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rubber plant
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rub·ber plant
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n.
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an evergreen tree (Ficus elastica) of the mulberry family that has large dark green shiny leaves and is widely cultivated as a houseplant. Native to Southeast Asia, it was formerly grown as a source of rubber.
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another term for rubber tree.
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Phillips Chemical Co. to close synthetic rubber plants in Borger, Texas.
PR Newswire; 3/8/1984; 641 words
; ...The CIS-4 polybutadiene rubber plant operated by Phillips Chemical...butadiene rubber /Philprene/ plant in the rubber chemicals complex...of the CIS-4 and Philprene plants will mark the end of Phillips...rubber in Borger. Its Solprene plant was closed in 1982. The two...
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ROUNDUP: FALLING PRICES, DEMAND HIT RUBBER PLANTS
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 8/11/1998; 700+ words
; ...government fund for intervention in rubber prices through the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund Office...s Monday discussion with Rubber Planter Federation of Thailand, Rubber Plant Cooperative of Thailand and...company closed down 11 of its 23 plants and adjusted production in...
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 "The Nation (Thailand)")
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Falling price, demand hit rubber plants, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 8/11/1998; ; 663 words
; ...measure to help the troubled rubber industry hurt by the shrinking world rubber price. Deputy Agriculture...Monday held discussions with Rubber Planter Federation of Thailand, Rubber Plant Cooperative of Thailand and...it had closed down 11 of 23 plants for improvement which will...
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ENI may keep Ravenna, sell other rubber plants: plan to save Ravenna jobs may lead to sale of Polimeri's SBR (UK), CR (France) and SBC (US) plants, as well as EPDM unit at Ferrara and NBR factory at Porto Torres.(Supplier news)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: European Rubber Journal; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...different buyers [of the other plants]. We have at the moment five plants for which we have declarations...produces styrene-butadiene rubbers (SBR), butadiene rubber (BR), thermoplastic elastomers...rubber at Ferrara, and nitrile rubber at Porto Torres. Elsewhere, the firm operates ...
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Cloning better rubber plants.
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 2/3/1986; 545 words
; ...of a North American desert plant that has the potential of making...seedlings to be harvested for rubber. Reporting this finding to...Irvine says that a domestic rubber industry based on native guayule...on foreign sources. Natural rubber is prized over synthetic rubbers for its superior ...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MECHANICVILLE MAYOR TO VISIT RUBBER PLANTS DARE OFFERS FORUM ABOUT DRUGS TODAY SPA MAN GETS 1 YEAR FOR CONTEMPT STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION SCHEDULED HADLEY WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DWI.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/5/1992; 700+ words
; ...that he's going to visit rubber-grinding plants at the Port of Albany and Buffalo...former Saratoga Board Mills plant across North Main Street from...that a factory that handles rubber will have a noxious odor that...border. The plant would turn rubber trimmings from vehicle tires...
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 "ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)")
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PRESIDENT TO OPEN CRUMB RUBBER PLANTS IN PALEMBANG.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 12/11/2006; 483 words
; ...is scheduled to open three crumb rubber plants in Palembang on December 19, local...here on Monday. "The three crumb rubber plants are all located in Kertapati...would produce two kinds of processed rubber, namely Standard Indonesian Rubber...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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IN THE GARDEN PROTECT RUBBER PLANTS, FICUS TREES FROM FREEZING TEMPS.(U)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 12/11/2004; 699 words
; ...I transplanted three rubber plants that are all at least...a severe toll on each plant. In addition, the temperature...salvage cold-damaged plants other than prevent them...to put them over your plants at night, then the plastic...and keep it around the plant, you should be all ...
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VMI acquires A-Z's extrusion division; Acquisition of extrusion business complements hydraulic tyre-curing press technology bought last year, extending VMI's ability to offer complete tyre/rubber plants from in-house expertise.(News)
Magazine article from: European Rubber Journal; 9/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...Production of AZ's extruders for rubber goods and tyre manufacture...to be able to offer turnkey plants for customers. Now such turnkey plant supply will be simpler for...complete tyre manufacturing plants. The Dutch equipment maker...China, Spanjer said, the VMI plant is prepared for ...
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Called to account, or why auditors are less economic than rubber plants
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 3/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...accountant worked out that he was subsidising auditors and rubber plants. He was a partner in a firm whose offices were full...them and, while they wait, they should go for the rubber plants. Stand easy Tony Blair and Lord Marshall of Ubiquity...
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rubber plant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rubber plant name for any plant that yields rubber, specifically the India-rubber tree ( Ficus elastica ), an Asian fig .
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Tire and Rubber Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...AND RUBBER INDUSTRY Rubber is an unsaturated organic...and hydrogen. Natural rubber is collected from wild plants or plants cultivated...clothes, but moved into rubber tire production in 1923...Bridgestone has operated plants in Singapore, Thailand...
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The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...developing its first synthetic rubber material. World War II and...World War II prompted Yokohama Rubber to begin producing aircraft...Yokohama, in 1944, to open a new plant at Mie to increase tire production...the opening of another new plant at Mishima in 1946. Both of these plants ...
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rubber
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...gasoline, and lubricating oils. Rubber is water repellent and resistant to alkalies and weak acids. Rubber's elasticity, toughness...insulator. In general, synthetic rubber has the following advantages...secretion (latex) of various plants, but the only important commercial...brasiliensis. The ...
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SIC 3069 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...balloons, rubber brake linings, rubber rafts and pontoons, and many...demand among manufacturers for rubber products fueled shipment increases...than on any other fabricated rubber product. Both products are...examination gloves, closed a plant in Arizona and shifted much...
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