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Momentive Performance Materials group (Momentive) announced that it has been fully acquired by KCC Corporation (KCC), resulting in the exit of minority shareholder SJL Partners, LLC. KCC, the company’s majority shareholder since 2020, announced the anticipated sale in March.

Digitalization has been an integral part of the ENGEL portfolio strategy for many years. A wide selection of digital products inside the machine and on a flexible online production portal are already providing benefits to users in terms of costs, quality and energy consumption. Beyond optimizing production, digital solutions help ENGEL customers to compensate for the shortage of skilled staff. Customers can look forward to deep insights from 18 to 20 June in Schwertberg and St. Valentin during the ENGEL Digital Days.

DuPont announced a plan to separate into three distinct, publicly traded companies. Under the plan, DuPont would execute the proposed separations of its Electronics and Water businesses in a tax-free manner to its shareholders with New DuPont continuing as a premier diversified industrial company following completion of the separations. As independent entities, both Electronics and Water will benefit from increased focus and agility in their respective industries. At separation, each of the three companies will have strong balance sheets, attractive financial profiles and compelling growth opportunitie

The Student Outreach Initiative is a great opportunity for students to gain knowledge specific to our industry, make connections and show them how amazing our industry is and why they should be a part of it.

Sponsor Students – $750 per Student (no limit on number of students you can sponsor) The Division is seeking support to assist with covering several students’ hotel, meal and transportation costs. The number of students the Division can host depends on the amount of support received.

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) has been chosen by Maserati to develop bespoke 20’’ tires for its first all-electric SUV, the Maserati Grecale Folgore.

After recent collaborations including fitments for the Maserati MC20 supercar and the Maserati Grecale, Maserati looked to its long-term partner for a tire that could enhance the on-road capabilities of its first-ever all-electric SUV. Bridgestone responded with custom-developed Bridgestone Potenza Sport ENLITEN™ tires, its flagship ultra-high performance tire.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. announced plans to establish a new company, Shin-Etsu Silicone Co., Ltd., in Zhejiang Province, China, and construct a new silicone products plant to expand its silicone business.

“Can we make a rally-inspired version of the Mustang Mach-E?” – That’s the message that greeted Ford product planners Peter Schultz and Craig Migliori on an early morning in 2022. To answer that question, they took a hand-me-down Mach-E GT, added some wheels and off-road tires, and headed up to Ford’s Michigan Proving Grounds to see if it could handle some laps in the dirt. The team knew from the beginning that the Mach-E Rally not only needed an appearance worthy of the nameplate, but also needed some real rallycross-inspired capability.

Using the sustainably-sourced monomers in this year’s Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 race tires is the latest example of Bridgestone’s efforts to prove and accelerate the use of sustainable materials and technologies through motorsports and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
All Firestone Firehawk race tires for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES are manufactured at Bridgestone’s ISCC PLUS-certified Advanced Tire Production Center (ATPC) in Akron, Ohio. The facility was awarded the certification in 2022 for its transparency and traceability of sustainable raw materials including bio, bio-circular, and circular-based synthetic rubber.

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP) honored the late Daniel P. French, former Chairman and CEO of French Oil Mill Machinery Company, with the prestigious General Award at its 64th Annual General Meeting on May 7, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. This award recognized Mr. French’s significant contributions, over his more than five-decade tenure at French, a family-owned business founded by his grandfather over 120 years ago.