August 03, 2021 04:07 PM
50th Anniversary: Natural Rubber Through the Years
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Rubber & Plastics News file photo
This image of a worker tapping a rubber tree is undated. It was torn at some point and repaired with tape.
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This image of Sir Henry Wickham is likely from the early part of the 20th century.
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Coagulating latex in rubber sheet. This image was taken during a trip to Malaysia sometime around 1976.
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From the 1976 press visit to Malaysia, this image is labeled "coming out of the macerator."
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This image from a press visit to Malaysia in 1976 is labeled "bailing."
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"The only practical method for obtaining the latex of the caucho tree."
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Children smile for the camera when the press visited Malaysia in 1976.
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Workers prepare the natural rubber latex during a press visit to Malaysia in 1976.
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Goodyear, Rubber & Plastics News file photo
Goodyear Botanist Jim Bugansky examines one of the rubber trees in Goodyear’s Akron greenhouse, sometime around 1989.
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Goodyear, Rubber & Plastics News file photo
Goodyear Botanist Jim Bugansky taps a mature rubber tree in Goodyear’s Akron greenhouse to collect latex samples for quality testing. This is likely from 1989.
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Pirelli, Rubber & Plastics News file photo
Tire makers are working to ensure a more sustainable natural rubber supply chain.
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Continental A.G.
A worker collects natural rubber.
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Continental A.G.
A woman removes natural rubber latex that has been collected.













A look at some of the natural rubber image from the Rubber & Plastics News archives.