Author : PRM-TAIWAN

Natural rubber reached 265 U.S. cents per kilogram on October 12, up 6.5% in one month and its highest price in a decade, according to Trading Economics. The rally had been building for weeks. Futures traded around 240 US cents per kilogram on September 1, near 2013 highs, and Malaysia’s SMR 20 grade reached its highest level since February 15, 2017.

TaipeiPLAS 2026, the Taiwan's No.1 International Plastics & Rubber Industry Show, returned to Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1, during September 15 to 19 under the theme “Form to Future.”Across the show floor, one message was clear: competition in the plastics and rubber industry is no longer defined by machine speed, output and price alone.

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A shampoo bottle, a two-liter soda bottle, and a 20-liter jerry can are all made by "blow molding" — but almost none of the machinery behind them is interchangeable. The soda bottle needs a process precise enough to survive carbonation pressure and stay crystal clear. The jerry can needs a process that can handle an oddly shaped, handle-equipped container nobody would ever try to injection mold. Same broad category of machine, three genuinely different ways of building it.

Compare 4 biodegradable film blowing machine manufacturers for 2026, each with documented material evidence: JANDI'S, KANG CHYAU, Reifenhäuser and W&H.