Cambodia exported 368,048 tons of latex in 2023, a decrease of 4,855 tons from 2022’s figure, and 9,411 cubic meters of rubber timber, 17,078 less than the previous year. The country’s domestic latex use amounted to 30,452 tons.
Read MoreThe Rubber Division, ACS invites your submissions for inclusion in our International Elastomer Conference Technical Meeting & Student Symposium September 9-12 in Pittsburgh, PA. All abstracts received by May 19, 2024 will be considered for the program.
Read MoreDavis-Standard, LLC announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Extrusion Technology Group (“ETG”).
The acquisition includes three esteemed brands: battenfeld-cincinnati, exelliq, and Simplas. These additions officially join the Davis-Standard family, marking a significant milestone in the company’s strategic expansion.
Cooper Standard formally announces its partnership with NIKE, Inc., including a new expansion of its technology licensing agreement. Based on the initial long-term agreement reached in 2021 to license Cooper Standard’s Fortrex™ material platform for footwear applications, the new agreement provides NIKE with limited exclusivity to use the Fortrex material for footwear and allows them to develop new applications for use in additional product lines.
Read MoreThe EU watchdog said products related to the inspections were new replacement tires for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses sold in the European Economic Area comprising EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
It said the raided companies may have breached EU rules against cartels.
Read MoreCalTech researchers have engineered an enzyme that can break stubborn man-made bonds between silicon and carbon that exist in widely used chemicals known as siloxanes, or silicones. The discovery is a first step toward rendering the chemicals, which can linger in the environment, biodegradable
Read MoreThe Recycled Rubber Coalition has released a white paper, titled “An Unexpected Electric Vehicle Environmental Problem With Common Sense Solutions,” which examines how the rapid adoption of EVs will lead to an increase in scrap tires and provides practical solutions for the recycling and reuse of these tires.
Read MoreDow announced it received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at its PO/PG and Polyols manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. An ISCC PLUS certification recognizes Dow’s implementation of decoupling fossil feedstocks by using waste sourced feedstock, following a full independent, external audit.
Read Morew to the rubber industry or maybe have some knowledge but are looking to gain even more? Do you have new hires that need a fundamental understanding of rubber technology to be successful in their roles? The Rubber Division ACS, Basic, Intermediate & Advanced Rubber Technology self-paced training courses provide convenient learning for all levels of rubber education.
Read MoreWith disease and high demand posing threats to the world’s primary natural rubber supply in Southeast Asia, scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable North American plant sources: a dandelion species and a desert shrub.
Researchers reported their methods to improve efficiency and increase latex yield in two recent publications, building upon decades of research led by Katrina Cornish, professor of horticulture and crop science and food, agricultural and biological engineering at The Ohio State University.
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