The rubber industry is closely following the plastics sector with companies making headway in the eco-friendly sector. US-based Elevance Renewable Sciences, which produces speciality chemicals from natural oils, and Paris-based Hutchinson Worldwide are to collaborate the use of Elevance''s renewable products as processing aids in Hutchinson's rubber compounds. The companies say the 21 million tonnes of rubber consumed globally warrants the need for an alternative to petroleum-based rubber. Hutchinson will manufacture the materials using Elevance's metathesis technology.
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