Volatility on the natural and synthetic rubber fronts continued into 2019, though for slightly different reasons. Synthetic rubber continues to struggle with overcapacity issues, though less so during ...

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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 ...

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 ...

KOBE, Japan—Sumitomo Rubber Industries has succeeded in elucidation and functional modification of cis-prenyltransferase (NDPS1)—an achievement that is claimed to advance the synthetic production of ...

When most people think of forest products, they think of wood — lumber and building products — or pulp-based materials such as paper and cardboard. While it is true that these make up the bulk of ...

While I may be a bit biased, modern radial truck tires and retreads are engineering marvels. When properly loaded and inflated, they perform in every environmental and operational condition with a ...