Word: buna
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...Soon to be announced are production plans for Standard of N. J.'s new synthetic Butyl, a chemical cousin of Buna, developed by Standard chemists, made more cheaply than Buna from petroleum gases...
...Potent newcomer among U. S. synthetics is German Buna, now used on more than 40% of Germany's tired vehicles. Licensed by Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) to Firestone and U. S. Rubber, Buna is soon to be produced in a new Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana plant at Baton Rouge...
...Newest entry in the field is Ameripol, a polymerization of U. S. materials proudly announced this summer by Goodrich. Developed secretly in Goodrich's laboratory, Ameripol is also a Buna cousin, is so good that Goodrich is now producing around 150 Ameripol tires a day, claims that they wear as well as natural rubber, show more resistance to heat, aging, sunlight...
Butadiene. Germany's butadiene rubber (better known as "Buna"), which I. G. Farbenindustrie started to make commercially in 1936,15 versatile. Treated with one chemical, it becomes impervious to oil and heat; with another, it makes a tough, durable rubber for tires. Like neoprene, it is made from acetylene (a product of coal and limestone). It costs less than neoprene...
Also last week, President William Stamps Parish of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey announced a new synthetic companion to its German-originated Buna-Butyl. He told his stockholders: "We are in a position to manufacture the 'butyl' rubber from petroleum in any required quantities as rapidly as the necessary plant facilities can be installed." Building now at Baton Rouge is a 10,000 Ib.-a-day Buna plant for Standard, from whom Akron's Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has already obtained a manufacturing license...