Delta Plant Technologies, located in Akron, Ohio, is developing and commercializing an alternative source of rubber for the $10B natural rubber market.

Today, the world's only commercial source of natural rubber comes exclusively from Southeast Asia. The need for an alternative to the natural rubber supply is compelling: experts forecast a 15 percent natural rubber shortage by the end of the decade.

As a natural rubber substitute, synthetic rubber is often not appropriate, and so finding new natural sources of rubber is critical. Delta Plant Technologies will also produce ethanol, a critical alternative fuel source, from the liquid byproduct stream of its alternative source of natural rubber.