EnergyEne gets grant to focus on guayule latex
Nokian Tyres
Guayule is a valuable source of alternative latex. Tire makers and researchers are working find ways to cultivate the shrub.
WOOSTER, Ohio EnergyEne Inc. is receiving nearly $650,000 in grant money to help develop a viable market for latex taken from the guayule shrub grown domestically.
The Wooster firm, formed by Katrina Cornish, is receiving a new small business grant of $648,557 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The money, offered through the Small Business Innovation Research Program, will further efforts to use the material to create gloves that protect medical workers from radiation.