VMI has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, the highest distinction in the globally recognized sustainability assessment. This achievement places VMI among the top 1% of companies assessed worldwide, based on performance across environmental stewardship, ethics, labor and human rights, and sustainable procurement.

Recovered carbon black (rCB) has moved beyond proof-of-concept to become a strategic material for advancing circularity in the tire and rubber industries. This symposium brings together technology developers, tire manufacturers, equipment suppliers, researchers, and market experts to explore the technical, commercial, and regulatory developments accelerating rCB adoption. Presentations span the entire value chain from pyrolysis and material engineering to application validation, processing, standards, and market outlook highlighting both the challenges and the significant progress toward scalable, high-performance circular carbon materials.

Uniroyal Holding Inc., a company that traces its roots to one of the nation’s best-known tire manufacturers, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it continues to grapple with decades-old liabilities.

The Naugatuck, Conn., debtor listed $10 million to $50 million in assets and $50 million to $100 million in liabilities in its petition filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey on July 31.

Lossburg, Germany – Arburg has now been publishing a Sustainability Report for five years to highlight the successful activities and

Dow together with Adient, a global manufacturing leader in automotive seating, commercially launched SPECFLEX™ REN, a next-generation polyurethane seating solution now available with ISCC PLUS certified bio-attributed feedstocks enabled via a mass balance approach.

Salzgitter AG, the owner of Klockner DESMA Elastomertechnik GmbH (DESMA), based in Fridingen Germany, announced on 30 July that it has entered into an agreement for Name & Mawi Partners S.A.S. (NMP) to acquire DESMA and all global subsidiaries, including DESMA USA, Inc.
No details of the transaction were disclosed.