Tire company Bridgestone is investing in research on guayule — a tough, desert-growing shrub that can be used to make natural rubber. The manufacturer has cultivated 281 acres of the new crop so far ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Bridgestone Corp., in partnership with suppliers, is driving an initiative to accelerate the commercial launch of tires made from plant-based synthetic rubber. Together with materials ...

SCHKOPAU, Germany — Polish synthetic rubber producer Synthos S.A. and Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. have agreed to collaborate on the development, testing and evaluation of recycled rubber and its ...

SEOUL, South Korea—Nobody said sustainability was going to be easy. And that's OK with Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. Because the tire maker is going to do it anyway. The way Hankook sees it, ...

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 ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Poland's Synthos S.A. has grand plans related to sustainability, both now and in the future. The firm said it will build its first bio-butadiene facility; has received an important ...