A Review of Rubber Additives in the CIS. Stabilisers for Rubber Products

     The review is a part of a series of articles on rubber additives. It considers the current production of rubber stabilisers in the CIS. The stabilisers are the most important additives to rubbers due to their life-cycle elongation ability. There are two types of stabilisers: anti-oxidants and antiozonants. Their diversity is described in the article. Nowadays the only CIS country that has operational manufacturing facilities for rubber additives is the Russian Federation. Over the past few years several producers have shut down their facilities because of the increasing imports of stabilisers from China. Meanwhile, a few large-scale enterprises are planning to expand their production volumes or to launch new projects. Whatever the case, the business environment in the field is rather complicated.

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