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From October 19 – 26, 2022, K, The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, will present new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry – from production and  processing to mechanical engineering. A central meeting point for the critical exchange of information, ideas and opinions will again be the official special show “Plastics shape the future“ in hall 6. The focus of this special show under the auspices of the plastics producers’ association Plastics Europe Deutschland (PED) and Messe Düsseldorf will be on the three key topics of K 2022: climate protection, circular economy and digitalization.

– Continental is looking ahead to the second half of the year with optimism and maintaining its outlook for the current fiscal year. As expected, the ongoing turbulent market environment had a noticeable impact in the second quarter of 2022, however. In particular, the geopolitical uncertainties as a result of the war against Ukraine, disrupted supply chains and massive price increases for raw materials, semi-finished products, energy and logistics, coupled with the shortage of electronic components and the consequences of the coronavirus lockdowns in China, heavily affected Continental’s results. At the same time, the technology company recorded a high order intake in the Automotive group sector of more than €6.0 billion.

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published the 2022 edition of Worldwide Rubber Statistics, the world’s leading source for authoritative data about synthetic rubber.

To reinforce its global commitment to sustainable development, especially its targets for eliminating plastic waste and combating climate change, Braskem S.A. announces that it has developed a next-generation technology for addressing plastic waste. The process, which uses a proprietary catalyst and incorporates efficient heat management, reduces the need for external energy sources. This results in a significant reduction in CO2e emissions compared to the traditional advanced recycling technologies.

Solvay announces its plans to reduce scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by -24% by 2030. This builds on the 2030 targets set out in its sustainability roadmap, Solvay One Planet and represents the next stage in the Group’s ongoing journey to reach net zero emissions. Committing to the scope 3 emissions target requires reducing indirect GHG emissions in the value chains. These emissions are associated with activities occurring outside of Solvay’s walls, primarily at suppliers’ and customers’ sites, when the consumer uses the product or at the end-of-life of the product.

Freudenberg Performance Materials (Freudenberg) is endorsing further particularly sustainable products with its ECO-CHECK label introduced last year. These products comply with various environmental criteria. With immediate effect, five more solutions bear the label making the company’s commitment to sustainability visible.

Titan International, Inc. (Titan) has big things in store for the Farm Progress Show August 30 through September 1 in Boone, Iowa. Titan will be bringing back the FFA tire auction where new tires are auctioned off and 100 percent of the proceeds go to the Iowa FFA. Popular YouTube influencer and Titan Brand Ambassador Cole the Cornstar will be back for meet-and-greet opportunities. Two more big additions at the Titan booth will be Welker Farms’ Big Bud and the reigning world’s largest farm tire for the fifth year in a row: the LSW1400/30R46.

William Mars, PhD, Founder and President of Endurica, LLC, is the recipient of the 2022 Harold Herzlich Distinguished Technology Achievement Award. He will be recognized during a special event on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the International Tire Exhibition & Conference (ITEC) 2022, the largest tire manufacturing exhibition and conference in the U.S., which is being held Sept. 13-15 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio.

Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) announced that its DURAVIS R207A tires have been selected as original equipment on the all-new Hino Dutro Z EV released in Japan by Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) on June 28, 2022. Contributing to the growth of electric vehicles through development of tires optimized to fit for them, the Bridgestone Group strives to achieve its commitment for “Energy: Committed to the realization of a carbon neutral mobility society” stated in the “Bridgestone E8 commitment.”

Huntsman Corporation y announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana. The $180 million splitter gives Huntsman the ability to produce more high value, differentiated grades from the crude MDI manufactured at the plant, thereby enabling growth in key customer applications.