Changing Resource-Based Manufacturing Industry: The Case of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand

Kawano, Motoko

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2859-6_7

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“…The production of rubber gloves is concentrated in two leading countries-Malaysia and Thailand. 26 Although both benefit from growing demand for natural rubber products, their position in the rubber gloves GVC differs. While Malaysia was the world's leading natural rubber producer and exporter throughout most of the twentieth century, the country's shift toward downstream sectors, particularly rubber gloves for medical use, reduced its emphasis on upstream and midstream activities.…”

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Resilience Decoded: The Role of Firms, Global Value Chains, and the State in COVID-19 Medical Supplies

Gereffi

Pananond

Pedersen

2022

California Management Review

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This article examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on resilience. Resilience is not a one-dimensional concept but has different meanings at the levels of the firm (operational efficiency), the global value chain (appropriate governance), and the nation-state (national security). It illustrates resilience dynamics through lessons from case studies of four medical supply products—rubber gloves, face masks, ventilators, and vaccines. It explores how each adjusted to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and presents key strategies that can guide managers and policymakers in building resilience for future supply chain disruptions.

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Section: Case 1: Rubber Glovesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience Decoded: The Role of Firms, Global Value Chains, and the State in COVID-19 Medical Supplies

Gereffi

Pananond

Pedersen

2022

California Management Review

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“…A large subset of this elastomeric materials class is rubbers. Southeast Asian regions dominate rubber-based industries since the 20th-century, such as Malaysia being the past leader as the world’s largest producer and exporter of natural rubber [ 7 ]. Presently, the top spot has been taken over by Thailand, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam [ 7 ].…”

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“…Southeast Asian regions dominate rubber-based industries since the 20th-century, such as Malaysia being the past leader as the world’s largest producer and exporter of natural rubber [ 7 ]. Presently, the top spot has been taken over by Thailand, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam [ 7 ]. Most of the resources such as natural rubber latex, rubber variants and rubber-based products are exported internationally to China, Europe and the United States [ 7 ].…”

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“…Presently, the top spot has been taken over by Thailand, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam [ 7 ]. Most of the resources such as natural rubber latex, rubber variants and rubber-based products are exported internationally to China, Europe and the United States [ 7 ]. The use of rubber has found its place in various industries such as in automotive, machinery, aerospace, adhesives, electrical and electronics, chemicals and ever more-so in healthcare [ 8 ].…”

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Recent Developments in Nanocellulose-Reinforced Rubber Matrix Composites: A Review

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Research and development of nanocellulose and nanocellulose-reinforced composite materials have garnered substantial interest in recent years. This is greatly attributed to its unique functionalities and properties, such as being renewable, sustainable, possessing high mechanical strengths, having low weight and cost. This review aims to highlight recent developments in incorporating nanocellulose into rubber matrices as a reinforcing filler material. It encompasses an introduction to natural and synthetic rubbers as a commodity at large and conventional fillers used today in rubber processing, such as carbon black and silica. Subsequently, different types of nanocellulose would be addressed, including its common sources, dimensions, and mechanical properties, followed by recent isolation techniques of nanocellulose from its resource and application in rubber reinforcement. The review also gathers recent studies and qualitative findings on the incorporation of a myriad of nanocellulose variants into various types of rubber matrices with the main goal of enhancing its mechanical integrity and potentially phasing out conventional rubber fillers. The mechanism of reinforcement and mechanical behaviors of these nanocomposites are highlighted. This article concludes with potential industrial applications of nanocellulose-reinforced rubber composites and the way forward with this technology.

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“…This has boosted up the glove and mask manufacturing industries in the countries, as well as Malaysia (Hutchinson, 2021). Malaysia is one of the top countries which leads the rubber products manufacturing industry, as well as rubber glove industry (Kawano, 2018). During the Covid-19 pandemic, many economic sectors were slow down due to lockdown and many people have lost their jobs.…”

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Glove Industry Spikes during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Comfort Gloves Berhad (CGB)

Man¹

2021

IBR

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The glove industry in Malaysia continues to grow with the strong demand from the domestic and international markets. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the worldwide demand for gloves surges to a higher level due to huge demand for the medical and healthcare usage. This creates opportunities for gloves manufacturers to increase their production lines and produce more gloves to fulfil the markets’ demand. The paper studies the glove industry in Malaysia and applies a case study of Comfort Gloves Berhad, which is a glove manufacturer in Malaysia to look in depth the opportunities and threats faced by glove manufacturers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors studied the published resources to collect information and further analysed the data and information collected. This paper discusses the SWOT analysis and Porter Five Forces in influencing the markets. The recommendations and conclusion are provided at the end of the paper.

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Changing Resource-Based Manufacturing Industry: The Case of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Resilience Decoded: The Role of Firms, Global Value Chains, and the State in COVID-19 Medical Supplies

Resilience Decoded: The Role of Firms, Global Value Chains, and the State in COVID-19 Medical Supplies

Recent Developments in Nanocellulose-Reinforced Rubber Matrix Composites: A Review

Glove Industry Spikes during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Comfort Gloves Berhad (CGB)

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