Linglong Tire sets up "Dandelion Rubber Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance" to boost green new materials

On April 24, 2015, the “ Dandelion Rubber Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance ” dedicated to the development and utilization of new green materials was formally established in Beijing. Leaders from industry associations, colleges and universities, Linglong Tire Company and other major media attended the event. meeting.

Dandelion Rubber Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance

This alliance is led by Beijing University of Chemical Technology, with the investment of Linglong Tire , and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, etc. It has assembled 14 advantages in research and development in related fields and formed a one-stop industrial chain platform for production, learning, research and use. Its establishment marks the rapid development of commercial development of the dandelion rubber industry in China.

Dandelion rubber

Dandelion rubber is a kind of natural rubber made from the latex of herbal dandelion. After research, its physical and chemical properties are similar to Hevea rubber. Dandelion is also a plant resource that combines natural rubber and energy. It can extract natural rubber. The remaining waste residue can also be fermented to obtain bio-ethanol. Compared to the Hevea Brasiliensis, it takes 5 to 7 years for the tapping to take place. It takes only one year for the dandelion to be sown and harvested. Therefore, the dandelion rubber is considered by the industry to be a technical solution to the shortage of natural rubber.

Dandelion tires

As the president unit of the alliance, Linglong tires have responsibilities and missions. In the face of insufficient domestic natural rubber raw material production, the global natural rubber price has fluctuate greatly, and has seriously affected the sustained, healthy and stable development of downstream tires and other industries. Funded and supported the preliminary basic research of dandelion rubber, and used the extracted dandelion rubber to produce three dandelion rubber exquisite concept tires. At the International Rubber Conference held on September 16, 2014, this exquisite concept tire was unveiled. Out, won the industry's praise and high attention.

At present, the Alliance has established rubber grass breeding nurseries and tissue culture laboratories in Zhanjiang and Harbin, and established planting bases in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. It can be foreseen that with the successful commercial development of dandelion rubber, it will certainly provide China's tires and other industries with abundant natural rubber materials, and it will be important to protect domestic tire industry from healthy and orderly development by eliminating the drawbacks of domestic rubber processing that mainly depend on imported natural rubber. significance. In addition, the rubber produced by dandelion is stronger, yields higher, and the planting requirements are very low, which is conducive to the reduction of planting costs. It plays an important role in reducing carbon emissions and improving the environment, and has significant ecological benefits.