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Kuraray America, Inc. (KAI) announced that its EVAL Business Unit received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS designation. This widely recognized sustainability certification system ensures transparency, traceability, and sustainable practices across complex supply chains.

rkema announce that it has maintained its “A” rating in the CDP Climate Change category, allowing the Group to remain on the prestigious A List in this category, thus ranking among the top 4% of companies assessed by CDP.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it is supplying its ADVAN V61 tires as original equipment (OE) to Toyota Motor Corporation for use on the automaker’s new hybrid SUV, the RAV4, sales of which was launched worldwide in December 2025. The tire sizes are 235/65R17 104H and 235/60R18 103H.

Yokohama Tire announced it has joined the newly formed American Off-Road Racing Championship (AORC) as a supporting sponsor. AORC unites two prominent desert racing sanctioning bodies – Unlimited Off-Road Racing (UNLTD) and Best in the Desert (BITD) – into a single five-race points championship.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Withhold Release Order preventing certain automobile tires manufactured by Linglong International Europe D.O.O. Zrenjanin from entering the United States. The order took effect on December 18, 2025, and applies at all U.S. ports of entry.

Two of Mechanical Rubber’s open cell neoprene sponge materials have recently passed Aerospace Material Standards (AMS) testing. Compound MR35-141A-BK-06 meets the requirements for AMS3197, soft density with a Compression Deflection range of 1-4 PSI, tested at 25% compression, and MR35-142-BK-05 meets the requirements for AMS3198, medium density with a Compression Deflection range of 6-13 PSI tested at 25% compression.

PPG announced that its Architectural Coatings manufacturing sites in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Søborg, Denmark have received REDCert certification, which verifies the use of sustainable raw materials through a certified chain of custody.

REDCert uses the mass balance approach, a recognized method for attributing the sustainability value of certified inputs. This ensures that PPG’s products reflect responsible sourcing throughout the manufacturing process and reinforces the company’s commitment to delivering high-performing, sustainably advantaged solutions to customers across Europe.

Pirelli Cyber™ Tyre has received three additional prestigious international accolades. The first in France, in the “Safety” category at the eighth edition of the Automobile Awards. The second from Autobest, an independent automotive jury representing 32 European countries. The third from U.S.-based market analysis firm Frost & Sullivan, which named Pirelli “Company of the Year” for the groundbreaking innovation of the Cyber™ Tyre—a technology that, as stated in the recognition, “demonstrates how digital systems can redefine even traditional automotive components.”

MAPAG Maschinen AG and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will be exhibiting together at the Swiss Plastics Expo – in Hall 1 / B 1031. The partners will demonstrate a highly precise medical application on a fully electric IntElect S. The production cell impressively showcases how energy efficiency, reproducibility and digital quality prediction shape today’s injection molding processes.