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BKT will continue to be the Title Sponsor of the upcoming three world championships to be held in Canada, starting with the 2024 BKT World Women’s Curling Championship, scheduled for March 16-24 at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. A vital start, as curling is the most broadcast women’s sport in Canada.

Henkel announced its membership with MedTech Europe, the industry association representing the medical technology sector in Europe. This collaboration aims to foster innovation and promote sustainable development in the value chains supporting the medical technology industry.

Cabot Corporation announced it has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at six of its facilities. Cabot currently has more ISCC PLUS certified sites than any carbon black manufacturer and has ambitions to expand certification throughout its global network. Sites currently certified include three reinforcing carbon facilities in Europe and the Americas as well as two masterbatch and compounding facilities* in Europe and the Company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa regional headquarters. Achieving ISCC PLUS certification furthers Cabot’s commitment to advancing circularity and traceability, helping its customers achieve their sustainability goals by delivering sustainable solutions at a global scale.

TechnoBiz & Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand are jointly organizing “Latex Conference 2024” during 30-31 January 2024 at PSU Pattani Campus. This international conference addresses both technical and business needs of latex industry (both upstream and downstream).

Edwin Goudswaard took charge of Continental Tires’ research and development activities on September 1, 2023. He succeeds Dr. Boris Mergell who took over as head of the User Experience business area at Continental Automotive, also on September 1, 2023.

Lubrizol Engineered Polymers announces that Bjorn Thorsen, its distributor in the United Kingdom and Nordic countries, will be showcasing ESTANE® EV thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and sustainable polymer solutions at their booth at Interplas UK, September 26-28, 2023, in Birmingham.

In celebration of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week and the 40th year of the Goodyear Highway Hero Award, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced the call for entries for the 2023 Highway Hero Award. Since 1983 Goodyear has been recognizing commercial truck drivers who go above and beyond their regular duties to keep our highways safe.

Teknor Apex is committed to building on its legacy of many decades of compounding expertise and environmental awareness, by establishing itself as a market leader in scalable and sustainable materials solutions. Responding to market demands for sustainable compounds, the company is relaunching its Terraloy® brand in a dedicated effort to build up a portfolio of products that will meet the challenges of today’s rapidly changing industry. The portfolio will include polymers, additives and fillers covering a broad range of sustainable attributes such as recycled, bioderived, and biodegradable content. As the portfolio evolves, it will include credible products with verifiable carbon footprint and LCA data.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that its Shinshiro-Minami Plant (in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture) has begun production of its ADVAN Sport EV ultra-high-performance summer tire for premium electric vehicles (EVs) and other high-performance tires with electric power from a new proprietary solar panel power generation system put into official operation this August and renewable energy-generated electricity (hereafter, renewable-energy electricity) that the plant has been procuring since April.