The overall development trend of the rubber products industry in the current era, and the research and development of new processes in the rubber industry, mainly focus on molding and vulcanization. In terms of molding, we focus on solving the problems of reducing processes and precision machining. Research and implement precision rolling, extrusion, and material compounding to achieve simplified and integrated molding. For example, automatic production lines for car tires, woven high-pressure rubber hoses, and steel rope conveyor belts. The research direction in the field of vulcanization is to combine it with molding and implement integrated and continuous processes of molding and vulcanization. Automated production lines for hoses, tapes, and gloves have been implemented.

Among the liquid rubbers, polyurethane elastomer is the eye-catching one, with the output of more than 1 million tons, including more than 300000 tons of footwear and microporous elastic foam materials, and 1 × 105t of elastic fiber. It has been successfully used in many rubber products, such as tapes, rubber hoses, rubber rollers, etc. In recent years, people have been using it to mass produce slow tires such as bicycle tires, solid tires, industrial tires, and agricultural tires. They are durable and can be dyed in various colors, changing the traditional black production pattern of rubber products for many years. The disadvantage is that the cost price cannot be lowered, and the mechanical strength when used as a skeleton cannot be compared with fiber materials

The production technology of the global rubber industry is developing in two directions. On the one hand, it is to pursue low cost (including improving production efficiency and using cheap raw materials), simplify product structure, and streamline processes; On the other hand, it is to further move towards high performance (including improving features and increasing functionality), reducing heterogeneity and differences. In summary, it is: improving quality and reducing consumption, high performance and low cost.