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Kraton Corporation announces a significant investment in its Alpha Methyl Styrene (AMS) Resins facility in Niort, France. Kraton expects the investment will result in a 15% production increase at the Niort manufacturing facility by 2023. In addition to the capacity increase, Kraton anticipates the investment will lead to a 70% reduction in solvent consumption, creating a favorable impact on the product life cycle by the end of 2022.

Fueled by the company’s purpose “to responsibly solve for a better world” and deep commitment to social programs focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Ashland teamed up with the SM Sehgal Foundation in 2021 to think differently about its supplier relationships in India.

The collective goal was to increase the volume of guar harvested annually through educational programs and scientific solutions for sustainable farming, while respecting the sourcing relationships and local cultures of small village farmers in the Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan, India. The relationships are critical to the company which uses guar to formulate specialty ingredients for personal care, life sciences and coatings applications.

Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) announced that Ray Polentz has been promoted to senior director of supply chain and logistics. He will report to Yokohama President and CEO Jeff Barna

Martial LECAT and Philippe COMBETTE, who joined SAFIC-ALCAN in June and October 1988 respectively, will cease their functions within the SAFIC-ALCAN Executive Committee on April 1, 2022. At the same time, Philippe COMBETTE, current Chairman of SAFIC-ALCAN, will hand over the presidency of the group to Yann LISSILLOU

A novel approach to rubber recycling could see end-of-life tires repurposed into concrete for residential constructions as new research from the University of South Australia shows that it can provide an economically viable and sustainable alternative to conventional concrete.

RubberSource manufactures a full range of uncured and pre-cured rubber linings, Polyurea coatings, and repair products that protect metal and concrete from chemical and/or abrasion resistance. Their linings are used across various industries, including mining, aggregate, chemical storage, and transportation applications such as RailCar, ISO tanks, and over-the-road transportation of chemicals. Renowned for Permobond® (formerly Uniroyal Permobond®), RubberSource offers a suite of proven uncured rubber compounds for use in mining and oilsands applications around the world.

EcoVadis is an independent assessment organisation that evaluates companies’ sustainability performance. They rate performance by assessing a company’s policies, actions, and results, as well as inputs from third-party professionals and external stakeholders. Their methodology is based on international standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and ISO 26000.

West Chicago, IL— Titan International, Inc. and  CNH Industrial N.V. have entered into a three-year agreement to supply farm wheels and tires manufactured in Titan’s North America, South America and European plants to various CNH Industrial manufacturing locations.  The value of the contract considering today’s dollars and current raw material pricing levels, is expected to approximate $400 million.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation and JSR Corporation announce the successful conclusion of a field test in which AI was used to autonomously run a chemical plant for 35 days, a world first1. This test confirmed that reinforcement learning AI can be safely applied in an actual plant, and demonstrated that this technology can control operations that have been beyond the capabilities of existing control methods (PID control2/APC*3) and have up to now necessitated the manual operation of control valves based on the judgements of plant personnel. The initiative described here was selected for the 2020 Projects for the Promotion of Advanced Industrial Safety subsidy program of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.