Rhein Chemie, a business unit of Lanxess, has opened a new production facility for Rhenoshape curing bladders, which are used in the manufacture of tyres, at its Porto Feliz site in Brazil. Around 170,000…
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced the completion on 8 May 2013 of the company’s new passenger vehicle and light truck tire plant at Taiping in Perak State in Malaysia (company name: Toyo Tyre…
The German Plastics Center (SKZ) invites to the Thermoplastic Elastomers (Thermoplastische Elastomere – TPE) conference taking place in Würzburg, Germany, 5 - 6 June 2013. The event is an established…
There is room for Malaysian tyre exports to grow, according to International Trade and Industry Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria.
With Region IX, or the Zamboanga Peninsula, contributing roughly 43 % of the country’s total rubber production of 395,237 t in 2010, the Philippine Council for Agricultural and Aquatic Resource and…
FELDA Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), the world’s largest crude palm oil producer, is in the final stage of due dilligence with a local partner to start rubber processing activities in southern…
Hailstorms and whirlwinds during the last week have wrecked havoc on 12,000 trees in the main rubber growing area in the northern mountain province of Lai Chau, according to the director of Lai Chau Rubber…
A parliamentary subcommittee passed a bill on Monday (6 May 2013) seeking to fine companies up to 5 % of their revenue for leaks of toxic substances.
Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) is making plans for subsidiary Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) to undertake construction of joint venture naphtha crackers and downstream petrochemical facilities…
The demand for rubber gloves would remain resilient due to the stable latex price despite rising demand for nitrile-based gloves, says Kenanga Research.