The Rubber Division ACS announces the following Learning Opportunities for May.
Register is now open for all upcoming trainings. Members receive $100 off of each course and free registration for all webinars.
Read MoreBridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) has announced the company is once again being selected to continue as a constituent of three globally recognized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) indexes: the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), the FTSE4Good Index Series, and the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes. Bridgestone has been included in the DJSI World for three consecutive years since 2022, in the FTSE4Good Index Series for seven consecutive years since 2018, and in the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes for two consecutive years since 2023.
Read MoreUnder a joint development agreement with the US-based startup company Transform Materials LLC, Denka Company Limited has been developing a technology to mass-produce low-carbon acetylene. This technology involves using microwave plasma to produce acetylene and hydrogen from methane, aiming to reduce carbon emissions during the production of acetylene, a raw material used in chloroprene rubber and acetylene black.
However, due to the dissolution of Transform Materials, Denka has decided to discontinue this development project. Despite this setback, Denka remains committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Reducing CO2 emissions in the acetylene chain is a crucial aspect of this goal, and Denka will continue to develop new technologies for the production of low-carbon acetylene and work towards reducing CO2 emissions in the future.
Read MoreCellasto® is investing roughly €60 million to establish a second plant in Shanghai, China. This production expansion aims to capitalize on China’s booming electric vehicle market. The new facility will feature advanced mold lines, resulting in a capacity increase of nearly 70%, with operations expected to start in 2027. A commencement ceremony was held on April 14th to celebrate this expansion.
Read MoreBirla Carbon has been honored as the Judges’ Choice Winner in the Environmental Impact Project category at the 2025 Environment+Energy Leader (E+E Leader) Awards. This recognition highlights the company’s innovative emission control project at its North Bend plant in Louisiana, USA, advancing sustainability in industrial manufacturing.
Read MoreWilmington, DE – DuPont announced the 50th anniversary of Kalrez® perfluoroelastomer parts. Since the launch of the iconic brand, Kalrez®
Read MoreAMAP invites you to submit an abstract for the 2025 AMAP Annual Conference & Workshop, to be held October 14-16, 2025, in Lexington, Kentucky. Submissions are due Wednesday, April 30.
This year’s theme is “Distilling Innovation: Refining the Future of Asphalt Modification”, which draws inspiration from the distillation process—transforming raw materials into their purest, most effective forms—and applies it to the evolution of asphalt modification technologies. Just as distillation extracts the essence of a substance, this conference will focus on refining cutting-edge ideas, techniques, and materials to enhance asphalt performance, sustainability, and durability. Through expert discussions, groundbreaking research, and industry collaboration, we will explore how innovation in asphalt modification continues to shape the future of a resilient infrastructure.
Read MoreToyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. (Toyo Tires®) announces a new multi-year agreement through 2027 with the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, one of five major tournaments on the Ladies Professional Golf Association of America (LPGA) Tour. As the official tire partner of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Toyo Tires will have prominent branding exposure throughout the venue, including television commercials aired during the four-day live broadcast on NBC and the Golf Channel. In addition, the Championship will also be broadcast in more than 170 other countries including the United Kingdom on Sky Sports and in Japan on WOWOW. Additional branding will include a billboard display and a highly visible Toyo Tires tee fence on the course.
Read Moreord Motor Company announced that Dianne Craig, president, Lincoln, has elected to retire at the end of April after an accomplished 38-year career with the company. Joaquin Nuno-Whelan will succeed Craig as president, Lincoln.
Craig has served as president of Lincoln since late 2022. During her tenure, Lincoln diversified its global product portfolio, launched the award-winning Nautilus, the all-new Lincoln Navigator and introduced Lincoln’s Digital Experience and Rejuvenate. Under her leadership, Lincoln achieved its best U.S. retail sales in 17 years, and in China, the brand continued to grow sales of the all-new Nautilus despite fierce competition.
Read MoreHankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) will supply its EV-exclusive all-season tire, the ‘iON evo AS SUV,’ as the original equipment tire (OET) for the premium EV brand Lucid Motors’ all-new electric SUV, the Lucid Gravity model designed for the North American Market.
Lucid Gravity, recently unveiled in the United States, is Lucid Motors’ second all-electric vehicle model and a full-size, three-row SUV. Designed to be both aerodynamically efficient and fun to drive, the Lucid Gravity features a sleek exterior and a sophisticated interior. Delivering up to 828 horsepower in Grand Touring trim, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.5 seconds and offers an impressive range of over 700 km on a single charge. Range and battery power vary with temperature, driving habits, charging and battery condition and actual results will vary.
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