Elevance, Rubber Processor Form Collaboration

Elevance Renewable Sciences (Bolingbrook, IL) says it has signed a collaboration deal with Hutchinson Worldwide (Paris) to test Elevance’s biobased chemicals as a processing aid in Hutchinson’s rubber compounds. “With more than 21 million tons of rubber consumed globally, there is a growing need to replace petroleum-based processing oils in rubber to achieve both sustainability and performance goals,” says Andy Shafer, executive v.p./sales and market development at Elevance. “Our collaboration with Hutchinson has been focused on this...

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