GERMAN firm ContiTech AG has broken ground on the expansion of its plant in Dolné Vestenice, Slovakia. By building a new production hall, ContiTech Vibration Control, a business unit of ContiTech AG, is enlarging the existing production area by around…
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Thai Minister urges lower production cost to push rubber price
THAILAND’s Deputy Prime Minister/Agriculture Minister Yukol Lim-laemthong encourages reduced production cost amidst declining rubber price. Yukol confirmed that last year’s export value of Thailand’s rubber fell, despite increasing the export quantity of the commodity to 3.2 million tonnes. The stagnant…
Rubber could boost rural economy in Indian state, says board commissioner
RECENTLY, Rubber Board of India (RBI) joint commissioner (rubber production), Sunny Varghes addressed farmers at the Maj Rubber Nursery and Plantation (MRNP) in Tarajulisaid, saying that rubber could boost the rural economy of Arunachal Pradesh. Rubber is a cash crop…
Holz Rubber strengthens expansion joints unit with new manager
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…
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…