Rubber

The International Exhibition on Rubber Technology, short as RubberTech China, has been cultivated for years since it was brought to the public in 1998. Currently, RubberTech China has multiple characters ranging from enabling enterprises to develop trade opportunities and realize brand promotion, and also taking the role as an essential…

As the global economy faces mounting downward pressure and factors of uncertainties, the global plastics and rubber industries are at crossroads. The challenges are steering investments to become more conservative as companies adjust their strategies. However, growth outlook remains strong for Asian markets that are not new to economic ups…

Japanese maker of rubber and plastics automotive parts Toyoda Gosei Co. has invested1 in QBIT Robotics Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), a provider of robotics services, to accelerate development of a practical robot hand with tactile sense using e-Rubber sensors. The investment amount is 120 million yen, which will give Toyoda Gosei…

China’s automotive industry is growing rapidly and manufacturing plants are quickly cropping up around China. Germany-based supplier of vibration control technology and plastic solutions for the automotive industry, Boge Rubber & Plastics, is jumping on the bandwagon, too, and will start up its Wuxi plant in eastern China, according to…

The key to cost-efficient composite production is material efficiency. This can be increased by minimising production scrap or by the targeted use of the material through utilisation of the product’s anisotropy. A number of different processes exist for this. The symposium to be held on 15 and 16 May 2019…

Industry stakeholders are taking up the challenge of securing rubber supply without letting up on efforts to ensure food security, energy efficiency, human rights, and environmental integrity; while new technologies in the green rubber arena are being introduced, says Angelica Buan in this article. Global key players focusing on closing…