Sugarcane Puts Bounce in Soccer Ball

摘要

WHEN RUSSIA and Saudi Arabia kick off the 2018 World Cup in Moscow on June 14, the new soccer ball rhey use will rely on a novel bio-based polymer for its bounce. Under the thin outer covering of the Adidas Telstar 18 football is a synthetic rubber layer manufactured by Arlanxeo, Maastricht, The Netherlands — a 50/50 joint venture between Lanxess and Saudi Aramco J V.