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The Rubber Division, ACS is asking for your help to extend their outreach to Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Engineering students who have expressed an interest in the polymer industry; however, don’t have polymer focused programming at their college/university. This is a new audience ther are working to reach – undergraduate students who do not attend schools where the division has student chapters. We need to make all aspects of our industry known to these students and there is no better way to achieve that than to bring several of them to our International Elastomer Conference. This is a great opportunity for these students to gain more knowledge specific to our industry, make connections, and show them how amazing our industry is and why they should be a part of it! The Division is seeking support to assist with covering several student’s hotel, meal and transportation costs, so they can make this possible. The number of students then can bring depends on the support received.

The combined company will operate under the EverZinc name, and will beheadquartered in Houston, Texas. The company will support high value markets, such as personal care,alkaline, storage and rechargeable batteries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, textiles, agriculture, feed,paints and coatings, and rubber and serve its customers from 14 facilities located throughout NorthAmerica, Europe and Asia.U.S. Zinc is a United States leader in zinc oxide, fine zinc powder and zinc metal. The business isdifferentiated through over 70 years of innovation, strong material science know-how and quality in themarketplace. U.S. Zinc services the domestic market with an expansive capacity and manufacturingfootprint throughout its four facilities in Texas and Tennessee.

Milliken & Company (“Milliken”) is making a significant investment in the coating additives laboratory it acquired in 2020 as part of its purchase of Borchers Americas, Inc., in Westlake, Ohio.

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced it has introduced new functionality to enable direct referrals from its consumer websites to over 900 TireConnect affiliated dealers across the U.S. and Canada. This new feature now provides customers the option to quote, request an appointment or purchase online from any TireConnect-enabled dealer directly from the Bridgestone and Firestone websites. This lead-transfer capability will provide a meaningful boost in tire leads and sales to independent dealers who can now benefit from the millions of customers visiting Bridgestone’s corporate websites, just like national retailers.

Goodyear is recalling more than 170,000 tires that were produced between 1996 and 2003 and sold for use on trucks and recreational vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that these tires experienced a high rate of failure on RVs when compared to similar tires. Tire failure at highway speeds can lead to serious injury or death.

The International Elastomer Conference is the one place, one time a year, where you find the best of our industry all under one roof. It is an event where connections are made, knowledge is shared, new products, new technology and new ideas are introduced, business is conducted, developed and gained, fun is had, encouragement and empowerment happen, and the future is embraced.

– Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. (Toyo Tires®) is inviting automotive photographers to submit their best “black and white” shot for the sixth annual Toyo Tires Shutter Space Automotive Photo Contest. This contest is a celebration in automotive photography that invites photographers of all skill levels with both amateur and professional participating to showcase their work. The event will be returning to Ancillary Studios in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, August 27, 2022.
The Grand Prize package includes a $3,000 gift card at the Adorama online store, an Adorama Flashpoint XPLOR 600 Lighting Kit, Pelican 1535 Air Carry-On Case with Trekpak Dividers, and an exclusive Toyo Tires branded camera strap. The winning entry will be featured at the Shutter Space Collaborative Car Meet & Automotive Photo Gallery and have their photography shared on Toyo Tires social channels.

ord Motor Company announced plans to add more than 6,200 new U.S. manufacturing jobs in the Midwest, convert nearly 3,000 temporary UAW-Ford workers to permanent full-time status and provide all hourly employees healthcare benefits on the first day of employment

Rubber Division, ACS announced that they are once again making Cleveland, Ohio their anchor host city for the International Elastomer Conference on the odd number years. Exhibitors and attendees truly enjoy Cleveland as an IEC host city, and it has always proven to be a very successful IEC host. That, in combination with a proven history of strong participation from both attendees and exhibitors when in Cleveland, led to the decision. Exhibit space sales for IEC 2023 and 2024 will open soon.

Continental is extending its long-standing trusting partnership and sponsorship activities until 2027. As one of the five main partners, the tire manufacturer, together with the tour organization A.S.O. (Amaury Sport Organisation), will continue to actively shape the largest and most important cycling race in the world in the coming years and make its contribution to a safe and sustainable future for the Tour. In addition, the new ContiRe.Tex recycling technology will be used in tire production this year.