The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, remains the primary commercial source of natural rubber, a versatile biopolymer with unique elasticity and resilience. Central to its economic importance is a ...

QuberTech, a start-up company based at Norwich Research Park, is attempting to transform the production of rubber with dandelions.

If you watched the 2022 Indy Car Music City Grand Prix, you might have noticed—between the multitude of crashes, that is—cars running Firestone tires with green stripes. The green denotes the use of ...

TOKYO — With a goal of doubling natural rubber harvest volumes by 2035, Bridgestone Corp. is planning to invest $26.7 million in the coming five to six years in its natural rubber (NR) plantations in ...

MONARAGALA, Sri Lanka—Specialty tire maker Global Rubber Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. has launched a "Greening Our Planet" initiative by planting 450 rubber trees in the natural rubber estates of ...

If you’ve read this column for any length of time, then you know I am obsessed with the fact that tires are agricultural products. Natural rubber is a key component in every tire, some more important ...

Automotive sector growth in emerging and advanced economies fuels consumption. Production faces challenges from weather and ...

Semiconductor chips don't grow on trees but the raw material for rubber does and that's in short supply too, adding another headache for automakers and tire producers. But one major tire company is ...