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Rubber is not the real story

Liberia's debate over the export of unprocessed rubber is not really about rubber. It is about whether we are finally prepared to break a habit that has kept this country poor for generations.The ...
History has shown that when manufacturers skimp on sterile filtration of drugs, the consequences can amount to the loss of ...
Driven by the urgent need to clean up the planet and power the future, the race to convert discarded plastic into functional ...
A severe shortage of raw rubber is threatening to shut down Liberia's processing industry, raising the prospect of factory closures and widespread job losses.
Infinium’s eNaphtha is made from captured carbon dioxide and hydrogen, creating a renewable alternative to the crude ...
Georgia's $41 billion forest products industry needs a transformation, and a Georgia Tech research team is reimagining how ...
For material engineers and procurement managers specializing in addition-cure liquid silicone rubber formulations, achieving precise physical properties without exceeding strict budgetary boundaries ...
The European specialty chemicals market is increasingly defined by rigorous technical standards and precise formulation requirements. For European buyers of specialty silicone fluids, particularly ...
The Mediterranean is getting hotter and drier, pushing scientists to look for water even in the air itself. A German team has ...
Quality rules propose 99.5 percent purity for ethanol used in petrol, as Nepal prepares to blend up to 10 percent biofuel to ...
As global buyers grow more selective, Indian rubber manufacturers are proving that trust is built through engineering ...