US-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber has introduced its Air Maintenance Technology (AMT) for tyres , which will maintain their constant pressure even without using external pumps, electronics or driver intervention. AMT can improve fuel economy , citing Goodyear’s own estimate…
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The new regulations in tyre production of some countries that uses synthetic rubber encourages the use of eco-friendly tyres.
Continental A.G. eyes Germany as new location for recycling plant
Conti is said build a new rubber recycling plant in Hanover to be used in manufacturing new and retreaded rubber tyres.
RM398 million budget for Risda’s rubber programme
KUALA LUMPUR – The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) has received a budget of RM397.7 million the highest so far from the Government for rubber replanting and new planting programmes nationwide, said chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik.…
Thailand approves additional budget for buying rubber
BANGKOK, Thailand – The country continued to intervene in the rubber market although prices have rebounded due largely to the prospect of rising demand after the Federal Reserve launched a new stimulus programme for the US economy, dealers said. The…
Global rubber supply raises to 4.7% in 2012
Kamarul Baharain Basir, the Secretary-General of the Association of National Rubber Producing Countries, said that the rubber supply around the world has increased to 4.7 percent while the demand has increased to 4.8 percent.
Lanxess discloses goal by one year
The German specialty chemicals company Lanxess has announced its mid-term goal to achieve its target earning by one year.
Lanxess jumpstarts the world’s largest Nd-PBR plant in SG
Speciality chemicals firm Lanxess has recently broken ground for its 140,000 tonnes per annum Nd-PBR facility worth EUR 200 million (S$ 317 million) on Jurong Island in Singapore
Philippines to augment rubber plantation by 2016
The Philippine government is widening its rubber plantation by acquiring 10,000 hectares of land each year to achieve the target of 200,000 hectares of rubber plantation by 2016.
Thailand: Increased budget to buy more rubber
Thailand approves additional budget to buy more rubber from local farmers to aid in boosting the price of natural rubber in the market.