Less Fog, More Visibility
Earlier this month India Times reported that the Indian online grocery market could exceed Rs. 22,500 Crores in 2020, a good 76% jump over last year. The pandemic has been behind this shift in consumers preferring to avail online services to use antifog additives. Most online delivery platforms will wrap up the produce in cling […]
Understanding Rubber Blooming & How to Control It
What is Blooming process in Rubber? “Blooming” is the crystallization of compounding ingredients usually on the surface of rubber over a period of time, both in cured or uncured form. This is normally resulting in the migration of the substance from the bulk to the surface. Most of the ingredients which are soluble in rubber […]
Choosing the correct chemical to prevent Mould Fouling in the Rubber Industry
Natural Rubber and Synthetic rubber are usually cured with sulphur or peroxides. The most commonly used is sulphur. Vulcanisation is a process that is used to harden rubber but as using sulphur by itself is quite slow, primary and secondary accelerators are used to speed up the vulcanisation process. In application, where better heat resistance […]
Looking After ‘ME’ (Micro) in MSME
What makes this sector so important for GDP growth? PwC has analysed nine sectors poised for growth in the present time and interestingly has also chosen the MSME sector to focus on. These nine sectors make up 75% of our pre-pandemic GDP: Consumer and Retail, Healthcare & Pharma, Logistics & Infrastructure, Financial Service, Technology & […]
Government initiative boosts the Cable & Wire Industry
Bounceback-ability is the new buzz. It reminds me of a Robin Williams film ‘’Flubber’’ where he sprays liquid rubber on a basketball and the ball bounces higher and higher. Can this happen to our economy with respect to cable&wire industries? The Trillion Rupee fund to boost agri-infrastructure launched by the Government gives one confidence that […]
An Environmental Economic Defense to Reduce Reliance on Chinese Imports
China has deescalated their aggressive military stand in the Galwan area and the latest is that they have pulled back a kilometre or two from their earlier position. The governments of both countries are in talks discussing an economic and environmental defense to ensure we do not have an all-out war. But the anti-China sentiment […]
A case for increased manufacture of Nitrile Examination Gloves
A case for increased manufacture of Nitrile Examination Gloves The Global Industry Report https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/medical-gloves-market on the medical gloves market pegs that market for the year 2019 at more than $7.0 bn. At the CAGR (Cumulative Average Growth Rate) of 10% per year the market is expected to almost double to more than $13.5 bn by the year […]
Can we make a case to reduce Phthalates for better living?
Can we make a case to reduce Phthalates for better living? Environmentalists, I think, are pretty happy today. The air is cleaner, the grass is greener, the birds are freer and chattering away. However, given that we are quite likely to go back to the way we were, albeit with some changes in behaviour, by […]
Covid-19 – Cleaner air : Environmental safety norms for Automobiles
The lockdown has resulted in our air becoming cleaner. There is no haze in the sky in the early mornings and this is so largely due to the lower release of noxious emissions into the air. Nitrogen oxide or NoX released into the air is caused by the fuel used in automobile and industrial fuels. […]
I. R. Tubes – Helping Footwear Industries Understand Safety Standards For Manufacturing Footwear
The problem: Issues using Traditional Accelerators Traditional rubber accelerators, such as thiazoles (MBTS/MBT) and thiurams (TMTD), have been identified to leave toxic residues in shoe soles and also generate highly toxic nitrosamines during the manufacturing process. These chemicals pose a hazard to the individual wearing the shoes such as: Type IV Allergy concerns Nitrosoamine (NoX) […]