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The fascinating history of synthetic rubberstarted with an idea patented 100 years ago -and is far from over yet. In 1909, the chemistFritz Hofmann succeeded in producing theelastic substance methyl-isoprene, and thuspaved the way for the development of syn-thetic rubber. Hofmann conducted his re-search at the laboratories of “ElberfelderFarbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co.” -a company whose tradition is continued to-day by the specialty chemicals groupLANXESS.Rubber has become an indispensable partof the modern world. Wherever machines orengines have to be provided with bearings,
The fascinating history of synthetic rubberstarted with an idea patented 100 years ago-and is far from over yet. In 1909, the chemist Fritz Hofmann succeeded in producing the elastic substance methyl-isoprene, and thus dwelling the way for the development of syn-thetic rubber. Hofmann conducted his re-search at the laboratories of “Elberfelder Farbenfabriken vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. ” -a company whose tradition is continued to-day by the specialty chemicals group LANXESS.Rubber has become an indispensable partof the modern world. Wherever machines orengines have to be provided with bearings,