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WEBChina investigating dumping of halogenated butyl rubber from Canada, Japan, India. Added: 17 Sep 2024. Country recently extended five-year tariffs on imports of the rubber from US, EU, UK and Singapore.
Revealed: The world's top 50 rubber product manufacturers for 2020
WEBLondon – Major rubber product manufacturers held their ground in 2019, despite growing impact of the global pandemic, according to ERJ’s annual ranking of top 50 non-tire rubber goods makers.. The impact of the Covid-19 crisis had just started to register on the figures collated for this year’s annual survey of the global rubber-product manufacturing sector.
Kumho Petrochemical acquiring full ownership of synthetic rubber JV
WEBJun 3, 2021 · Kumho Polychem, 50-50 joint venture with JSR, is claimed to be fourth largest EPDM supplier in the world. Seoul – Kumho Petrochemical is acquiring the full ownership Kumho Polychem, a 50-50 synthetic rubber joint venture with JSR Corp. In an 11 May statement, the South Korean supplier said the move to acquire JSR’s 50% share would ...
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WEBUSTMA anticipates record volumes in US tire market this year. Added: 5 Sep 2024. Shipments set to rise 1.6% over last year, reaching 337 million units.
Bridgestone steps up investment in RFID truck tires
WEBIn a related development, Bridgestone in August announced a €550-million investment at its Warren County, Tennessee plant in part to enhance “digital readiness” of tire products. Under the project, Bridgestone said it would upgrade technology to allow for all tires made at the flagship TBR plant to be equipped with RFID tags.
Kumho targets 100% sustainable materials goals by 2045
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · Seoul - Kumho Tire has set out a roadmap for delivering a target of using 100% recycled and plant-based materials in its tires by 2045. The Korean tire maker currently uses sustainable materials at 25% of all raw materials, and has set a goal of increasing this level to 40% by 2030. According to Kumho, its developers have already succeeded in ...
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WEBRubber futures up across all major Far East markets. Added: 16 Sep 2024. Gains driven by "strong commodity hedge funds and speculative buying from China,” according to JPX. ….
Automated rubber-tapping system can deliver three-fold increase …
WEBHainan, China – An automated rubber tapping robot, featuring long-range low-power wide-area networking (LPWAN), has won its first-of-it-kind design award in China. The automation and monitoring system can improve yield by up to 300% over manual tapping while ‘significantly reducing’ injury risks to workers, said STMicroelectronics which ...
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WEBOct 1, 2023 · ERJ November/December 2022. Added: 29 Nov 2022. Your latest digital issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
SI Group develops resorcinol-free rubber bonding resin
WEBSchenectady, New York – SI Group has launched a new rubber bonding resin which it says is based on bio-renewable materials and resorcinol-free. Elaztobond B8-3410 is a modified phenol-formaldehyde thermoplastic resin and is billed as a “more sustainable and safer solution” compared to traditional bonding resins used in the rubber industry.
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