Industry Trends

October 2024

See what has been happening in Asia’s plastics & rubber industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

The road to net zero: Powering sustainability in tyre manufacturing, Scientists develop novel method for strengthening PVC products, Tyre factory with zero carbon dioxide emissions, and more. Find out what plastic & rubber journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

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The road to net zero: Powering sustainability in tyre manufacturing
Interplas Insights

Fausto Belotti, global segment manager, Rubber and Plastics, ABB Motion, explores how tyre manufacturers can reduce their environmental impact by adopting technologies to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
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Scientists develop novel method for strengthening PVC products
Phys.org: Polymers News

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. Their study has identified a secure way to attach chemical additives to polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The work is published in the journal Chem.
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Nokian Tyres opens first tire factory in Romania with zero carbon dioxide emissions
Tire Technology International

Nokian Tyres has officially opened the world’s first full-scale tire factory with zero CO2 emissions in Oradea, Romania. The new factory operates without the need for any fossil energy. It marks the completion of a two-year-long project and sets the ground for commercial production in early 2025. “All electricity used at the Romania Oradea factory is CO2 emission-free,” said Adrian Kaczmarczyk, SVP of operation excellence at Nokian Tyres.
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Bio-based Medical-grade PVC Compounds Match Properties of Conventional PVC
PlasticsToday.com

The bio-based materials are drop-in replacements for medical molding and extrusion applications, claims TekniPlex Healthcare.
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Firestone reveals Transforce HT3 and CV2 truck and van tires
Tire Technology International

Firestone has introduced the Transforce HT3 and CV tires, engineered for commercial highway vehicles predominantly trucks and vans. Designed to deliver wet-weather performance, low-speed refinement, confident high-speed handling and exceptional wear life, both HT3 and CV2 maximize wear performance to help improve sustainability.
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Dow Revoloop Resins for Cable Jacketing With Postconsumer Content
Plastics Technology

Dow announced the launch of a range of Revoloop Recycled Plastics Resins that incorporate postconsumer recycled (PCR) material into cable jacketing to address customers’ varying needs and circularity goals. This latest addition to the Revoloop Resins portfolio prioritizes similar performance as virgin plastic material for cable jackets while offering sustainability benefits.
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ExxonMobil Launches New Materials Portfolio Brand
Plastics Technology

ExxonMobil’s Signature Polymers portfolio offers a new approach to service and partnership with customers and the broader value chain. The company will introduce new programs which it says will inspire and inform the way it positions products and provides support to help customers innovate, strategize and grow. This approach will enable customers to be more confident in meeting the value chain’s complex challenges by removing complexity and inspiring enhanced collaboration.
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Dow: Recycled silicone can lower carbon footprint, maintain quality
Plastics News

Dow Inc. is on track to open a silicone rubber recycling operation next year in Paris, Ky.
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8 facts you probably didn't know about rubber
Interplas Insights

Here are eight facts you probably didn’t know about rubber, from its historical uses to its natural colour.
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Circular Network for Returnable Cosmetics and Personal Care Bottles
Plastics Technology

Returnable and refillable 300-ml stock PET bottles made by ALPLA for personal care and detergent products are the newest addition to the zerooo coalition of brand owners, retailers, packaging makers and recyclers in Germany and Austria. A consortium has emerged in Germany to provide brands and consumers of cosmetics and personal care products with a closed-loop circular system to collect and reuse glass and plastic bottles, and recycle the caps and pumps.
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NPE2024 Materials: Spotlight on Sustainability with Performance
Plastics Technology

In its return for the first time in six years this past May, NPE2024 was excellent in terms of plastics manufacturing technology on display, including new materials. Also significant: the fact this event is reported to have been the largest gathering for bioplastics companies in America.
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7UP Screwed Up by Going Green
PlasticsToday.com

Packaging designers could have easily avoided this seriously unsustainable misstep.
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Malaysian retail chains say no to single-use plastic bags
VnExpress English

Some 16 retail chains across Malaysia have pledged to no longer provide single-use plastic bags to customers from Oct. 1, said Minister of Housing and Local Government Nga Kor Ming at the “Say No to Single-Use Plastics” campaign in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
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ReForm Plastic uses tech to upcycle single-use plastics

BusinessWorld

Reform Plastic, a social enterprise under EverGreen Labs, is equipping local sectors with technology to upcycle single-use plastic into plastic boards for various industries. “It is a collaborative effort to reduce the number of low-value plastics (single-use plastics) in places that we don’t want them to be,” Isidro Luis “Chino” Borromeo, operations coordinator at ReForm Plastic said in an interview.

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Malaysia's rubber & rubber products exports to breach RM30bil by year-end: MRC

NST Online Latest News

The Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) has projected that the exports of rubber and rubber products could exceed RM30 billion by end of the year.

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Vietnam aims for 1 semiconductor fab plant, 10 packaging plants by 2030

NST Online Latest News

Vietnam aims to have at least one semiconductor fabrication plant and 10 packaging plants by 2030, and will launch a fund to help foreign investors mitigate the impacts of the global minimum business tax, the government said on the weekend.

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PHL’s first ELV dismantler set up

BusinessWorld

The country’s first end-of-life vehicle (ELV) dismantling facility was established in Mexico, Pampanga to drive the responsible handling of automotive waste, according to Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota said in a statement on Wednesday that it provided, through its local unit, business development and technical assistance to En Tsumugi ELV Dismantler Corp., together with Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. En Tsumugi is a pilot project of Japanese ELV dismantler Tsuruoka Co., Ltd.

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Guizhou Tyre advances passenger car tire project in Vietnam

European Rubber Journal

Chinese group completes local and overseas registration process for the expansion programme

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Johari Ghani calls for revival of Malaysia's natural rubber industry

NST Online Latest News

Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani has underscored the urgent need to revive Malaysia’s natural rubber industry.

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Unilever to offer grants to groups addressing plastic pollution

BusinessWorld

Unilever said it and its partners have established an organization to issue grants to Philippine organizations engaged in plastic waste collection, processing, and recycling.In partnership with the US Agency for International Aid, and Ernst and Young Global Ltd., Unilever-founded Catalyzing Inclusive, Resilient, and Circular Local Economies or the CIRCLE Alliance will fund qualified enterprises.

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