The 2022 International Elastomer Conference kicks off today with opening ceremonies at 9 AM and keynote speaker Judit E. Puskas from The Ohio State University addressing the conference in Ballroom B,C on the third floor of the Knoxville Convention Center.
Read MoreMichelin unveils the world’s first two tires approved for road use containing 45% and 58% of sustainable materials, respectively
Michelin, the principal owner of Scandinavian Enviro System is the first tire manufacturer in the world to unveil tires with a high proportion of environmentally sustainable materials that have been approved for use on ordinary road vehicles. These include a tire for buses and a tire for cars, where the car tire contains recovered carbon black from Enviro, among other materials.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced Carbon’s EPU 44 has won the 2022 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The Innovation Award is renowned throughout the polyurethane industry and recognizes companies and individuals whose visions and perseverance bring new innovative, life-enhancing products, technologies, and initiatives to the marketplace.
Read MoreYokohama Tire Corporation announced it will implement a price increase on its commercial truck tires sold in the U.S., effective November 1. The increase is due to continued rise in costs associated with operations.
Read More Elkem Silicones celebrated the grand opening of its new specialized facility for producing high purity medical silicones on Wednesday, September 28, in York, S.C. Customers and local, state, and federal officials, attended the event which included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, facility tours and a reception.
Designed to produce high purity silicone materials that meet the MedTech and Pharma market requirements, this new 18,000 sq.ft. site features state-of-the-art ISO-certified Class 7 and Class 8 clean rooms
Molecular Rebar Design, LLC (MRD) has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the U.S. Department of Energy-Office of Science to develop, build, and test prototype tires for electric vehicles (EVs) using organosilane functionalized carbon nanotubes. The tires will be built and tested by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
Read MoreJim Finn, currently president of Akron Dispersions, will assume his new role as President Emeritus on December 15th, 2022. Finn joined Akron Dispersions in 1993 and has been president since 2004. Finn’s role will be one of consultation and advisement drawing on his 54 years in the latex industry.
Kayley Fishel-Hayat, PhD, has assumed the role of Vice President of Business Development and Technology with Jack Murphy as Global Account Manager
This college football season, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is celebrating the fans and players that venture from their home stadiums to take on the challenges of road games each week. To gain an inside look at the drive it takes to win on the road, Goodyear and The Player’s Tribune surveyed 68 former Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players to uncover college football’s toughest road environments and fan traditions.
Read MoreContinental pursues a holistic approach to make the complex and fragmented supply chains for natural rubber more sustainable: The latest digital technologies, local involvement in the cultivation of rubber, and close cooperation with strong partners are aimed at creating more transparency along the entire value chain. “We actively take responsibility in our supply chains. Only when natural rubber is responsibly sourced, we consider it a sustainable material,” says Claus Petschick, Head of Sustainability at Continental Tires. As of today, completely seamless traceability of natural rubber is technically impossible due to the high complexity of the supply chain. With its commitment, Continental is working at full speed on a blueprint for the sustainable and responsible structuring of supply chains.
Read MoreBridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced its Aiken County Passenger/Light Truck Radial tire plant is the first tire manufacturing facility in America to earn the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition for its transparency and traceability of sustainable raw materials including bio, bio-circular and circular-based material to replace synthetic rubber*, as the company’s continues its drive toward tires made from 100-percent sustainable materials by 2050
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