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 ...

West Asia developments threaten rubber industry margins, raising synthetic rubber costs and boosting demand for natural alternatives, warns AIRIA.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

World War II was a tumultuous moment in history that changed many aspects of life today. One of its more peculiar ramifications is how it changed the way we make rubber tires. This transformation all ...

Persistently high crude oil prices could eventually start weighing on the cost structure of India’s tyre industry, as key petrochemical inputs linked to oil move higher. Industry experts say sustained ...

After years of conflicting safety findings, the head of the state's environmental hazard assessment office says this new study should 'ease concerns' ...

When the U.S. entered World War II, industrial leaders in the Louisville area pivoted to building cargo planes, massive ships and in one particular site, the synthetic rubber for vehicle tires and ...