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Rubber tubing is used in flow lines for fluids and gases in a variety of hydraulic, pneumatic, process, medical, and specialty applications. Rubber tubing is flexible and resilient due to its natural ...

For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a ...

Rubber modified asphalt (RMA) is made from used and reclaimed tires, broken down, cleaned, and then ground into "crumb rubber". It isn't treated to undergo any sort of chemical changes ...

The joint operation resulted in 33 separate interceptions - and the seizure of 125 dangerous inflatable boats, 128 engines, more than 700 pumps, and 300 rubber rings. Earlier this month the team ...