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The Best Places to Work program is open to virtually all companies doing business in any aspect of the rubber industry.
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AKRON—The University of Akron is moving forward with a redesigned plan for overhauling the makeup of the institution, including the possibility of turning the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering into a school within another college.
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AKRON—A signed memorandum of understanding is intended to expand and strengthen the rubber industry's global connections.
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LONDON—Natural rubber supplier Halcyon Agri and World Wildlife Fund have joined forces to establish a rubber trust fund intended to enhance the sustainability of natural rubber.
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WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—A new ASTM standards group will examine alternative sources of natural rubber and natural rubber latex.
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FILAGO, Italy—Hundreds of thousands of gloves made their way to Italy thanks to an effort by Synthomer.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—In some respects, the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the natural rubber industry, but that demand isn't enough to offset the significant hits it has taken overall.
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LONDON—Synthomer is reducing its capital expenditures and withdrawing its full-year financial guidance due to uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BERWYN, Pa.—Trinseo aims to increase its market footprint in coatings and tire ingredients with the acquisition of Synthomer business unit.
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CLEVELAND—The spread of the coronavirus has driven the need for disposable medical gloves, but that is just one way the pandemic has impacted the sector.