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Harwick Standard Distribution Corporation, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, announced their appointment as the distributor for USA and Canada for Neville Chemical, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, effective October 1, 2024. This relationship will enable Harwick to market products further into the rubber, plastics and other polymer related market segments.

Washington, DC – The 2024 Polyurethanes Technical Conference’s Early Bird Registration is ending Sept. 6 – sign up before then

Yokohama Tire returns as the Official Tire Supplier of Nitrocross. Yokohama will be the exclusive spec tire for all classes competing in the series, including the premier Group E class where new, purpose-built ADVAN A054® race tires will debut on the FC1-X, the world’s fastest electric race car.

Nitrocross features notoriously mammoth jumps with vast, banked turns on a variety of track surfaces all in a single lap. World-class drivers such as Team Yokohama members Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust and the Isenhouer Brothers will test their skills during the five-city, 10-round, action-packed series, which begins September 7-8 in Richmond, Virginia.

Team Yokohama Nitrocross highlights include:

— Group E: Tanner Foust, the first American to win a round of the European Rallycross Championship, is returning to full-time competition after a successful cameo in the class at Utah Motorsports Campus last season. He’ll be driving the Optima Battery/Yokohama-backed FC1-X with team OMSE on the newly developed ADVAN A054 tire.

— SxS: Action sports superstar and Nitrocross founder Travis Pastrana headlines this star-studded field of Can-Am Maverick R drivers competing on GEOLANDAR® H/T G056 tires.

— Baja Bug: Brothers Nick and Chris Isenhouer step out of their 6100 desert racing truck and into a race-modified 1960s-era VW Beetle to compete on Yokohama’s new GEOLANDAR A/T4™ tires and sporting A/T4 livery.

“We’re excited to return as the Official Tire of Nitrocross,” said Patricia Wall, Yokohama’s motorsports senior manager. “We love seeing our brand perform on a wide variety of vehicles, especially in a punishing environment like Nitrocross. It really drives tire development forward across all our platforms from consumer products to motorsports.”

For example, Wall said the new ADVAN A054® was designed to handle the huge amount of torque generated by the FC1-X. “When the FC1-X was introduced its acceleration was impressive, to say the least. But just like an electric car you see on the streets, the FC1-X is heavy and is a little more challenging on a tire than a lighter weight internal combustion race car.”

Wall explained that Yokohama engineers developed this A054 tire around a beadlock wheel for the FC1-X and Group E class. “The new wheel and tire combination will improve the racing significantly. The A054 tread is the right pattern for grip on dirt and tarmac; the construction has been improved so there will still be great tire performance at the end of races. The introduction of the beadlock wheel will allow drivers to push the limits even more which is going to make for some great racing.”

Complete 2024/25 Nitrocross Series schedule:
September 7-8, Richmond, VA
October 5-6, Salt Lake City, UT
November 15-16, Phoenix, AZ
January 11-12, 2025 Miami, FL
March 1-2, 2025 Las Vegas, NV

Along with Nitrocross, Yokohama’s extensive list of 2024 North American-based motorsports activities – both on- and off-road – includes Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama, Porsche Sprint Challenge USA West by Yokohama, Porsche Carrera Cup North America, Porsche Endurance Challenge, Pikes Peak GT4 Trophy by Yokohama, King of the Hammers, Championship Off-Road Series, Ultra4 USA and the TrophyLite Series.

Apollo Tyres Ltd has successfully completed a best practice 5-star occupational health and safety audit conducted by British Safety Council, demonstrating its commitment towards the continual improvement of health and safety management systems and associated arrangements.

The board of directors of Elkem and Elkem Testvirksomhet AS have approved the merger. The decision to approve the merger will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and is scheduled to take place by the end of 2024

ontinental offers automated tire tread depth measurements for the first time thanks to its new ContiConnect sensor generation. Fleet operators are now able to obtain precise and daily updated data on the rate of wear of their commercial vehicle tires. In conjunction with AI-based algorithms, upcoming tire services for individual commercial vehicles as well as entire fleets can be planned with precision. This increases the safety and efficiency of the fleet, saves costs and helps to reduce its CO2 emissions. The new tread depth measurement and the tire service planning complement Continental’s existing ContiConnect solution portfolio, which already includes data on tire pressure, temperature and mileage. Continental will present the new solutions to the public for the first time at the IAA Transportation 2024 in Hanover from September 17 to 22.

ARPM Celebrates Ten Companies Awarded with Prestigious Safety Award at the Annual Environmental, Health and Safety Summit

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that it is supplying its “ADVAN Sport V107” tires as original equipment (OE) tires for the BMW M2 high-performance compact sports car that was launched by the German automaker BMW M GmbH in April 2024. The sizes are 275/35ZR19 (100Y) for the front and 285/30ZR20 (99Y) for the rear.

The Rubber Division, ACS is holding its next WOMEN OF OUR INDUSTRY on October 2, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET. This WORD Conversation’s featured guest is Marjolein Groeneweg. This WORD Conversation begins with open networking for approximately 10 minutes followed by a conversation between our featured guest, Marjolein Groeneweg, Global Marketing Director, Synthetic Rubber at Synthos, and Gail Reader, Founder/Director at Rubber Heart.