Toyoda Gosei is broadening its business foundations in Europe with the establishment of a new company in Germany and acquisition of valuable assets from Meteor Gummiwerke K.H. Bädje GmbH & Co. KG (Meteor), an automotive rubber products manufacturer headquartered in…
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Gloves Sector: Malaysia’s gloves sector holds its place in a volatile market
As a main exporter of gloves globally, Malaysia is handling suitably geopolitical pressures ...
LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Tyres: Space’s the limit for rubber tyres
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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Plans outlined the arrival of tyre giant to Burton
A SLIGHT hitch with a railway firm was the only thing left holding up the development of a factory by an Italian tyre giant in the town in the 1920s. Burton Town Council revealed that arrangements were being finalised for…
Dunlop tyre factory plans to axe 240 jobs
Unions have expressed shock at plans to close a Dunlop tyre factory with the loss of more than 240 jobs. Officials said the company had only recently held talks about relocating from its Birmingham plant to another site in the…
Michelin announces latest Alpin winter tyre
Michelin has announced the details of its latest Alpin 5 winter tyres, which are available to suit 15-17-inch rims of various sizes. The Alpin 5 sits between the previous Alpin 4 and the Pilot Alpin winter tyre, which is designed…
MPM to highlight new Liquid Silicone Rubber light diffuser line at strategies in light show
The LSR light diffuser line combines LSR technology with a specialty filler that can enable an even longer life span of optical components in LED lighting, as compared to current technologies. The extension to the SilCool TIA series of thermal…
Cambodia has 325,900 hectares of rubber plantations by 2013: report
Cambodia has 325,900 hectares of rubber plantations as of last year, up 16 percent compared with 280,350 hectares in a year earlier, a report of the Ministry of Agriculture showed Monday. Some 78,444 hectares of them are old enough to…
Rubber falls to near 17-month low as US factory growth slows
Rubber futures in Tokyo declined to the lowest level in almost 17 months after signs of slowing global industrial output boosted demand for the Japanese currency as a haven. The commodity for delivery in July fell as much as 2.3…
Call to ban import of rubber
With the price of natural rubber plunging to the lowest in four years, the Indian Rubber Growers Association has demanded a total ban on all sorts of rubber imports for one year and asked the concerned authorities concerned to redefine…
Bluestar Silicones to launch tailor-made releases at show
As a major supplier of release systems to the tyre industry, French supplier Bluestar Silicones will launch several new products in its Lyndcoat range at Tire Technology Expo 2014, to be held in Cologne, Germany from 11-13 February. Lyndcoat release…
Tyrexpo 2014: Africa’s biggest tyre show
African tyre buyers are so convinced of the importance of partaking in this year’s Tyrexpo Africa that the exhibition has already sold out, says exhibition organiser ECI International, which was bought over by Singapore-based Singex Holdings last year. The exhibition…