Tyre maker Bridgestone Americas Inc. has teamed up with University of Arizona in a five-year, US$70 million effort to scale up production of natural rubber from guayule. The US Department of Agriculture will channel an investment of US$35 million, with…
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Bridgestone awarded US$35 mn from USDA for guayule production
Bridgestone Americas says it has been awarded a US$35 million climate-smart grant by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to further cultivate and scale the use of desert shrub guayule as a sustainable way to expand natural rubber production in…
Bridgestone to commercialise NR from guayule by 2030
Tyre maker Bridgestone Americas says it is taking a pivotal next step in its drive to commercialise the woody desert shrub, guayule, as a domestic source of natural rubber (NR), and as a more environmentally sustainable crop in America’s drought-stricken desert southwest,…
Guayule, a renewable resource for polyisoprene
Guayule is also found to be a potential source of natural polyisoprene (PI), according to a study led by Amandine Rousset ( Avignon University and GuaTecs), Ali Amor (CIRAD and CTTM), Serge Palu (CIRAD), Teerasak Punvichai (Prince of Songkla University), Sandrine Perino…