Tucked away in the foothills of North Carolina, Steele Rubber Products has been quietly making some of the best weatherstripping and rubber components for classic cars, hot rods, and vintage trucks ...

Rubber! It starts out as a goopy material harvested from special trees, and is then processed into a resilient, flexible material used for innumerable important purposes. In the vast majority of ...

Ohio State scientists are working to increase rubber production in the U.S. by researching ways to make the extraction of latex from dandelions and desert shrubs more efficient as threats of plant ...

AKRON—The carbon black industry, which sees about 94 percent of its global demand from tire and non-tire rubber manufacturing companies, has yet to reach true, commercially viable, more sustainable ...

INDIANAPOLIS—The Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers will conduct two, in-person training courses on advanced rubber component manufacturing this March and this July. The first session will ...

The rubber process oil market continues to evolve as rubber manufacturers focus on improving compound consistency and processing efficiency across diverse applications. RPOs such as TDAE, DAE, MES, ...

HANOI, Vietnam, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As Vietnam's rubber and plastic products sector surges with 24.9% annual growth in 2024 and tire production exceeding 30 million units annually—90% ...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company — the Ohio-based parent company of a global family of companies that specialize in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of passenger car and light truck tires — ...

Natural rubber production is expected to be below demand for the fifth year in a row in 2025. According to the Association of ...