Natural Rubber

Natural Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon Polymer that naturally occurs as a milky colloidal suspension, or latex, in the sap of some plants. It is used extensively in many applications and products. It can also be synthesized. The entropy model of Rubber was developed in 1934 by Werner Kuhn. The scientific name for the Rubber tree commercially used to obtain natural Rubber is Hevea brasiliensis.

The use of natural Rubber is widespread, ranging from household to industrial products, entering the production stream at the intermediate stage or as final products. Tyres and tubes are the largest consumers of rubber, accounting for around 56% total consumption in 2005. The remaining 44% are taken up by the general Rubber goods sector.

Other significant uses of Rubber are door and window profiles, hoses, belts, matting, flooring and dampeners (anti-vibration mounts) for the automotive industry in what is known as the "under the bonnet" products. Gloves (medical, household and industrial) are also large consumers of Rubber and toy balloons, although the type of Rubber used is that of the concentrated latex. Significant tonnage of Rubber is used as adhesives in many manufacturing industries and products, although the two most noticeable are the paper and the carpet industry. Rubber is also commonly used to make Rubber bands and pencil erasers.


Altec have over 30 years experience in manufacturing Plastic & Rubber Extrusions, Extruded Profiles and Tubing. We're quite rightfully proud of our reputation for consistently meeting the needs of customers over that time. Because we've remained small and focussed we've also remained more attentitive, more cost effective and more responsive than larger manufacturers.

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