Rubber is produced using renewable raw materials as an alternative to petroleum by-products
TECNALIA and KEREON Partners have set up a new technology-based enterprise to produce biological rubber. The enterprise Biosyncaucho will be basing its activity on technology developed and protected by four families of patents developed by TECNALIA and transferred to the new enterprise. This move will enable the problems of non-renewable raw materials —volatility, environmental impact and depletion— to be turned into a business opportunity. This technology addresses the problems in obtaining 1,3-butadiene, a chemical compound whose best-known use is the production of rubber to manufacture tyres. In addition to the above, 1,3-butadiene is also used as the basis for producing everyday products, such as tyres, raincoats, footwear or casings for electronic equipment, among many other things.