LONG PELUAN -High-yield rubber cultivation scheme under Rural Transformation Programme is expected to be the socio-economic transformer for the rural communities in Long Peluan and Long Beruang in Baram. Launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin recently, the…
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Wacker expands Korean technical centre
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Bridgestone wins lawsuit against Chinese firm
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Vietnam expects record rubber exports
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Sri Lanka revives factories and new programme for planters
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China aims for elastomer and SSBR self-sufficiency
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Green EnviroTech to enter tyre recycling
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Huber to double capacity in India
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China’s Rubber Valley to publish patents online
CHINA’s so-called Silicon Valley-styled Rubber Valley is to make its rubber-related patents available online. A company known as Qingdao Rubber Valley Intellectual Property Information Center has been established by the China Intellectual Property Publishing House and Rubber Valley. The new…