The company reported 2025 sales of €5.49 billion, down 4.1% from €5.72 billion in 2024 as weak demand and challenging market conditions weighed on several business segments. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell 43% to €426.7 million, while the company recorded a net loss of €804.9 million for the year.
Read MoreTwenty students at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) participated in the ninth annual Rethink the Rink Make-a-thon, an intense one-week program aimed at increasing safety in hockey using advanced materials from Covestro. With guidance from experts at Covestro, a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, the Pittsburgh Penguins professional hockey team, and Bauer Hockey, the world’s leading hockey equipment manufacturer, four teams of students competed, each designing a groundbreaking hockey goalie chest protector prototype.
The green team’s winning prototype incorporated hexagonal impact plates and a unique cooling system.
See a video recap of Rethink the Rink Make-a-thon 2026.
Wacker Chemie AG introduced new silicone-based additives and materials for composite applications at the JEC World 2026 trade show in Paris.
The company said the new products include two impact modifiers, GENIOPERL W37 and GENIOPERL W38, designed to improve the durability and mechanical performance of thermosetting resins used in composites.
Read MoreBASF’s Intermediates division has introduced new product variants with a reduced product carbon footprint (rPCF) for butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF®), and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) produced at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. From this site, the products can be supplied to customers worldwide and help expand the division’s new rPCF product category, which is currently under development.
Read MoreKuraray America, Inc. (KAI) has received official APR Design® Recognition from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR) for its EVAL™ ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) high-barrier resin. The recognition confirms that EVAL™ resin meets APR’s criteria for compatibility within polyethylene (PE) film recycling streams, marking a significant step toward more circular flexible packaging solutions. The APR recognizes that EVAL™ resin satisfies the criteria set forth by the FPE-CG-011 protocol when used in unprinted, unlaminated films up to 15 wt% EVOH (≥27 mol% ethylene content EVOH) with a 1:1 ratio of MAH-g-PE2 tie.
Read MoreThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that it has begun supplying its BluEarth-XT AE61 tires as original equipment (OE) for GAC Trumpchi’s new M8 plug-in hybrid minivan model that was launched in China in November 2025. The tire size is 225/60R18 104V.
Read MoreBrenntag announced a new distribution agreement with Nanum, a company specializing in the industrial-scale production of nanomaterials, to offer nanotechnology-based solutions in the market. This partnership complements Brenntag’s portfolio of specialty products and reinforces its commitment to bringing innovation and new technologies to various sectors.
Read MoreLubrizol has announced that Bjørn Thorsen A/S has expanded its distributorship for Lubrizol’s industrial thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) resins in Germany and Hungary. Bjørn Thorsen, a well-established distributor of Lubrizol TPU in Nordics, Baltics, UK and Ireland, is now strengthening its distribution portfolio and local presence in key Central European markets.
Read MoreAkron, OH – Goodyear has introduced an entirely new way for consumers to experience the company, its brands and its
Read MoreSmithers announces that Henry He, General Manager of the Smithers Testing Laboratory in Suzhou, China, will be speaking at the 2026 Tire Technology Expo in Hannover, Germany, from March 3 to 5. He’s presentation, titled “The Effects of Temperature on Tire Rolling Resistance and Relation to EV Development,” is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. CET on Wednesday, March 4.
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