Rubber News Specialist, Helixtap

Vinod Nedumudy

Rubber News Specialist

Global Commodities Alternative Data and Insights

Helixtap

Helixtap collects, processes and distributes proprietary data, analyses and forecasts for the rubber, latex and automotive markets

Commodities

SGX Technically Specified Rubber 20 (TSR20) Futures: Effective from 16th May 2011, this contract will be migrated from SICOM platform to the SGX-DT platform. It will cease trading on SICOM at the close of business day Friday, 13th May 2011. Trading hours are revised as 7.55am to 6.00pm (no lunch break). Please refer to SGX products website for the new revised contract specifications. Exchange symbol: TF. Product Specifications: https://www2.sgx.com/derivatives/products/sicom-rubber?cc=TF

<ul><li>Export earnings rise by 29.48 % YoY to US$103.79 million in August </li><li>Mixed outlook ahead amid rising costs and robust demand</li><li>Experts propose digital platform ‘RubberGrow SL’ to meet EUDR</li></ul>

Export earnings rise by 29.48 % YoY to US$103.79 million in August Mixed outlook ahead amid rising costs and robust demandExperts propose digital platform ‘RubberGrow SL’ to meet EUDR

Sri Lanka Exports Hit A Two Year High, But Rain Spoils Production

<ul><li>Car tires worth US$527 million exported in eight months of 2024</li><li>Earns US$328.3 million by exporting NR in eight months of 2024</li><li>More Chinese tire firms line up to open units in Cambodia</li></ul>

Car tires worth US$527 million exported in eight months of 2024Earns US$328.3 million by exporting NR in eight months of 2024More Chinese tire firms line up to open units in Cambodia

Cambodia’s Brilliant Surge In Tire Exports, Impressive In Rubber Too

<ul><li>Thailand keeps Ivory Coast in check in imports to Malaysia</li><li>Call to lift rubber research profile of Malaysia for better results</li><li>Proposal for bamboo cultivation in abandoned rubber plantations</li></ul>

Thailand keeps Ivory Coast in check in imports to MalaysiaCall to lift rubber research profile of Malaysia for better resultsProposal for bamboo cultivation in abandoned rubber plantations

Wetter August Weighs Down Malaysian NR Production Marginally

<ul><li>EUR 650 mn Oradea plant to start commercial production in 2025</li><li>EUR 250 million for plant comes in EC-approved state aid and EIB loan </li><li>Nokian sets up new production line for heavy tire inner tubes at Nokia </li></ul>

EUR 650 mn Oradea plant to start commercial production in 2025EUR 250 million for plant comes in EC-approved state aid and EIB loan Nokian sets up new production line for heavy tire inner tubes at Nokia 

Nokian Gifts Romania World’s First Zero CO2 Emission Tire Factory

<ul><li>Consumption declines by .3% to 356,000 tons in Q1 FY 25</li><li>ATMA says April-Sept 2024 production 37% lower year on year</li><li>ATMA asks Rubber Board to expedite data publishing</li></ul>

Consumption declines by .3% to 356,000 tons in Q1 FY 25ATMA says April-Sept 2024 production 37% lower year on yearATMA asks Rubber Board to expedite data publishing

Rubber Board Says Q1 FY25 Production Near Stable But ATMA Disputes

Currently working as Rubber News Specialist with Helixtap Technologies, Singapore. Prior to that as Freelance Copywriter, crafting cute business and other emails, web page content, video scripts and other materials. Before that with Deccan Chronicle as Special Correspondent at Kochi for seven years. Worked for nearly 26 years with several media entities including the The Free Press Journal, The Indian Express, The New Indian Express, The Press Association, The Mathrubhumi and Deccan Chronicle, in different editorial capacities starting with sub-editor and finishing with Special Correspondent. My most cherished output is writing a weekly-column 'Milieu and the Moment' in City Express, published with The New Indian Express, at Kochi for over a year and running campaigns for the benefit of the public in The New Indian Express, Mathrubhumi Education and Deccan Chronicle. Producing flawless, crisp and chic copies meeting tough deadlines is among the strengths of me. Also have expertise in polishing chemical and advertisement market and related reports from China to perfection.