BRUSSELS — The European Union has included natural rubber on its list of "critical" raw materials for a second time, a move welcomed by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA).

Enzymes are capable of degrading synthetic polyisoprene. The specific conditions for that have now been created and exploited. Polyisoprene is the principal component of natural rubber and of many ...

BRUSSELS—The European Union has included natural rubber on its list of "critical" raw materials for a second time, a move praised by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association. The Brussels ...

A wheel is the metal assembly that is joined to the vehicle assembly body via bolted connection through an axle. A tire, on the other hand, is the rubber casing cast over the wheel surface. Most ...

VITRY-SUR-SEINE, France—The recent spate of increases in prices for some raw materials could have peaked, new figures from the French rubber industry association, the Syndicat National du Caoutchouc ...

TECNALIA and KEREON Partners have set up a new technology-based enterprise to produce biological rubber. The enterprise Biosyncaucho will be basing its activity on technology developed and protected ...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been leveraged to study the surface defects of natural rubber vulcanizates so that their structural−mechanical properties can be defined. This data is vital to ...

The Rubber Processors Association of Ghana (RUPAG) has hailed government’s move to restrict exports of raw rubber. This policy shift is expected to revive factories, protect thousands of rural ...

The Rubber Farmers Association of Ghana (RUFAG) has rejected claims that exports of raw rubber are unchecked and harmful to ...