Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is winding up with the Yokohama Tire Vietnam Company (YTVC) in the hope of enhancing the tire production and marketing operations of Yokohama Rubber, the subsidiary owner of Yokohama Tire Vietnam Incorporated.
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Sustainability: Southeast Asia’s rubber sector rooting for sustainability
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Rubber industry in the digital age: how technology can save forests, boost business
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Gloves sector holding up through the headwind
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Rubber use is higher in first quarter
According to the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) based in Singapore, the global global rubber consumption has greatly increased from 25.9 million tonnes in the last quarter of 2011 to 26 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2012.
Lanxess pumping up EPDM capacity in China
Lanxess is investing EUR235 million to construct the world’s largest 160,000-tonne/year plant for EPDM in Changzhou to meet global demand for EPDM that is growing 4% a year and 8% in China.
More R&D to stretch Malaysia’s rubber industry further
KUALA LUMPUR – Five new research and development facilities for the rubber production sector are in the pipeline, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He added that this was a part of the Government Economic Transformation Plan’s efforts…
Ansell and Ramsay Health Care enter global multi-year purchasing agreement
MELBOURNE , Australia – Ansell Limited , a global leader in medical gloves and healthcare safety solutions, has announced it has entered into a multi-year purchasing agreement with Ramsay Health Care , one of the largest private hospital groups in…
Cartel pushes up price of rubber
THE weak global economy has driven down prices for everything from copper to coal, and now the cartel that controls most of the world’s production of rubber, one of the hardest-hit commodities, is fighting back. The three Southeast Asian countries…
Thailand defers spending US$480mil more to prop up rubber prices
BANGKOK, Thailand – The Thai cabinet has turned down a plan to spend another 15 billion baht (US$480mil) on buying rubber to prop up prices but will monitor the situation to see if further intervention is necessary, the deputy agriculture…
Roll-up rubber door
US-based Rytec Corporation has launched industrial rubber doors made from engineered styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) that are said to be virtually indestructible. The Powerhouse roll-up rubber door, which is made from the same durable materials used to manufacture tyres, is…
Firms record sales in the first half
AFTER almost matching the dynamic level of the strong Q1, German automotive parts supplier Continental foresees hitting another record year, especially with potential increase in consolidated sales of more than 7% to over EUR32.5 billion. Moreover, Continental projects that the…
Hartalega on expansion drive
Their new facility will have 72 production lines to increase the firm’s total capacity to 38 billion pieces/year.