Advances in microbial fermentation are being explored to generate isoprene, an essential monomer in rubber manufacturing.

Many people know that most of Germany’s army trucks, armored cars, gun carriages and motorcycles roll on synthetic rubber. Fewer people are aware that throughout U. S. industry for some time synthetic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A primary ingredient in tires is butadiene, a chemical compound derived from fossil fuels. But if Bridgestone Americas is successful with a pilot project, the company will make ...

One of the great races in U.S. industrial history ended last week. Both Firestone Tire and U.S. Rubber began to turn out synthetic rubber—the first produced under the Government’s original ...

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BANGKOK—Zhuang Yi, chief specialist in synthetic materials for China Petroleum and Chemical Group (Sinopec), will serve as the 2024-25 president-international of the International Institute of ...

HOUSTON—There is a transition in leadership at the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers for the first time in nine years. Juan Ramon Salinas is retiring as the association's managing ...

What is a rubber expansion joint? A rubber expansion joint is a flexible connector to absorb noise, shock, vibration, physical and thermal energy. Made of natural or synthetic elastomers it may be ...