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“We access scrap tires and rubber buffings from tire retreaders, and get it to the right size and shape, then put our coating on it that will last anywhere from eight to 10 years,” Greenberg says. “It ...

Rubber tubing is used in flow lines for fluids and gases in a variety of hydraulic, pneumatic, process, medical, and specialty applications. Rubber tubing is flexible and resilient due to its natural ...

BAS Recycling Inc. of San Bernardino, Calif., focuses on crumb rubber, including handling tire buffings produced in the re-treading process. The company sells some of the 35 million pounds of crumb ...

But then again, this isn't just any year. Pirelli & C. S.p.A. leap-frogged Sumitomo Rubber Industries to reclaim the No. 5 spot in this year's ranking, returning to the position for the first time ...

For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a ...

YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE 36TH ANNUAL RUBBER DUCKY RACE AND FESTIVAL. HOW CUTE IS THAT? IT’S HOSTED EVERY YEAR TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SHRIVER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ...