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Sumitomo Rubber North America, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., announced the promotion of Cliff Stewart to Director of Commercial Truck Tires.

Stewart has over 22 years of experience in the automotive industry, holding positions in business development, marketing, and sales & purchasing. He has spent 18 of those years in the tire industry, including the past eight years with SRNA.

Sumitomo Rubber North America, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., announced that Carlos Arguello has been named National Sales Manager (East) for Commercial Truck tires.

Arguello has been with SRNA for over 15 years, working in corporate retail, regional and national wholesale, and international sales in the Caribbean and Mexico. Most recently, Arguello worked as a Strategic Account Manager. Prior to joining SRNA, Arguello earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Florida International University.

The new bulk pricing structure aims to benefit wholesale distributors. This change incentivizes larger purchases by rewarding long-term anyseals partners and customers with high volume requirements. With more than 400 million seals in over 25,000 SKUs, a wide range of materials, and metric and inch sizes, anyseals continues to meet the diverse needs of its customers across various industries.

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced that the company has been named the “Official Tire of Yamaha Champions Riding School.” The Yamaha Champions Riding School teaches all skill levels and aims to grow the sport of motorcycling through world-class rider education, with state-of-the-art tire technology a critical component of this goal.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it has revised its Biodiversity Guideline and published the revised Guideline on the Company’s Sustainability website in December 2023. This revision was made in support of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which has global targets for biodiversity. With this revision, the Company will further accelerate company-wide efforts to achieve a nature positive world.

Orion S.A. announced it has completed upgrading its air emissions control technology at all four of its U.S. carbon black plants – the biggest sustainability-related initiative in the company’s history.
The company recently finished its final air emissions project at its plant in Belpre, Ohio. Previously, the company upgraded its Borger, Texas; Ivanhoe, Louisiana; and Orange, Texas, facilities.

REGUPOL, a manufacturer known for its wide range of recycled rubber surfaces for sports and fitness and acoustic insulation, introduces REGUPOL upscale, a first-of-its-kind collection of recycled rubber tiles and planks for commercial installations. A blend of post-consumer tire rubber, post-industrial vibrant EPDM chips, and low VOC binder, upscale is available in two standard sizes: 4mm x 8” x 36” and 4mm x 12” x 24.” Custom sizes and colors are also available. REGUPOL’s broad range of recycled rubber surfacing products also includes revolution commercial flooring, aktiv for sports and fitness applications and sonus which is ideal for impact sound insulation and vibration isolation.

Greene Tweed has announced the winner of its first-ever Innovation Award, honoring Ferdinand Gonzaga, a Ph.D. in molecular and supramolecular chemistry and a scientist in the company’s Advanced Technology Group, which is responsible for developing new materials to perform in the most demanding industries and applications. The award was presented by Chairman Allon Bloch, CEO Magen Buterbaugh, and Kenneth Stanley, representing Greene Tweed family ownership, at a special event at Greene Tweed’s Kulpsville, Pa. plant.

TechnoBiz is organizing “Rubber Week 2024” during 22-26 April 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand at Century Park Hotel in cooperation with Rubber Technology Research Centre (RTEC), Mahidol University, Thailand and King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

By offering a new class of materials, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is playing a significant role in improving fire protection in electric vehicle drives. The material is called “Quantix ULTRA” and it resists melting even at extreme temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees Celsius. Processing the material in injection molding is both versatile and economical. Given that today’s vehicles call for lightweight construction, its lower density compared to metallic materials is an additional advantage.