Latest news about rubber
Malaysian rubber glove group says demand to oustrip supply until 2023 Malaysia, the world’s biggest rubber gloves manufacturer ,our country is racing to increase production since pandemic’s started close a supply gap ,that it warns could last until into 2023. The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) said on Monday (Mar 15) the country was in an oversold position of 160 billion gloves. “The lead time currently is about seven months for the gloves to be delivered to the end customer,” Margma President Supramaniam Shanmugam said, adding that demand would remain robust until the second quarter of 2022. What global production expect? Global production expected to ramp up to 420 billion this year from 380 billion last year and annual growth of 10 to 15 per cent. Supramaniam said “excess demand could run into 2023. Malaysia expects to supply 280 billion, or 67 percent, of that increased global supply”. Malaysia’s…
Synthetic rubber
What is synthetic rubber ? Since synthetic rubber is produced through the process of vulcanization (heating rubber with sulfur), the rubber produced is called vulcanized rubber. There are other synthetic rubbers made from other compounds.To produce rubber, they first make a slit in the trunk of the rubber tree, then collect the white leachate that comes out of it in small cups. At the collection point, the leachates are protected after rinsing with ammonia solution. The leachate obtained from the rubber tree is removed over time, through the coagulation process and by the addition of acids or salts. During this process, the rubber separates from the liquid in the form of a white paste, and then it is rolled and dried using a roller, and finally, these sheets are exported to different countries. Because raw rubber does not have high elastic properties, sulfur is added to it through a vulcanization…