Bridgestone Corporation

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Jenny L Sheaffer

Yingyi Huang

Hiroshi Mouri

Robert W Handlos

Joshua P Abell

Kung-Ching Liao

Methods for treating the surface of a cured inner liner are disclosed. By use of these methods a treated, cured inner liner is produced which has a lower surface with increased adherability to other materials (e.g., adhesives). Treated, cured inner liners resulting from such methods as well as tires containing the treated inner liners.

Methods for treating inner liner surface, inner liners resulting therefrom and tires containing such inner liners

Systems and methods for managing the waste associated with the extraction of rubber from guayule shrubs are provided. Also provided is a portable local sub-station for reducing the transportation costs associated with the processing of guayule shrubs for the extraction of rubber. Use of the disclosed systems, methods and/or local sub-station can reduce transportation costs, reduce processing costs and reduce the downstream processing complexity associated with the extraction of rubber from guayule shrubs.

Systems and methods for the management of waste associated with processing guayule shrubs to extract rubber

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Waite Hill, OH, United States of America

Jenny L Sheaffer