TOKYO — With a goal of doubling natural rubber harvest volumes by 2035, Bridgestone Corp. is planning to invest $26.7 million in the coming five to six years in its natural rubber (NR) plantations in ...

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(Reuters) - Tyre makers such as Bridgestone Corp and Continental AG are spending millions of dollars on the development of new rubber-yielding crops such as dandelions to reduce their reliance on ...

As Walter Lopez carefully stripped a diagonal ribbon of bark from a rubber tree in eastern Colombia, white latex began dripping down the cut and into a miniature pail nailed to the trunk. “Being ...