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Bridgestone Corporation has been named by the FIA at the World Motor Sport Council in Baku as sole future tire supplier for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship starting in the 2026-2027 season. Bridgestone’s selection by the FIA as the sole tire supplier for Formula E, covering seasons 2026-2027 through 2029-2030, will be a cornerstone of the company’s sustainable global motorsports strategy.

BMW trusts in Continental’s original equipment expertise and is equipping its new BMW 5 Series from the factory with Continental tires. The SportContact 7 for sporty driving, the energy-efficient EcoContact 6 Q summer tire and the WinterContact TS 860 S as the winter tire for the cold months have been approved for the entire series – both for combustion vehicles and for the all-electric i5 version.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it is supplying its ADVAN dB V551 and ASPEC A349 tires as original equipment (OE) to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for use on the automaker’s new minivan, Odyssey, which will be launched in Japan in December 2023. The Odyssey is being equipped with the ADVAN dB V551 in the 225/50R18 95V size, and the ASPEC A349 in the 215/60R17 96H size.

The award, presented by NASCAR chairman Jim France, recognizes Kramer’s leadership and contributions to the sport as CEO of Goodyear.
Most recently, Goodyear developed the 18-inch Goodyear Racing Eagle tire used on NASCAR’s Next Gen stock car. Additionally, in June, Goodyear equipped its tires with real-time tire intelligence capability for the NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Garage 56 entry at the24 Hours of Le Mans.
Particularly meaningful to Kramer, Goodyear has a nearly 70-year relationship with NASCAR built on shared values of competition and innovation. This relationship allowed Goodyear to support NASCAR for the return to competition during COVID-19.

anyseals Inc. has appointed Dawn Campbell and Chris Wheatley to the company’s rapidly expanding sales team as regional sales managers. The addition of Dawn and Chris rounds out a regional sales structure the company has put into place to better serve clients across the U.S.

Tuttlingen, Germany – The production of extruded products involves many challenges. Key issues include the right selection and preparation of

The $6.5 billion project, excluding governmental incentives and subsidies, includes building a new ethylene cracker and increasing polyethylene capacity by 2 million MTA as well as retrofitting the site’s existing cracker to net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions. The investment is expected to deliver $1 billion of EBITDA growth per year at full run rates over the economic cycle while decarbonizing 20% of Dow’s global ethylene capacity.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that Joe Burke has been named vice president of its North America Commercial business. He reports to Steve McClellan, president, Goodyear Americas.

Specim, Spectral Imaging Ltd. announces the upgraded Specim FX50 middle-wave infrared (MWIR) hyperspectral camera. The Specim FX50 is the first and only push-broom hyperspectral camera on the market that covers the full MWIR spectral range of 2.7 – 5.3 μm.
This breakthrough product with enhanced features and capabilities expands the possibilities in industrial sorting, quality control, process optimization, and research by detecting materials that are not detectable with any other wavelength or imaging method, such as hydrocarbons, minerals, oil, and contamination on metal surfaces.

Smart Vision Lights (SVL) launches the JWL225-DO Lightgistics series light, which combines a linear light footprint with ring light functionality to deliver brighter, fast lighting at working distances of up to 2,000 mm. The light features Hidden Strobe technology, which enables the use of powerful LED strobing without annoying and potentially hazardous flashes.