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It’s not too late to sign up for the annual Detroit Rubber Group Golf Outing.  The outing will be held on Tuesday, August 22 at Bay Point Golf Club in West Bloomfield, MI.

he Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) announced Sika’s SikaForce®-840 L07 and Wanhua’s WANNATE® 9131FC as the finalists for this year’s Polyurethane Innovation Award. The annual honor recognizes inventive new commercial technologies within the polyurethanes industry.
The award will be presented to the winner during the 65th Polyurethanes Technical Conference, September 25-27, in San Antonio, TX.

After nearly five years of planning, Continental announced Atlas Energy Solutions has contracted Continental to supply the conveyor belt for the Dune Express, a world-renowned conveyor system accompanied by digital solution components. During the planning phase, the two companies worked closely together to solve various technical challenges that had arisen due to the size and complexity of the project. For example, the total system has an impressive 42-mile length, which includes a world record single conveyor belt flight length of 16.4 miles without a mid-booster drive.

– The first season for Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) as official technical partner and tire supplier of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship ended with great acclaim and a fantastic award. At the official Season 9 Awards Gala, which followed the season finale at the 2023 Hankook London E-Prix, the exclusive tire supplier was presented with the award for the best fan experience.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that has begun supplying its ADVAN Sport V107 tires to Porsche AG as original equipment for the German automaker’s facelift model of Cayenne. The Cayenne is being fitted with 285/40R22 110Y front tires and 315/35R22 111Y rear tires.

Mitsui Chemicals recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant to produce the high-performance elastomer Tafmer at its Singapore-based wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui Elastomers Singapore. The ceremony was held on 28 July, 2023.

With a global workforce of approximately 2,200 employees and annual revenue of about $500 million, Spectrum will become part of the Industrial Solutions line of business within the Electronics & Industrial segment. Spectrum’s strategic focus on key, fast-growing therapeutics areas such as structural heart, electrophysiology, surgical robotics and cardiovascular complements DuPont’s existing offerings for biopharma and pharma processing, medical devices and packaging, including DuPont’s LiveoTM silicone solutions and Tyvek® Medical Packaging

Goodyear reports that second quarter sales decreased 6.6% compared to prior year, driven by lower volume and the impact of foreign exchange, partly offset by strong price/mix. Revenue per tire increased 6% excluding the impact of foreign exchange. Tire unit volume in the quarter totaled 40.8 million units, down 10.7% from prior year levels. The stronger U.S. dollar reduced sales by approximately 2%.

The expansion of the Michelin Pilot tire line will see 6.00-6 6PR and 6.00-6 8PR options added alongside a 18×5.5 8PR, all with a speed rating of 257km/h, as well as a 18×5.5 10PR, with a 306km/h rating.