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Michelin has crossed a new barrier, by being the first to design a tire integrating up to 58% sustainable materials and approved for road use. A further demonstration of its technological leadership in the materials field.

HF MIXING GROUP held a ribbon cutting and inauguration of their new administration building. The modern administration building has been planned and built in Freudenberg, Germany, and is a huge milestone in terms of comfort and architecture. The elegant black building with its high proportion of glass shows the intention to offer employees and applicants an environment of „new work”. The new environment supports not only internal, but also external cooperation and new ways of communication with customers, suppliers and partners.

Celanese Corporation announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with the polymer distributor, Ravago. Effective on January 1, 2023, Ravago is appointed as Celanese’s exclusive distributor for its Santoprene® and Geolast® TPV portfolio in North American countries including the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

The Rubber Division, ACS announces a new Polymer Fridays webinar series, in which you will hear from eight different industry experts who will provide a two-hour dive into eight different polymers: Nitrile, Chloroprene, Silicone, Butyl, VAMAC, FKM, SBR and Natural Rubber. Each webinar will cover:
The history (when, how, who, why); Chemistry breakdown (how it works, functionality, grade options); Key applications (where & why it is best used, performance advantages); Future of the polymer (new material development, enhancements in application, growth or demise).

Elkem Silicones showcased its latest product innovation, enlarging its portfolio of silicone solutions of the AMSil™ and AMSil™ Silbione™ ranges for Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, at the upcoming Formnext show in Frankfurt Germany from November 15th to 18th 2022.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has developed the industry’s first silicone film-forming emulsion for fiber-treatment applications. Such a product has not existed up until now, and it was developed in response to customers’ requests.

Produced with renewable feedstock, Nynas’ biobased tire oil NYTEX® BIO 6200 has been ranked as one of the most important sustainability projects by the European Rubber Journal (ERJ). Extensive studies at Nynas’ Rubber Compounding Lab have provided promising results for the performance of key properties, confirming that the biobased oil will perform at least as well as conventional mineral tire oils, while adding significant value with regard to raw material sustainability.

ASF, Mercedes-Benz, Pyrum Innovations AG and WITTE Automotive successfully closed a material cycle to produce automotive components from mass-balanced plastics. Pyrolysis oil from scrap tires and biomethane from organic waste can replace fossil raw materials in manufacturing plastics with virgin material properties

Today’s issue of the IEC Daily News discusses the conclusion of the expo, technical meeting and all the valuable components of IEC. Announced in this issue were the Rubber Division, ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Winners: Emmy Zeneli, Oakland University and Justin Ebert and The University of Akron Russ Mazzeo Undergraduate Scholarship Winner Haley Dobbyn, Ferris State University.

Dr. Thomas G. Ebbott will join Endurica LLC in the role of Vice President on December 1, 2022. Dr. Ebbott will be responsible for go-to-market and growth strategy for the automotive business segment, with special focus on automotive OEMs. He brings 35 years of leadership and technical experience from his career in the tire industry.