United Safety Technology Inc. has plans to revamp a former steel mill, adding manufacturing jobs and nitrile glove production to Maryland's Sparrows Point.
There's good news and bad news when it comes to natural rubber industry growth, according to the ANRPC. Here's the latest projections for 2022.
Goodyear's announcement on work with dandelion-based natural rubber follows closely on the heels of Bridgestone getting a grant from the Department of Energy to test guayule-derived rubber.
Showa Group will triple its domestic PPE glove capacity at its Fayette, Ala. facility, which will in turn more than double its work force at the site.
Pandemic-related demand on disposable gloves is beginning to steady, according to Top Glove. As a result, the Malaysian glove maker is seeing a dramatic decline in its profits.
Vystar Corp. is positioning itself for a potential reverse merger opportunity. To do this, the publicly traded company is splitting into two, adding its patented Vytex brand to a new spinoff.
The Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber budatiene plant was hit with a fire on Feb. 24.
After benefiting from peak margins within the NBL business, Synthomer says it expects the momentum to ease this year.
Hong Seng has entered a strategic partnership with Mitsui & Co. to expand its nitrile butadiene latex business in Malasyia.
Malaysian gloves manufacturer Top Glove says it expects prices of raw materials to come down in the coming months.
Malaysia's rubber products exports have seen a significant jump in the first three quarters of 2021 despite uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a bid to improve its labor standards, Supermax Corp. Bhd. has done some fine tuning to its foreign worker management and human resources policies.
With the purchase of injection molding company Seitz L.L.C., Molded Devices Inc. is increasing its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. and China.
The COVID-19 pandemic increased demand for gloves, which make up 95 percent of NBR latex's use. IISRP says this demand isn't going anywhere anytime soon.