In this video, I demonstrate how to make plastic mallets using recycled HDPE. This tutorial addresses frequent questions about the mallets' construction. The plastic is durable, but they may wear out ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Hwa Fong Rubber has purchased Sumitomo Rubber's former manufacturing facility and related property in the Town of Tonawanda. RELATED: Sumitomo Rubber Industries planning to open ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Taiwan-based rubber company intends to buy the former Sumitomo Rubber plant in Tonawanda that closed last year, it was announced on Tuesday. Hwa Fong Rubber, a tire-making ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Hwa Fong Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. (HFR) announced it intends to buy Sumitomo Rubber USA's former manufacturing facility and related property in Tonawanda. Both companies confirmed the ...

More yellow rubber ducks have appeared around Canonsburg, and while they're quite a bit bigger than the last ones, their origin is no longer a secret. The mystery has been growing — literally — over ...

HAS BEEN SOLVED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED TO US LITTLE RUBBER DUCKS BEING PLACED ON SIGNS AND IN OTHER AREAS. AND TODAY ONE ...

CANONSBURG, Pa. — The mystery of the thousands of rubber ducks that appeared in Canonsburg over the past two weeks is now officially solved. We now know who is behind the serial ducking: Grandpa Joe’s ...

LOWELL, Mass.—A Ph.D. candidate at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell's rubber and plastic engineering department, Haley Dobbyn is not only a polymer pioneer, but the commander of an army.

CANONSBURG, Pa. — It is a mystery that has an entire community “quacking up.” Hundreds, possibly thousands, of tiny rubber ducks appeared in Canonsburg overnight. They’re lining store windows, sitting ...

Dozens of Cambodian civilians were injured when Thailand’s military used tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes in a disputed area on the Thai-Cambodia border, the most significant violence since ...

Hammering "plink plink plink" on a child's xylophone, Frank Robinson wasn't a musical genius, but the busker became a legend on the streets of Nottingham. Few actually knew the real name of the ...