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The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced its business and financial results for the first quarter (January to March) of fiscal 2022. Profit attributable to owners of parent declined 63.5% from the same period of the previous year, to 10.2 billion yen; on a 62.7% decline in operating profit, to 13.5 billion yen; a 2.5% decline in business profit, to 13.7 billion yen; and a 28.4% increase in sales revenue, to 185.6 billion yen.

Synthos to showcase its sustainable technologies at Tire Technology Expo 2022, taking place May 18-20, 2022, in Hannover, Germany. The show will be Synthos’ first industry event since acquiring Trinseo’s synthetic rubber business in late 2021. It is an opportunity for the company to present an even stronger synthetic rubber portfolio to the market and highlight recent announcements such as the development of its advanced bio-butadiene technology and ISCC mass balance certification for its entire rubber offering.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced at the 2022 Waste Expo trade show, a new formulation of its popular Endurance™ WHA waste haul tire made with a renewable soybean oil compound. The Endurance WHA is now made with soybean oil, which replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used in its production. The soybean oil in the tire is a bio-based material currently sourced from surplus left over from food applications and is another step in Goodyear’s global journey to fully replace petroleum-derived oils by 2040.

Beraldo joined Trelleborg in 2007 as an Application Engineer in Brazil, working across a range of industries. Beraldo has since worked in a number of roles within Trelleborg, including Sales Engineer, Product Manager, Plant Manager, Business Development Manager, and most recently as the Sales Manager for Brazil and South America

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it has established the “Yokohama Rubber Group Human Rights Policy” (hereafter, “the Policy”) based on the United Nation’s “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights*1.” The Policy takes effect from April 28.

Houston, TX – Orion Engineered Carbons announced plans to build the only plant in the U.S. producing acetylene-based conductive additives – a critical link in the value chain for lithium-ion batteries, high-voltage cables and other products powering the global transition to electrification and renewable energy.

Continental has just won three prestigious design awards. With both the AMBIENC3 concept vehicle and the ContiHome small house, the technology company’s surface specialists impressed the 132-strong expert jury at the iF Design Awards 2022, picking up two awards from the design label. The iF jury evaluated more than 11,000 entries from 57 countries. But that’s not all: ContiHome also won the coveted Red Dot Product Design Award

ounced that it has been recognized as a winner in the 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for its outstanding achievement in digital transformation of its facilities into smart factories, specifically through internal video media for employee education. The recognition comes from the Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers.

– Evonik’s Active Oxygens business line has released a new sustainability strategy aimed at expanding the beneficial handprint and reducing the environmental footprint of hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid, and persulfates. The strategy includes concrete steps to slash carbon emissions and increase resource efficiency in the production of these chemicals, with the goal of achieving climate neutrality across the business line by 2040. Active Oxygens also aims to promote these chemistries as environmentally friendly alternatives in diverse growth industries.