The use of rubber dates back to the Ancient Mesoamericans. Indigenous people like the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec used stabilized natural rubber to create rubber balls for sports and to waterproof containers and textiles, as early as 1600 BC.

It’s a well-known fact that a company is only as good as its people. Active around the globe, with high standards in engineering, quality and service, BUSS needs open-minded, competent employees.

Good durability and tensile strength, high impact, chemical and fire resistance, … what sounds like a description of a Marvel superhero, is actually a list of requirements for engineering plastics.

Russia in winter is not for everyone, but our BUSS team is having a great time at the Interplastica in Moscow.

Dr. Philip Nising, the CEO of BUSS, looks back at our journey of the last months and years, developing COMPEO, the flagship of BUSS innovation and engineering.

For thousands of years mankind used wood to build houses, wagons, bridges and ships. Other natural fibers likes flax and hemp were made into ropes, sails and corn sacks. And what exactly does that have to do with compounding?