Despite numerous measures taken by manufacturers, the worldwide level of CO2 car emissions is still increasing at an alarming rate. The automotive sector is working hard to develop lightweight ...

Engineered Polymer Industries Inc. has acquired RD Rubber Technology Corp., effective Feb. 14. Both custom injection molders are based in Los Angeles. Terms were not disclosed. EPI was recently ...

Rubber tires are built to last, but that durability makes them a nightmare to recycle. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) have developed a mild, ...

Working with Goodyear, biotechnology company Genencor has been engineering bacteria that make isoprene–the chemical used to make tire rubber–from sugars derived from biomass. But ramping up microbial ...

Dr. D. Banerjee Centre of Excellence (DBCOE) for Polymer Science and Rubber Technology was inaugurated on the JSS Technical Institution campus here on Wednesday. Rubber technology education, training, ...