Haydale, ARTIS, part of Avon Rubber Plc, and Trelleborg Antivibration Solutions are embarking on a two-year research and development project on carbon. This highly innovative project will investigate the use of Haydale’s patented plasma functionalisation for the enhancement of recovered…
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RISDA, Felda and Felcra team up for rubber projects
The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) will team up with the Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra) and the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) for future projects for rubber farmers in Malaysia RISDA’s Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ismail…
Rubber farmers face fresh crisis as latex prices spiral
Rubber farmers in Thiruvananthapuram are facing a fresh crisis with a steep fall in latex price. With the price of the commodity falling from Rs 152 per kilo to Rs 130 within three weeks, the inclusion of latex in the…
Lanxess’s rubber day in India takes on mobility theme
German speciality chemicals firm Lanxess, the world’s largest manufacturer of synthetic rubber, which has production facilities for rubber chemicals from its subsidiary Rhein Chemie in Jhagadia, Gujarat, recently held a Rubber Day in India that was themed
Rubber show witnesses growth
The All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) that organised the seventh series of the Indian rubber exhibition, held January 22-24 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, said the show had 25,000 visitors from 42 countries over the three days.
India’s rubber industry hangs by a thread due to high duties
India, the world’s 4th largest producer of natural rubber and second largest consumer, has all the positive growth statistics to stay competitive, yet the counter-productive measures are not helping,