Rubber Asia - November - December-2017

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The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has come up with a series of innovations and plans - Interview with Dr Zairossani bin Mohd Nor, Director General, MRB in the current issue of Rubber Asia. Many other interesting stories from the Rubber industry across the world.

Will EV Revolution Impact SR Price?

With aggressive targets set by many nations to phase out emission-spewing internal combustion-powered vehicles, the sales of electric vehicles (EV’s) are expected to overtake the sales of the former by 2040. However, it remains to be seen whether the EV revolution will lower the global oil usage and the consequent lower price for SR.

3 mins

Helping Tyre Technicians Stay Safe

Amid ongoing reports of tyre technicians being seriously injured or killed at the roadside during work, it is encouraging that employers in the tyre market sector are investing heavily in the REACT Training programme which helps their fitters stay safe when changing a vehicle tyre at a busy road side

3 mins

Malaysia For Model Sustainable Rubber Industry - Dr Zairossani Bin Mohd Nor, Director General, MRB

The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB), the powerful arm of the Malaysian Rubber Industry, is currently engaged in a concerted effort to make the domestic rubber industry self-sustainable amid challenges aplenty such as steep fall in prices, labour shortage, climate change etc. In an exclusive interview to Rubber Asia, Dr Zairossani bin Mohd Nor, the new Director General of the MRB and a world-renowned rubber scientist, says that the Board has come up with a series of innovations as well as plans to consolidate smallholdings, project environmental sustainability and unite the industry together through a self-sustainable rubber industry. The ultimate goal of MRB is to produce high-value jobs and increase revenue in the rubber sector, Dr Zairossani says. EXCERPTS:

10+ mins

Train & Share Knowledge, Help Industry Grow

Training and knowledge sharing help industries grow beyond where they are now, engage people to become more productive and generate income to maintain their families

4 mins

Technology For Smallholder Survival

The only available option for rubber smallholders to survive and prosper in the coming days is to adopt established and viable technologies, and for the Government, to provide them monetary grants to invest in such technologies

4 mins

Tripura Rubber Park Facilitates Industry Growth - V George Jenner, MD, TIDCL

Tripura Rubber Park, the second of its kind in India after the one in Kerala, situated at the Industrial Growth Center of Bodhungnagar in West Tripura, is playing a key role in furthering the growth of the rubber industry in the State which is accelerating its socio-economic development. Development of the rubber sector in Tripura has created a lot of employment opportunities for the State’s unemployed youth who were earlier involved in anti-social activities. In an interview to Rubber Asia, V George Jenner IFS, Special Secretary, Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Tripura and Managing Director, Tripura Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCL), talks at length about the infrastructural facilities being provided to the Industry Units in Tripura Rubber Park, the major expansion plans, the marketing strategy and the challenges that lie ahead. EXCERPTS:

3 mins

RSDC Ties Up With NSDFC & Sharda University

Continuing with its drive to extend the benefits of skilling to the marginalized strata of society, RSDC has tied up with National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), under the aegis of India’s Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

1 min

Positive Trends Help Tyre Stocks Recover

After seeing a decline in September 2017, stocks of most Indian tyre companies made gains in October in tandem with record high levels on the bourses triggered by a buying spree by FIIs and Mutual Fund houses, encouraging government announcements on recapitalisation of PSU banks, ambitious road building programme etc

3 mins

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Rubber Asia Magazine Description:

Rubber Asia, the flagship publication of Asian Business Media LLP (ABM), is Asia’s premier and largest selling Rubber Magazine covering the entire spectrum of the Rubber and Allied Industries such as Tyre, Rubber Components, Rubber Machinery, Rubber Chemicals, Synthetic Rubber, Reclaim Rubber, Rubber Trade, Carbon Black, Silica, besides Rubber Research, Rubber Technology, Rubber Expos & Conferences etc.

With a glorious legacy of over 31 years, Rubber Asia is the pioneering rubber magazine of Asia with readership spanning the major rubber producing and products manufacturing countries across the world such as the US, Europe, Australia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam etc. We have Representative Offices all these important countries.