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Carbon black bound for sustainability
Sustainable carbon black made from renewable feedstock is becoming more and more in demand. But for technologies to fully produce ...
Recycling: Thermoset rubber circular economy
Devulcanising crumb rubber from scrapped tyres to mould new engineered products presents a solution to the huge and ever growing ...
Silicones: Keeping a good grip on innovation
Silicone elastomers are enabling innovation, and their application promotes the growth of the automotive and healthcare markets.
RJA: K2022 show highlights
Momentive Performance Materials will have flameretardant, dark grey LSR grades NL6830FR and NL6850FR that meet the UL94-V0 requirements
Recycling: Finding ways to recycle rubber
In the lead-up to the K trade fair 2022, industry association VDMA provides an interview with Daniela Dingfelder, COO of ...
Glove Sector: Highs and lows in the endemic stage
As we witness the tail-end of the Covid-19 pandemic, are the glory days of glove sales over, asks Angelica Buan ...
Rough day to be in rubber
IN trading on Thursday, rubber plastics stocks were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Fuwei Films Holdings Limited , off about 7.5% and shares of Spartech off about 1.7%…
Apollo Tyres shares get ‘buy’ rating
AS per media reports, tyremaker Michelin announced a 12% increase in truck tyre prices in Africa and India. Apollo Tyres is present in both these geographies. As per an article in Rubber World, Yokohama Tire raised truck tyre prices by…
Silicones balance healthcare needs of patients
Tailor-made solutions Bluestar Silicones has launched a customised approach to the manufacture of antimicrobial silicone products that offers OEMs and processors tailored material solutions to meet specific healthcare application needs. Unlike competitive offerings that are “one size fits all,” Bluestar…
Japanese push for NR in Asia
Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help Vietnam to improve the country’s rubber industry with a plan to replace synthetic rubber, which is made from fossil fuels, with natural rubber (NR). The five-year US$3.9 million project involves the Vietnamese government…
Research for improvements to rubber
Leading universities in the US have innovated technology that allows rubber recovery while a new type of sensor will help in sensing structural damage on infrastructure. University of Akron researcher Avraam Isayev’s rubber recovery technology is expected to cause a…
Lanxess invests into bio-based rubber
GERMAN speciality chemicals company Lanxess is investing more in new technology to produce synthetic rubber from bio-based raw materials. From producing isobutene from renewable resources, it has now increased its minority shareholding in US-based renewable chemical company Gevo. Lanxess initially…
Maine sells pneumatic tyre unit
As part of its global restructuring plan, US-based Maine Industrial Tire has sold its China-based pneumatic tyre manufacturing assets to Trelleborg Wheel Systems. Maine Tire will continue to operate and retain ownership over the solid tyre portion of the Hebei…
PBR technology to Asia
ITALIAN technology and engineering company FasTech has licensed its second proprietary technology to manufacture its Nd-PBR to a leading petrochemical operator in East Asia. The licence agreement includes engineering and other technical services. The first one was to a Middle…
Formosa invests in Chinese rubber industry
Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics will invest US$300 million to set up a synthetic rubber plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Construction of the plant will begin this year with production to start in two years. Initially the plant will produce 50,000 tonnes/year…