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…
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LSR stretches its industrial footprint
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Medical: Flexible artificial muscles from liquid crystal elastomers
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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…
F1 team opts for Pirelli’s 2013 tyres
FORMULA One (F1) team, Lotus, is staying put with Pirelli’s mew rubber tyres for this season’s race. Whilst other teams expressed that Pirelli should switch back to last year’s rubber, James Allison, Lotus’s technical director said that their team do…
NASA plans to buy aerogels from Aspen Aerogels
NASA/JSC has posted a requirement for rubber aerogels for space suit application. According to the agency, it needs five square samples of aerogel formulation 050313, and a quantity of one roll sample of aerogel formulation 050313 and it intends to…
Sumitomo Rubber to set up motorbike radial tyres facility in Thailand
SUMITOMO Rubber Industries, Ltd. is installing equipment for the production of motorcycle radial tyres at its Thailand plant, investing an estimated 1.4 billion yen for the facility. Currently, the company produces such tyres at its Nagoya Factory (located in Toyota,…