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Every year, VMI takes on a sportive challenge to raise money for charity. This year, VMI participated in Ventoux3, the fundraising event in support of the Erasmus MC Foundation. The amount of €125,145 marks the highest total ever raised by VMI for a charity event.

For the first time, WACKER will be presenting an oil-exuding liquid silicone rubber with coolant resistant properties at FAKUMA, the 30th international trade show for plastics processing, starting October 12 through 16. ELASTOSIL® LR 3822 was specifically designed for applications in the field of e-mobility with a focus on connector seals and sealing elements in the cooling circuit of EV traction batteries. Molded parts made of the new liquid silicone rubber show a low compression set and high resilience. This makes it possible to manufacture sealing elements with high sealing performance.

H.B. Fuller Company announced plans to report its financial results for the three-month fiscal period ended August 29, 2026, in a press release issued after the market close on September 23, 2026. The Company will hold an investor conference call on September 24, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. CT (10:30 a.m. ET) to discuss its financial results.

Elementis will showcase advanced rheology technologies at the World Adhesive & Sealant Conference & Expo (WAC 2026), Sept. 16-18 in London.

WAC 2026 brings together manufacturers, formulators, researchers and industry experts to exchange knowledge, examine emerging trends and explore technologies shaping the future of adhesives and sealants.

Tiremaker partners with the nonprofit to advance adaptive motorsports programs like Return to Dirt, helping disabled off-roaders get back behind the wheel.

Zeon Corp. has established Zeon Chemicals Kurashiki Co., Ltd. to take over the acrylic rubber business of its group company, Tohpe Corp.

Zeon established the new company on July 23, 2026. On Aug. 21, Tohpe and Zeon Chemicals Kurashiki signed an absorption-type company split agreement to transfer the acrylic rubber business. Zeon began the required procedures under Japan’s Companies Act on Sept. 3.

A new €7.5 million innovation lab has been inaugurated by AkzoNobel at its Sassenheim site in the Netherlands, strengthening the company’s largest global R&D center. 

Rotterdam, the Netherlands – TANIQ, the Dutch engineering company that pioneered robotic automation for reinforced rubber and composite manufacturing, is