Swedish engineered polymer group Trelleborg has acquired a niche UK-based composites company thus strengthening its position in offshore oil & gas. Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement and finalised the acquisition of Ambler…
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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 ...
Aditya sells carbon black unit to group company
Indian firm Aditya Birla Nuvo has decided to sell its carbon black business to a group company, SKI Carbon Black (India), for about US$26 million as part of its plan to exit the business in the near future. An option…
KKR to acquire Indian Alliance Tire
American private equity company KohlbergKravis Roberts (KKR) is set to purchase a 90% stake in specialised tyre maker Alliance Tire Group from rival private equity fund Warburg Pincus and owner Yogesh Kumar Mahansaria for US$650 million, including a debt of…
Kultevat and KeyGene work on dandelion rubber
US-based biotech company Kultevat and KeyGene, a biotech company from the Netherlands, have entered into collaboration for production of rubber based on the Russian dandelion. This plant has demonstrated potential as a domesticated crop for the US and Europe; the…
Flurosilicone approved for aerospace use
US firm Simrit’s F273 fuel resistant fluorosilicone material has been approved for the aerospace Qualified Product List (QPL). Simrit is the first and currently the only company approved by the Society of Aerospace Engineers and the Performance Review Institute (PRI)…
Myanmar rubber export earnings slid by US$80 million
MYANMAR’s rubber exports earning swung low by US$80 million, despite an increase in rubber exported this year compared to the previous year, due to the low global rubber price at US$400 per tonne. In a statement by the Myanmar Rubber…
Liberian rubber processors advised to manufacture finished goods
LIBERIAN President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf resounded a challenge to rubber processing companies operating in the country: Shift their focus by considering investing in manufacturing finished products. Sirleaf contended that the country’s export of natural processed rubber may have to be…
Former Plymouth Rubber site up for US$7 million clean up
THE former site of US rubber products manufacturer, Plymouth Rubber will be undergoing a remediation clean up to facilitate the development of housing units. The cleanup of the 40-acre contaminated plant site has been appraised to cost US$7 million, or…
Malaysian glove makers bid for reconsideration on junked RA extension
RUBBER glove makers in Malaysia continue to hope for a reconsideration to extend the the 15-year period reinvestment allowance (RA) to a further 15 years, despite the Government rejecting the proposal earlier. The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) affirmed…
Scrap tyres and inner tubes transform to travel gears
SIKLO Pilipinas, a Philippine-based enterprise that manufactures accessories from scrap rubber tyres. Siklo upcycles – a method of re-purposing discarded materials to be made into new, sellable products – scrap tyres (and inner tubes of tyres) into durable travel products…