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 ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND—Key synthetic rubber feedstocks are over capacity, and it may take some serious rationalization to absorb this as demand for these materials has tapered off in recent years. That's what Bill ...

HOUSTON—The sound of breaking glass you may have heard was another ceiling being shattered in the global rubber industry. This time it was courtesy of Roxanna Bauza Petrovic, who became the first ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The All Indian Rubber Industries Association has formally written to government ministries, seeking intervention.