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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.

LyondellBasell Industries announced net income for the second quarter 2022 of $1.6 billion, or $4.98 per share. The company recognized a $69 million non-cash impairment charge during the quarter related to the exit from our Australian polypropylene business that impacted earnings by $0.21 per share. Second quarter 2022 EBITDA was $2.4 billion, or $2.5 billion excluding LCM and impairment. Second quarter 2022 EBITDA was further impacted by a $94 million non-cash pension settlement charge.

Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 6.3% to 21,073 tons in May 2022 compared with 22,498 tons in April, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

DuPont announced it has committed to setting science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a partnership between CDP, the UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). As part of its commitment, DuPont plans to work closely with SBTi to determine GHG emissions reduction targets for Scope 1 and 2 emissions aligned with the Paris agreement which sets the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. In addition, DuPont will also work with SBTi to develop its Scope 3 GHG emissions target.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) Secretary Rebecca Goodman announced up to $443,363 in grant funding has been awarded to four counties for rubber-modified asphalt projects utilizing waste tire

ContiTech premium air springs announced it will officially transition to the worldwide brand name Continental. The change to a stronger, well-known name better connects to Continental’s technology brand.

Origin Materials, Inc. and Intertex World Resources, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to bring sustainable carbon-negative carbon black made using Origin Materials’ patented technology platform to the rubber compounding and plastic masterbatch industries