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ChemSpec Canada, Inc. announced the hire of Bassem Soss Khalifa as Regional Account Manager with responsibility for the company’s Eastern Canada territory.

Bassem brings more than 14 years of progressive chemical industry sales experience to the newly created role. His wealth of skills in the coatings, plastics, consumer and personal care segments will assist the company in achieving goals that align with the broader mission and priorities of parent company, Safic-Alcan, and affiliate, ChemSpec, Ltd (USA).

Goodyear’s fourth quarter 2021 sales were $5.1 billion, up 38% from a year ago. The increase was driven by the Cooper Tire merger, improvements in price/mix, increased sales from other tire-related businesses and higher volume.

Registration & housing is open for the Rubber Division, ACS Spring Technical Meeting being held April 26-28, 2022 in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

Bellofram Silicones, a leading manufacturer of sponge and solid rubber, has made a capital investment in a new Fecken-Kirfel skiver, an acquisition that immediately slashes lead times for key products to converters to one week or less.

Global supply chain issues have dominated the news in the era of COVID-19, along with resulting delays in delivery of product, but Bellofram Silicones, a member of Marsh Bellofram’s Elastomers Division, had kept lead times to an already manageable five to six weeks. The acquisition of the skiver further changes the game.

Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Americas has named Ebonee Davis Ifeobu as vice president of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I). Davis Ifeobu will lead Bridgestone’s newly formed DE&I Center of Excellence (COE), an elevated and expanded DE&I office that will cultivate an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality and helps its increasingly diverse teammates, customers and communities thrive.

BRM’s specialty fabrics, available in a wide variety of fiber combinations and weave structures, are used in the engineered rubber industry for the manufacture of rubber belting, rubber hoses, and other specialty rubber applications. Proprietary BRM fabrics are available for cure wrap for hoses to hold the rubber in place during the curing process, internal reinforcements to improve tensile resistance, and belting, in which layers of rubber sheet and fabric are combined to increase strength and elongation resistance.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will report fourth quarter and full-year 2021 financial results on Friday, Feb. 11, to be followed by an investor conference call at 9 a.m. EST.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2021 Apollo Tyres Ltd, on a consolidated level, registered a revenue of Rs 5707 crores, an increase of 10% over the same period last fiscal. For the nine months of the fiscal (April – December), the company’s revenue closed at Rs 15,369 crores, an increase of 24% over the same period last fiscal. Both Indian and European Operations witnessed a growth of 11% each, in revenue, in the 3rd quarter, and much healthier revenue growth in the nine months of this fiscal.

As part of its efforts to highlight the importance of sustainability, Giti Tire has introduced a new ‘Drive Your Creativity’ campaign. Through this spring, Giti will be focusing on communications that highlight the importance of sustainable thinking when it comes to tires, as well as some of Giti’s actions and how everyone can be involved in supporting smart tire use in a responsible way.