Fun Fact #4
Today more than 90% of the natural rubber supply comes from Southeast Asia.
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Rubber Money
It has been officially confirmed that polymer banknotes are to enter our lives from 2016. The first polymer note to be produced is on a £5 note featuring Sir Winston Churchill, followed by a £10 version approximately a year later which is planned to display Jane Austen. The Bank of England’s Executive Director for Banking […]
Fun Fact #3
In England, Joseph Priestley, best known for his discovery of oxygen, noted that pencil marks could be “rubbed out” by the substance. From this early use, rubber derived its name.
Fun Fact #2
The first rubber paving to reduce traffic road noise was made in 1870 in London in front of the St Pancras hotel not to disturb the travellers.
Fun Fact #1
The automotive area accounts for 65% of rubber production, with parts and components such as windscreen wipers, engine mountings, window seals, fan belts, etc.
Your Top 3 Rubber Industry Facts
1. Natural Rubber comes from a tree called the Hevea Brasiliensis which originally came from Brazil 2. There is a house made out of rubber called a Prefab Home Made from Secondhand Materials in The Netherlands! See More: here. 3. Rubber’s first documented use was by the Olmecs, who boiled the latex which came from […]