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The pathway to North America’s premier open-wheel racing series has a fresh, more youthful and energetic final level: INDY NXT by Firestone. INDY NXT will feature a new generation of global racing talent, competing vigorously for podiums and the opportunity to join the elite ranks of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
The presenting sponsor and Official Tire of INDY NXT will be Firestone, also the Official Tire Supplier and longtime partner of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. INDY NXT by Firestone will emphasize talent development, while extending racing’s reach and impact to a younger and emerging consumer audience.

The Detroit Rubber Group announces their final event of the year. Please join them for a full day of speakers and networking on November 10th, 2022 at the 3M Automotive Innovation Center in Livonia, MI. The price to attend is $120; $50 for OEM’s. Coffee & lunch is included. Proceeds go to the DRG Scholarship Program, which awards high school graduates furthering their education. Pre-register at [email protected]. Contact David Clark, [email protected], for further information.

Smithers announces the addition of Luis Felipe Juárez for the role of regional consultant, supporting clients in Latin America.
Juárez will provide commercial support for all laboratories in the Smithers Materials Science and Engineering Division as part of the company’s North American consultancy team. He is a chemical engineer with over 26 years of experience working for multinational companies in the specialty chemicals and polymers industry.

Hankook Tire has once again been crowned the Auto Express All Season Tire Test winner with the Kinergy 4S 2 for the second year running. This prestigious award from the respected car magazine comes just 4 months after the Kinergy 4S 2 tire won the Auto Express Product of the Year. Competing against six top tire brands in 14 different tests, Hankook was in the top three across all of the three surfaces, wet, dry and snow, considerably outperforming the competition for wet braking and handling

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that on October 31 it posted the English-language version of its “Integrated Report 2022” on the Company’s English CSR website. The report includes a comprehensive presentation of Yokohama Rubber’s management strategies and business activities. The original Japanese was posted on the Company’s Japanese CSR website on August 31.

The GTE/SEMA Show takes place Nov. 1-4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. TIA’s pre-show events include a TopGolf – Government Affairs Benefit on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., and its Annual Membership Meeting and Press Conference on Monday Oct. 31, from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Bally’s of Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.

ACE Laboratories announces that it has earned certification from the Miami-Dade Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources to become an approved testing laboratory for a range of construction industry tests under its ISO/IEC 17025 scope of accreditation.

MAXAM Tire North America announced that Caterpillar Inc. has validated and approved the MS302 29.5R25 E3/L3 tire for use on Cat® 740 GC Articulated Dump Trucks.

Molex announced a major expansion of its global manufacturing footprint with the opening of a new factory in Guadalajara. The new 60,000 square-meter facility nearly doubles Molex’s footprint and manufacturing space in Guadalajara, with the potential to increase capacity by an additional 100,000 square meters to support advanced engineering and large-scale production for automotive, transportation and industrial customers in North America and around the world.