To make tire production more sustainable, Bridgestone is turning to a desert shrub called guayule as a source of natural rubber. Native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, guayule ...

If you’ve read this column for any length of time, then you know I am obsessed with the fact that tires are agricultural products. Natural rubber is a key component in every tire, some more important ...

When most people think of forest products, they think of wood — lumber and building products — or pulp-based materials such as paper and cardboard. While it is true that these make up the bulk of ...

SHANGHAI, May 26 (Reuters) - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) expects global natural rubber consumption to increase by 7% in 2021, after declining 8.1% in 2020 because of the pandemic, ...

WOLFSBURG, Germany — Volkswagen Group has stepped up its sustainable rubber efforts and is preparing "more binding" requirements for the responsible sourcing of natural rubber from its tire suppliers.

The sage-green, waist-high shrub guayule might look like just one of the many scraggly bushes that dot the hills and valleys of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. But its ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone Americas Inc. plans to invest an additional $42 million in the coming years to commercialize guayule, a woody desert shrub, as a domestic source of natural rubber.

Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 29.6 per cent in November 2025 to 20,891 tonnes against October's ...

India's natural rubber sector sees growth in 2024-25 with expanded plantations, increased productivity, and strong export ...