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General Motors celebrated its top global suppliers during its annual Supplier of the Year event held in San Antonio, Texas. In total, 121 suppliers were recognized at the event, with 105 suppliers receiving a Supplier of the Year award, 14 suppliers receiving an Overdrive award and two suppliers receiving both Supplier of the Year and Overdrive awards. Collectively, the awarded suppliers represented 17 countries.  

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced that, on March 24, the European Commission granted unconditional antitrust clearance of the planned acquisition of all outstanding shares of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Holding AB (hereinafter, TWS), a Swedish company engaged in the manufacture and sale of off-highway tires for agricultural and industrial machinery, which was originally announced on March 25, 2022.

A major milestone occurred at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia (YTMV) on March 23: the 100 millionth Yokohama tire rolled off the line at the Salem, Virginia plant. The 100th millionth tire was a GEOLANDAR® A/T G015.

This year’s Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence were announced on March 21, 2023 during an evening drinks reception at Hannover’s Deutsche Messe, which is hosting Tire Technology Expo 2023. The awards featured an expanded array of categories to recognize the scope of innovation and achievement that has been showcased over the last 12 months

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a motion for preliminary injunction under the Clean Air Act (CAA) requesting that the court order Denka Performance Elastomer LLC (Denka) to require significant pollution controls to reduce chloroprene emissions, a pollutant that EPA has determined to be a likely carcinogen. The request for immediate relief by EPA and the Justice Department follows the United States’ complaint filed on Feb. 28, alleging an imminent and substantial endangerment to the communities surrounding the facility as a result of Denka’s manufacturing operations.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it has begun production and sales of HLC (high load capacity) tires to meet the needs of heavy duty passenger cars such as EVs and hybrid cars with high capacity batteries, as well as large SUVs. Having been developed as the original equipment (OE) on new cars and for their repairs, Yokohama Rubber will also develop products for the replacement market in line with market needs.

The world’s largest rooftop solar panel installation on a single facility and measuring 100,000 square meters, the size of over 18 football pitches, is under construction for Falken at parent company, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) factory in Thailand.

The Rubber Division, ACS is offering these upcoming training opportunities.
April 13 – Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties
April 24 – Fast Track Your Communications: Focus and Empower Your Soon to be Magical Skills
April 25 – Hazardous Communication

Gummiwerk KRAIBURG, a leading producer of rubber and silicone compounds and Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a leading distributer for plastics and chemicals, have entered a strategic sales partnership effective from March 15th, 2023. The partnership is exclusive for the KRAIBON® product family and extends to all of Europe with the exception of Italy and Great Britain, where long-standing independent representatives will continue to serve the market.