increased by 50%, and…
Indian tyre makers worry over shortage of NR
The Indian tyre industry has sought easing of natural rubber availability due to acute shortage being faced in the domestic market. The ongoing lean season compounded by incessant rains in Kerala had hampered the tapping of rubber. In a communication…
Yokohama Rubber supports beekeeping in China
Japanese firm Yokohama Rubber is supporting environmental protection activities, described as “,” launched in Heyuan, an ethnic minority village in the Laojun Mountain Nature Reserve in Lijiang, Yagriculture development and evolutionunnan Province, China. The activities are being implemented as part…
Sri Lanka grows rubber in new areas
Sri Lanka has expanded rubber cultivation into the non-traditional dryer regions of the island’s Eastern and Northern regions with the crop showing high yields in several pilot projects, according to Gamini Seneviratne, Director, Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, a…
Asia Carbon starts up carbon fibre plant
US traded, China-based Asia Carbon Industries has completed its speciality carbon black production facility. CEO Guoyun Yao commented, “We are very pleased to announce the completion of the construction of speciality carbon black production facility. This represents an important step…
Lanxess moves hq to Cologne
German speciality chemicals company Lanxess is relocating its headquarters from Leverkusen in Germany to Cologne and will officially manage its global operations from there as of August 1, 2013. The new domicile of the company is the Lanxess Tower in…
Asahi Kasei Corp opens SSBR plant in Singapore
Japanese firm Asahi Kasei Chemicals held a grand opening ceremony on July 11, 2013, on Jurong Island, Singapore, for a new plant for solution-polymerised styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) which began commercial operation in April 2013. The first line installed has a…