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...res for automobiles, airplanes, and heavy machinery. In addition it makes rubber hoses, shoe soles, and parts for electric printers. ...was named in honor of [[Charles Goodyear]]. Goodyear invented [[vulcanized rubber]] in [[1839]].

...er of natural rubber. Tire factories start with bulk raw materials such as rubber, carbon black, and chemicals and produce numerous specialized components th ...t and pressure. Heat facilitates a polymerization reaction that crosslinks rubber monomers to create long elastic molecules. These polymers create the elasti

...Michelin's activities date back to 1830 in [[vulcanization|vulcanized]] [[rubber]], before they moved into tyres for [[bicycle]]s and later for [[car]]s. Mi ...er, they bought out Uniroyal Inc., founded in 1892 as the [[United States Rubber Company]].