Continental Further Expands Its Commitment To Enhance Sustainability In NR Farming
Continental Further Expands Its Commitment To Enhance Sustainability In NR Farming
  • April 15, 2025

Continental and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have extended their project to improve sustainability in smallholder natural rubber farming by three years. About 5,000 indigenous smallholders in West Kalimantan, Bor

Lanxess
Tyre Industry Continues To Be A Key Growth Driver For Lanxess India
  • April 14, 2025

The German speciality chemicals company recently inaugurated the first India Application Development Centre (IADC) in the country’s financial capital, reinforcing its commitment and outlook for the country. 

Zeon and Visolis Plan New Facility for Bio-Based Isoprene and Aviation Fuel
Zeon and Visolis Plan New Facility for Bio-Based Isoprene and Aviation Fuel
  • April 07, 2025

Zeon Corporation (Japan) and Visolis Inc. (USA) are moving forward with plans to build a commercial-scale facility for producing bio-based isoprene and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The announcement follows a successful feasibility study and marks a ke

India’s Rubber Board Offers INR One Million Prize for Automated Tapping Solutions
India’s Rubber Board Offers INR One Million Prize for Automated Tapping Solutions
  • April 07, 2025

The Rubber Board of India has launched a nationwide competition aimed at developing innovative, automated solutions for rubber tapping. In response to a significant shortage of skilled tappers, the initiative offers INR 1 million in financial aid to the m

Kraton’s Niort Manufacturing Facility Receives ISCC Plus Certification
Kraton’s Niort Manufacturing Facility Receives ISCC Plus Certification
  • April 02, 2025

Kraton Corporation, a leading global producer of speciality polymers and high-value biobased products derived from by-products of pine wood pulping, has received an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its ma

Sumitomo Rubber Elucidates Mechanism Of Rubber Destruction
Sumitomo Rubber Elucidates Mechanism Of Rubber Destruction
  • April 02, 2025

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. has said that it has clarified the process of rubber breakdown, a crucial element that affects tyre longevity, through joint research with Professor Gert Heinrich at Dresden University of Technology (Saxony State, Germany)