What's in a name? If it's embossed on the sidewall of a tire, a lot. The best tire brands work hard to preserve their decades-long reputations. The ride, handling and safety of your vehicle depend ...

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Those little rubber bands look simple, but the process of making them is more complicated than you might think. Here’s the ...

All it took was a change to the long-accepted, high-intensity vulcanization process to develop a material that's 10 times ...

During a weekend of hot, high-speed friction against the asphalt of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race course, thousands of tires ...

Today, rubber materials are found everywhere, supporting areas like transportation, health services, and consumer products.

The Germans, blockaded from the natural rubbers of Malaya and Ceylon, made some solid tires of synthetic rubber in World War I. Polymerization (the process of linking molecules together in long ...

The demand for synthetic polyisoprene rubber industry is likely to be driven by its widespread application in the manufacturing of tires, belts, footwear, and medical accessories such as medical ...

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The synthetic rubber market is propelled by increasing automotive production, demand for durable materials, and a shift toward sustainable, eco-friendly manufacturing practices.