Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rip Curl. Billabong. O’Neill. Patagonia. Body Glove. If you’re a lifelong surfer–especially one living in a locale requiring some ...

One of San Diego’s unlikeliest industries, the production of natural rubber, has bounced back into town. Yulex, a rubber producer that moved its headquarters from Carlsbad to Phoenix in 2007, is ...

Rubber producer Yulex Corp. has closed on $15 million in financing led by Argonaut Private Equity. The money will help Yulex expand its natural rubber production capabilities, the company said in a ...

Ever the innovator, the California-based clothing company Patagonia recently created and unveiled the first-ever line of neoprene-free wetsuits — setting a new industry standard in environmentally ...

For those of us who try to spend our dollars on more environmentally-friendly gear, there is an uncomfortable truth that we don’t like admitting: Sometimes, these products don’t perform as well as ...

The Food and DrugAdministration has cleared for marketing the first device made from a new formof natural rubber latex, guayule latex. The product, the Yulex PatientExamination Glove, is derived from ...

In 2008, Patagonia made a surprising admission. Four years after the company’s first foray into wetsuit development, a member of its fabric-development team wrote on the company blog, “We’ve got a ...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yulex, LLC, today announces the promotion of Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Bui to Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Bui will also join the Yulex Board of Directors upon ...

From Seed To Suit let the revolution begin. Yulex is a plant-based biorubber that reduces the environmental footprint of our wetsuits without any sacrifice in warmth, stretch, and durability. Yulex ...

Eric Mathur is sitting in the backseat of an SUV, rolling south through the Arizona desert. Tall, dark, and bald, he's dressed for a day under the sun. His linen shirt is open at the top, revealing a ...

Women’s Nieuwland 4mm Yulex® Wetsuit: $515 I got the opportunity to test out the brand’s less sweat-inducing option for Southern California. The Nieuwland 4mm was made for water temps in the 51-59 ...