While some in the nanotechnology field believe carbon nanotubes may someday stand alone as the optimal performance additive in both tire and non-tire elastomers, others see a hybrid of CNT and carbon black as the filler of the future.

While many of the pandemic-related industry challenges that began in 2020 have morphed into other difficulties this year, the family-owned Rahco Rubber Inc. is moving into 2021 with vim and vigor, investing in equipment and eyeing opportunities in new markets.

As the world's largest single economy reopens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the automotive industry—and associated testing and certification companies like Akron-based Smithers—are ramping up in kind.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in February introduced its IntelliStok system, part of the company's Advanced Delivery portfolio.

As China reopens and enters a post-pandemic era, several challenges are at the fore for the world's largest consumer of oil, gas and related petrochemicals.

The forward-looking philosophy being employed by Continental A.G. in its global restructuring efforts is evidenced by ContiTech's approach in its conveying solutions branch.

Southern California-based Integrated Polymer Solutions, a tight-threshold elastomer and composite material manufacturer for a range of industries, purchased Ontario, Calif.-based IRP Group and its set of companies Feb. 18.

With a multi-million dollar investment in its silicone and TPE molding abilities in both the medical and aerospace segments over the past two years, the runway to the future for Sterling Manufacturing Co. goes through New England.

When it comes to custom mixing, size is important. Value is paramount.

Using a third-party custom mixer can make good business sense for a rubber producer, and that is exactly what Continental's ContiTech division is banking on.

For the first time since the company began in 1919, Stockwell Elastomerics Inc. will be led by a president with a surname other than Stockwell.

The USW international office in Pittsburgh said it has been in contact with both Goodyear and Cooper, and that "union voices will be heard throughout the process."

Rubber may be in just about every facet of our daily lives, but minorities in the rubber industry—especially at the executive level—can be a rare commodity.