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The Association for Rubber Products Manufacturers (ARPM) recently welcomed Aaron Clark, Chief Chemist – Danfoss, Bill Bernardo, Director – Ebco Inc., Ryan Fleming, Americas MT Laboratory Operations Manager – Freudenberg-NOK, and Rich Balka – President, Home Rubber Company to their Board of Directors.

Effective immediately, LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines USA is now LS IMM USA LLC, with the change made due to continued growth in the U.S. and North America. Prior to this move, the company had been legally operating in the U.S. as a division of LS Tractor USA LLC.

The new website brings more information to the homepage making it easier to understand TIA’s value proposition and to encourage membership. This includes prominently presenting the association’s mission statement and a description of “Who We Are.”

Goodyear and Gatik have demonstrated, in a proof of concept, that intelligent tires powered by Goodyear SightLine technology can accurately estimate tire-road friction potential and provide real-time information to Gatik’s automated driving system (ADS). The breakthrough will add more utility to what a tire can deliver by providing critical data that can help enhance vehicle safety and performance, increasing efficiency and value for Gatik’s customers in the B2B short-haul market.

Belt Power, LLC announced that it completed the acquisition of Dunham Rubber & Belting Corporation (“Dunham”). As a highly respected fabricator and distributor for more than 56 years, Dunham delivers a wide variety of lightweight belting products and services to customers across the country from three locations in Indiana

RDAbbott has named Mat Dove as National Sales Manager and Jason Huff as East Coast Sales Manager. Both promotions will become effective on January 1, 2023.

Hankook Tire has been selected to fit the new 2023 Nissan X-Trail. The highly-popular family SUV fitted with 19-inch, Ventus S1 evo3 SUV tires (235/55R19V) which will be produced in Korea.

The Italian chemical company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of light stabilizers, for which TAA derivatives are a raw material. On the sales price, no details are disclosed. The transaction was announced in mid-October, and the closing took place on December 29, 2022.

AirBoss of America Corp. announced that the Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) has awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to US$410M to Access Bio, an industry leader in medical testing and diagnostics, supported by a U.S. coalition including AirBoss Defense Group (“ADG”), Maddox Defense, and a network of US test kit component suppliers