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Goodyear Rubber Products, Inc., an industrial rubber products distributor headquartered in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida for 75 years, has announced they will open their new corporate headquarters on February 13th in Clearwater, Florida, approximately 10 miles north of their existing facilities. The new Corporate headquarters will be located at 11301 47th Street North, Clearwater Florida 33762.

Poland has proposed to the European Commission that the European Union’s tenth package of sanctions against Russia include an embargo on certain Russian products, including rubber

Greene Tweed announces the introduction of Chemraz® 541, a universal-purpose, high-strength black compound engineered for reliability in demanding environments and applications such as those found in the Chemical Processing and Oil & Gas industries.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2022 Apollo Tyres Ltd, on a consolidated level, registered a revenue of Rs 6423 crores, an increase of 13% over the same period last fiscal. For the nine months of the fiscal (April – December), the company’s revenue closed at Rs 18,321 crores, an increase of 19% over the same period last fiscal. While Indian Operations saw a 21% growth in revenue from operations in the 9 months of this fiscal, European Operations also grew in double digits in the first 9 months.

A newly approved standard from ASTM International’s recovered carbon black committee (D36) provides a test that will help to differentiate products and provide a quality control tool for producers and users. Recovered carbon black (rCB) is a recycled product made from end-of-life tires

Greenerd Press & Machine Company has announced its latest 2500 Ton Compression Molding Press, with 10-foot square heated platens maintaining 500-degree (Fahrenheit) surfaces to +/- 5 degrees. This 2500 Ton Press is part of a seven-press order which is currently being built in their main facility. The press also features an innovative mold transfer system which significantly improves the ergonomic and safety dynamics for operators, and reduces the press idle time between cycles.

BMP Medical said this comes as part of its long-term strategic plan to address future growth. It brings its Sterling facility to 80,000 square feet. The facility includes Class 7 assembly and Class 8 clean room manufacturing, packaging and assembly. It also features custom assembly and packaging, custom injection blow molding, custom injection molding and DNase- and RNase-free manufacturing. BMP Medical’s facility is FDA-registered with product design and development services, R&D tooling and sterilization services.

Processes for the cost-effective production of micro- and nanostructured surfaces from polymer material are in great demand for the industrial mass production of functional films and molded components. Existing injection molding and roll-to-roll processes often cannot yet achieve the required throughput and sufficiently high reproducibility for many promising product ideas. The ninth international conference “Polymer Replication on Nanoscale” (PRN), which will take place in Aachen on June 1 and 2, 2023, will therefore focus on processes for more efficient production of functional nanostructured surfaces and present possible solutions.

Ford has approved premium winter tires from Continental for its latest Explorer, Fiesta, Focus, Mustang and Puma models. For these five models, the WinterContact TS 870 and WinterContact TS 870 P can be ordered directly from dealers. Both winter tire models offer exceptionally safe handling on dry roads and on snow, as well as short braking distances on ice. In addition, they impress in all weather conditions with precise steering behavior and good safety reserves. A series of independent winter tire tests have given the Continental WinterContact TS 870 and WinterContact TS 870 P top marks in 2022.

The board of directors of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.335 cents per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2023, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2023.