The Rubber Division, ACS would like to remind you that IEC 2024 Technical Meeting, Expo and Educational Symposium course prices increase August 1st and housing closes August 15. Register and book your hotel in the Division’s discounted room block now before it’s too late.
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The Rubber Division, ACS announces a Call for Abstracts for the Spring Technical Meeting being held on March 4-6, 2025 in Lake Buena Vista, FL (Orlando Area). Join the leading researchers and innovators in the rubber/elastomer industry and share your expertise with our Spring Technical Meeting attendees.
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Semperit has completed the sale of the medical business and transferred the remaining production and packaging of surgical gloves to the buyer of the entire medical business, the Southeast Asian Harps Global, as agreed. Combined under the discontinued operations “Surgical Operations”, these activities were most recently carried out as contract manufacturing for Harps Global.
Read MoreAn inspection of Ecore International Inc’s Mexia plant by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in January 2024 found more than a dozen safety and health violations. Investigators discovered the company made employees stand on a forklift’s elevated tines to reach work areas; failed to prevent small fires fueled by improper buildup of combustible dust and permitted potentially explosive atmospheres to exist; lacked safe areas for welding; exposed employees to slip, trip and fall hazards; allowed untrained workers to operate forklifts; and failed to ensure machines had required safety guards.
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The president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), Dr. Winston “Wole” Soboyejo, and postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Tabiri Kwayie Asumadu, have published a revolutionary new paper titled, “Robust Macroscale Superlubricity on Carbon-Coated Metallic Surfaces.” This paper explores an innovative approach to reducing friction on metallic surfaces – a significant advancement that could have major real-world impacts.
These findings are significant for a number of practical reasons. In the automotive industry, more than 30 percent of fuel in passenger vehicles is used to overcome friction, so these novel coatings can help to drastically improve fuel efficiency. In manufacturing and industrial machinery, they could help to reduce wear and tear, leading to massive cost savings and decreasing the 1-4% of countries’ GDP that is spent on friction-related equipment issues. In electronic devices, friction at a minute scale can present large-scale challenges that coatings could help to alleviate.
Akron, OH – The Rubber Division, ACS, announces the following learning opportunities available for Members and Non-members alike. Visit www.rubber.org
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Jaguar Land Rover has joined forces with global tire manufacturer Pirelli in a global automotive industry‑first commitment to use FSC‑certified natural rubber tires across its range of modern luxury vehicles.
The luxury car manufacturer will be the first to adopt FSC‑certified tires at scale, transitioning all tires from Pirelli across its entire portfolio, debuting on the new Range Rover Electric. The commitment will amount to over 250,000 FSC‑certified tires per year.
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Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas, announced a donation of $55,000 to Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), concluding a month-long nationwide campaign at the company’s 2,200 stores where BSRO made a financial gift for every set of Firestone tires sold.
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BASF uses certified biomethane at its Ludwigshafen/Germany and Antwerp/Belgium sites as a sustainable alternative to fossil raw materials in its manufacturing process. The approach supports the company’s sustainable transformation by reducing its carbon footprint. The biomethane amount is allocated to the end product using a third-party, globally recognized certification scheme, known as the Biomass Balance approach.
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Paul Hodges, a global expert on the chemicals industry with the World Economic Forum, will focus on two key challenges facing the chemical industry. Geopolitical issues are rising up the agenda and replacing economics as a key driver for decisions and companies are having to adjust to the end of the two key “dividends” – the “peace dividend” and the “demographic dividend” – that have underpinned global growth for the past 30 years. This presentation will be followed by a Rubber Division, ACS update including an introduction to our 2025 Secretary candidate
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