FUTURE OF RUBBER
SYNTHETIC AND SCRAP “HERE TO STAY” Recd. 6 p.m. Sydney, March 18. Synthetic rubber is here to stay and all scrap rubber will still be reclaimed after the war. This is the opinion of the Canadian rubber chemist, Mr. W. H. Bremner, who is here on his way to advise the New Zealand Government on the manufacture of synthetic rubber and the reclamation of scrap. “In 10 years, synthetic rubber will practically replace crude rubber in Canada, where the large quantities oi oil and coal will allow of its manufacture more cheaply than natural rubber can be imported,” said Mr. Bremner. “I think that after the war not a scrap of rubber will be wasted. Scrap has saved the day lor Canada and the United States. We could never have*pulled through without it.” Mr. Bremner added that the quality of synthetic rubber was being improved, although the best tyres were still made by adding a small percentage of natural rubber. Canada was building a £13,000,000 plant to produce 40,000 tons a
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 65, 19 March 1943, Page 5
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