Giti Tire Group
has joined the GPSNR (Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber), an international group created in 2019 focused on the ethical and sustainable use of the world's natural rubber.
Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. recently brought natural rubber farmers and farmers who use the company's tires together as part of its GreenX Circle initiative.
Shandong Linglong Tire Co. plans to invest $450 million to create a new company that will focus on the development of dandelion rubber in the industry.
Target date, 2017. That’s when Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. plans to produce a prototype tire with 100% of its natural and synthetic rubber components substituted with those made from guayule, a shrub native to the United States.