29 September 202523 September 2025 Fashion for Good Unveils “The Next Stride”, A New Footwear Project To Replace Fossil Fuel Material With Bio-based Sole Innovation In partnership with adidas, Target and Zalando, alongside leading material innovators, the initiative will test and validate bio-based polymers as high-performance alternatives to fossil fuel–derived materials
22 May 201817 May 2018 World Bio Markets: make it real, give it life With over 400 delegates the conference was certainly lively and offered many networking opportunities
12 April 201611 April 2016 Riding the green wave! Patagonia and Yulex’s bio-based wetsuit Patagonia making their proprietary bio-rubber available to the surf industry
20 August 201517 August 2015 St. Louis biotech startup signs deal to develop new source for rubber Kultevat Inc. has entered a research and development agreement with Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries to expedite the development of an alternative source of natural rubber from Russian dandelions
17 November 201414 November 2014 ‘The 40 Hottest Smaller Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy’ for 2014-15 Liquid Light, Virent, Rivertop Renewables, NexSteppe took top slots in rankings
18 August 201416 August 2014 Patagonia sharing proprietary biorubber to advance sustainable surf industry New guayule-based wetsuits moving to 100 percent biorubber
28 April 201425 April 2014 Winners of the 2014 Transformative Technologies competition LanzaTech, Cool Planet win two 2014 Transformative Awards each as winners announced in DC
13 November 201313 November 2013 SGB and Yulex Partner to Double Guayule Rubber Yield Through an Accelerated Breeding Platform Company to identify genetic markers that represent increased rubber yield and use that to produce new cultivars
2 October 20132 October 2013 Yulex awarded 2013 AZBio Fast Lane Award Yulex will be honored by bioindustry leaders at the Phoenix Convention Center during the 2013 AZBio Awards on October 10, 2013
9 May 2013 Yulex Corporation and the University of Arizona Partner to Improve Guayule for Biorubber Production Cooperation to produce a higher yielding rubber crop and to substantially decrease Guayule’s harvest
12 March 2013 Cooper Tire and Consortium Partners Update Progress in $6.9 million USDA grant to develop guayule polymer for tire applications Natural Biorubber to Replace Petroleum-based Synthetics Without Competing against Food or Fiber Crops
28 January 2013 Versalis and Yulex partner to produce guayule-based biorubber for consumer, medical and industrial applications Partnership to cover entire manufacturing chain from crop science to construction of a biomass power station
13 December 2012 Dental Dams Made from Guayule-Based Biorubber Material Yulex Corporation and Four D Rubber Co Ltd Partner to Produce First Guayule-Based, Allergy-Friendly Dental Dams
8 March 2012 Bio-based polymers for tire applications Guayule plants as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based rubber
28 November 2011 Ansell Limited acquires a minority share in Yulex Corporation Exclusive Agreement for global development, manufacturing and distribution of protection solutions made of guayule latex
Ansell Limited Acquires A Minority Share In Yulex Corporation Exclusive Agreement to Develop Innovative Latex Products from Guayule Crop
21 March 2011 Yulex Secures Private Funding to Build New Natural Rubber Production Plant Commercial operation slated to start in the beginning of fiscal 2012
12 December 2008 Yulex Corporation announces medical products made by guayule rubber A natural alternative to Hevea rubber safe for people with latex allergies
