October 2025

In the October issue of Rubber World, our emphasis is on Tire Technology and Retreading. This issue also includes the Post GPS Daily, the follow-up to the 2025 Global Polymer Summit and Expo that was held this past September in Cleveland, Ohio. Click here to read the digital edition.

Articles in this issue include:

Sustainability and tire manufacturing
by Brendan Rodgers, ELL Technologies LLC.
There are many tools to facilitate sustainability in tire manufacturing, including automation and robotics, operations modeling and simulations, and new material technology concepts. Read

A first engineered rubber product from devulcanized rubber from scrap tires
by Ben Chouchaoui, Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory.
Devulcanization methods such as chemical, mechanical, irradiation, biological and combinations are reviewed, and additional steps are presented to turn post-consumer goods, like end-of-life tires, into engineering materials and products. Read

From steel to rubber: The path through farm tire innovations
by Bill Durivage, Bridgestone Americas, and Greg Jones and Dusty Hininger, Firestone Ag.
Farm tire innovations through the decades are presented, including the switch from steel to rubber tires, tread designs and materials within the tires. Read

Post GPS Daily
This follow-up to the 2025 Global Polymer Summit and Expo, held last month in Cleveland, OH, and published for the Rubber Division, ACS by Lippincott & Peto, Inc., includes photographs and summaries of GPS events, including the Rubber Division ACS Service Award recipients, 2025 scholarship winners, the Experience Elastomers Student Outreach Program, nomination information for the Rubber Division 2027 Science & Technology Awards, 2025 exhibitors, and details on the Rubber Division, ACS Spring Technical Meeting. Read