SINGAPORE—Natural rubber giant Halcyon Agri has launched Bounce, which it said is a movement to drive industry and consumer change for an equitable, sustainable natural rubber industry.

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Major natural rubber producers Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have voiced their ‘extreme concern' over the spread of the leaf fall fungal disease Pestalotiopsis, which has affected large areas of rubber plantation.

SINGAPORE—Natural rubber company Corrie MacColl, a subsidiary of global NR supply chain manager Halcyon Agri, has joined forces with local and international non-government organizations to strengthen rubber production across its plantations in Cameroon.

BANGKOK—Members of the International Tripartite Rubber Council—Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia—have reported a double-digit decline in natural rubber production, due in part to an outbreak of leaf fungal disease.

LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill.—Plastics and balloon maker CTI Industries has issued a notice of closure for its Lake Barrington plant, according to the latest list of closure notices for Illinois under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

HOUSTON—Roughly seven months after disclosing its intention to divest its Cariflex business, Kraton has agreed to sell the unit to petrochemical manufacturer Daelim Industrial.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The world supply of natural rubber fell 8.3 percent to nearly 5.9 million metric tons during the first half of 2019, on a year-to-year basis, according to figures released by the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon—Halcyon Agri, the world's largest natural rubber producing company, is undertaking a major project in Cameroon to address sustainability and human rights issues at its operations there.

FAIRLAWN, Ohio—Bill Hyde had to give some "tough love" to attendees at the recent International Latex Conference in Fairlawn.