Natural rubbers have always been formulator’s first choice. However, one factor which is affecting the production of natural rubber is nothing but the climate change.
This leads to fall in the production of natural rubber to a greater extent and making way for rubber replacement market.
Also, One of the major changes in the rubber compounding market has been the shift from classical rubber compounders to thermoplastic compounders which is mainly driven by Cost Reduction.
Read in this article, the most common rubber replacing elastomeric components available and technologies used to increase their performance.