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RETREADING
翻胎
Tread rubber manufacturer Sun Rubber, a subsidiary of at the Royal Bintang Spa and resort in Seremban, Malay- sia to celebrate the company’s achievement in obtaining three advanced mixing plant.
Guests of honour at the event included Datuk Wira Haji Ahmad Haji Hamzah, Chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB), Datuk Dr Salmiah Ahmad, Director General of MRB, Ang Tee Thien, Executive Advisor of TRMAM (Malaysian Retreaders As- QAS certifying board and Wan Fariza Binti Johari, Executive,
The main purpose of the event was to celebrate Sun Rubber’s - raw material requirements stipulated in the MS224 retreading standard. These are MS1208 for precured tread, MS1097 for hot cure compound and MS1394 for cushion gum.
from complying with the MS224 quality standards for retread compound materials we supply are now in full compliance with all the material requirements stipulated in MS224. Therefore,
with the use of materials meeting these stringent requirements of MS224, are now even safer for use. As mentioned by Dep- uty Minister of Transport on 23rd March 2015, “tayar celup” (i.e. retread tyres) are safe to use if they are retreaded in full compliance with MS224. For all of us here, being the main players in the tyre retreading industry, we should continue to do our parts to make the re-use of retreaded tyres SAFE while everyone SAVEs.”
Low also announced that the installation of the new advanced mark a new development in allowing retreads to achieve in- - ment with the Malaysian Rubber Board to carry out collaborative research on the development and commercialisation of Epoxi- dised Natural Rubber (Ekoprena).
Ekoprena is the tradename of a specialty natural rubber de- from renewable resource that is produced with stringent qual- ity to ensure its superior properties for tyre applications. The unique combination of Ekoprena tread compound reinforced - fers advancements in the key performances of tyres namely re-
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