Archive for the ‘Industrial Rubber’ Category

The rubber industry is making a class effort

Rubber has been around for ages. Rubber industries started thriving when this wonder material was taken out of South America, and brought into Europe. From back then to now, rubber has come a long way, and has diversified into both natural as well as man made rubber. Rubber products today are made from either of these two. Read the rest of this entry »

The History Of Industrial Rubber

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Rubber Products India

François Fresneau produced the first scientific paper on rubber in the year 1751. Since then, this versatile material has come a long way. The para rubber tree initially grew only in South America, and when the first European returned to Portugal from Brazil with water repellent cloth samples, he was taken to court and charged with witchcraft. When rubber initially came to England, Joseph Priestley observed that the material could be used to easily wipe out pencil marks on paper, which is how it got its name. Read the rest of this entry »