Amerityre.Amerityre, Boulder City Boulder City, residential city (1990 pop. 12,567), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as headquarters during the dam's construction, it became a self-governing municipality by act of Congress in 1958. , NV, has begun development of a polyurethane tire compound and manufacturing process for retreading medium commercial truck tires with a polyurethane elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. tread compound. The retread re·tread tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads 1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. 2. development is expected by be completed by the end of the year, and another three months have been allocated for industry testing and feedback, before Amerityre will look to market the manufacturing technology directly to the retreading industry. |
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