Thailand’s first automotive and tyre testing centre that follows global standards is set to be completed and ready for operations by 2018. “The first phase of the testing centre should be ready for Thai car and tyre makers in 2018.…
Tag: natural rubber
Indonesia, France partner to develop sustainable natural rubber
Indonesia and France are partnering with each other to develop sustainable natural rubber across plantations in Indonesia through joint social and environmental studies. The US$270,000 partnership agreement was signed by French Development Agency (AFD) and Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), an…
IEAT’s Rubber City in need of more skilled workers
Rubber City, a rubber industrial estate being developed by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), is teaming up with the country’s Labour Ministry to recruit skilled workers. The IEAT will also collaborate with educational institutes to produce skilled vocational…
India’s RRII inaugurates international natural rubber clone museum
The Diamond Jubilee Block at the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), where the Advanced Centre for Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (ACMBB) is going to function, was recently inaugurated by Rita Teaotia, the secretary of the Department of Commerce in…
Kerala exports Rs30 mn worth of rubber to Brazilian company
Manimalayar Rubbers Private Ltd., a company owned jointly by India’s Rubber Board and the Rubber Producers’ Societies (RPSs), is venturing into rubber exportation with the sales deal it made with by Industria de Artefatos de Borracha, a company based at…
Global tyre chemicals market to go over 42.58 mn tonnes by 2025
The global tyre chemicals market is expected to grow at a moderate pace, surpassing 42.58 million tonnes by the year 2025, according to a new report by Research and Markets titled “Global Tire Chemicals Market By Type (Natural Rubber, Synthetic…
India’s NR output likely to go up 15% as farmers go back to tapping
India’s natural rubber (NR) production in 2017-18 is expected to rise 15% to its highest in four years at 750,000 tonnes as rubber farmers take advantage of the current rally in natural rubber prices and go back to tapping trees,…
Finnish company eyeing Mindanao as site for US$200 mn rubber tyre plant
Finnish tyre manufacturer Black Donuts Engineering Inc. has expressed its interest in constructing a rubber tyre manufacturing plant worth US$200 million (Php9.89 billion) in Mindanao, Philippines, the country’s Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Rodolfo L. Galang, interim executive director of…
IRGA urges import ban on natural rubber, cheap quality tyres
The Indian Rubber Growers Association (IRGA)is seeking a ban on imports of natural rubber for at least six months in the country to help rubber farmers in the country meet production costs. India’s Minister of State for the Ministry of…
ANRPC to look into reasons behind decline in natural rubber crop yield
The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), which represents 11 major rubber producing nations, will conduct a series of studies relating to the issue of declining average yield of rubber and the related problems associated with the sustainability of…