I. R. Tubes: Where Experience And Technical Knowledge Form The Core
Our Managing Director Mr. Raju Jethmalani spoke with Industry Magazine about I R Tubes – “The factor that makes us stand out is the technical service we can provide. Our product, systems and service offerings drive sales and create growth throughout our customer base while ensuring a cleaner and healthier environment.” Read More Raju Jethmalani […]
Innovation in Challenging Times
History has taught us that in times of adversity ‘thinking out of the box’ helps companies weather the storm and come out on top. In these challenging times we have seen many companies go online very quickly, change the product mix, harness new channels to reach the end user and many other disruptions following chemical […]
Reducing Manufacturing Costs using Speciality Chemicals
Using the correct accelerator for the required outcome saves time, effort, wastage, man hours leading to lower costs of production and increased output. It brings significant benefits only by reduce costs with specialty chemicals usage in different compounds. The importance of using an Accelerator Vulcanization of rubber by sulphur alone is a terribly slow and […]
‘Cure’ your way to environmentally friendly sports goods shoe sole manufacturing
If one does a quick survey with people asking how the manufacture of sports shoe sole impacts the environment, it would not be surprising to know that a majority believe that shoes affect the environment mostly AFTER they are thrown out. Hardly anyone thinks about the life cycle of manufacture of shoes that impacts the […]
Coring in Rubber Stoppers
The pharma industry has been continuously innovating to solve issues whether it be in developing new drugs, the manufacture of drugs or the delivery of drugs. In delivery of drugs, it has been found that whilst piercing the injection bottle stopper tiny bits of rubber from the stopper falls into the vial, going un-noticed. This […]
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 […]