Author: RubberWorld

e Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will report second quarter 2024 financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 31, followed by an investor conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 1.

“Innovating Transportation – From Road to Cloud!” is Continental’s tagline for this year’s IAA Transportation from September 17 to 22. In Hanover, Germany, the technology company will present its broad portfolio of commercial vehicle solutions. Amongst them: cutting-edge hardware such as high-performance computers (HPC); software and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) functions that define the vehicle of the future; comprehensive services that increase safety and compliance; and innovative truck and bus tires and air springs that improve sustainability and efficiency of the transportation industry. Also on display: a development truck, set up in collaboration with the company’s partner Aurora, that incorporates many of the solutions for the autonomous commercial vehicle of the future.

The Rubber Division, ACS announces a Call for Abstracts for the Spring Technical Meeting being held on March 4-6, 2025 in Lake Buena Vista, FL (Orlando Area). Join the leading researchers and innovators in the rubber/elastomer industry and share your expertise with our Spring Technical Meeting attendees.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Off-the-Road (“OTR”) tire business to The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited for $905 million in cash. The transaction follows a previously announced strategic review of the OTR tire business in connection with the Goodyear Forward transformation plan.

Apollo Tyres Ltd continues to shine with Silver Awards at the EcoVadis Sustainability Excellence ratings. This is the third consecutive year for Apollo Tyres to get the silver rating at the annual EcoVadis sustainability assessment, with improved scores from 56 to 70 over the last 3 years.

This prestigious recognition has placed Apollo Tyres Ltd in the top 5% of companies rated in the category of ‘manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres’ globally.

Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, announced more than 54,000 trees will be planted in communities nationwide as a result of the company’s second annual “Download the App, Plant a Tree” campaign. The campaign encouraged customers of Firestone Complete Auto Care and Tires Plus to help the tire & automotive service locations reduce paper waste.

COLMEC, based in Italy, has achieved a leading position within the rubber equipment market, specializing in the manufacture of rubber mixing equipment and extrusion lines. The addition of this advanced machine at Laur Silicone ensures consistent, uniform mixing of silicone compounds, guaranteeing perfect dispersion and homogeneity of ingredients through a completely automated process. This investment enhances production efficiency, speed, and maintains the highest quality standards.

Semperit has completed the sale of the medical business and transferred the remaining production and packaging of surgical gloves to the buyer of the entire medical business, the Southeast Asian Harps Global, as agreed. Combined under the discontinued operations “Surgical Operations”, these activities were most recently carried out as contract manufacturing for Harps Global.

Three Ansell manufacturing plants – Coimbra in Portugal, Melaka in Malaysia, and Bangkok in Thailand – have gained ISO 50001:2018 certification for their Energy Management Systems. The achievements were based on Ansell’s improved manufacturing processes in the three countries, which now incorporate energy-efficient practices and technologies, and follow the company’s first ISO 50001 certification for Ansell Textiles Lanka in Sri Lanka in 2023. These certifications for the plants in Portugal, Malaysia and Thailand form part of Ansell’s long-term decarbonization strategy and further the company’s goal of achieving Net Zero for its operations (Scope 1 and 2 emissions) by 2040.

Baron Group generated sales of approximately SEK 1,000 M in 2023. The company has its head office and two manufacturing facilities in Australia, as well as two additional facilities in China. The business primarily focuses on medical technology solutions and will become part of the Trelleborg Medical Solutions business area