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Elkem has decided to partially curtail its production at Bremanger in Norway by temporarily shutting down one furnace. This is due to lower silicon sales and high power prices. The decision will have no impact on customers or employees.

Effective immediately, Prime Plastics will now distribute Lion Elastomers’ portfolio of Royalene®EPDM, RoyalEdge® EPDM, RoyalTherm® EPDM, Trilene® Liquid EPDM, Duradene® sSBR, Diene® PBR, Stereon® SBS and eSBR products (including “hot” SBR and Carbon Black MB grades) in the EU Market.

Nokian Tyres launched the FAST RACE, BIG CHANGE sustainable tire innovation challenge last year to find new solutions for more sustainable tires. The challenge was open for all businesses, students and researchers. Nokian Tyres received almost 50 applications from 18 different countries, and from them a team of Nokian Tyres experts chose four finalists. At the finals event held in Lapland this January, the jury awarded Reselo AB from Sweden with the winning place. Reselo’s innovative renewable rubber made from residue birch bark convinced the judges with its versatility and future potential.

Wickert Maschinenbau unveils the world’s fastest heating-cooling press at JEC World in Paris. The composite press with a heating platen size of 600 x 600 mm and a pressing force of 25 t excels with heating and cooling rates of up to 50 K/min. Standard presses are available for temperatures up to 450 ºC.
Their main application is the processing of high-performance thermoplastics in the aerospace industry, but they are also used to manufacture membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for fuel cells.

Dow has declared a dividend of 70 cents per share, payable March 10, 2023, to shareholders of record on February 28, 2023.

Dow now offers a fully updated online academy – Dow’s Electronics Protection & Assembly Academy – that automotive OEMs and tiers can use to not only gain a deeper understanding of the benefits and use cases for silicones in automotive electronics applications, but also develop a skillset that allows them to identify new opportunities for innovation.

Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Cavaform expands SyBridge’s presence in the high precision life sciences end-market. Cavaform’s wholly owned subsidiary, MTM&D, is a leader in supportive molding for a wide range of life science and consumer applications.

In the last 18 months, Mack Prototype has bolstered its additive manufacturing capabilities with more than $875,000 in investments in equipment and infrastructure. In addition to the Stratasys, the Company’s fleet includes a smaller format FDM printer, along with Carbon CLIP Digital Light Synthesis (DLS), HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) and Formlabs Stereolithography (SLA) machines. Whether its prototyping or production parts, the breadth of Mack Proto’s 3D printing services allows customers to match production solutions with their cost, material and end use parameters, while speeding up the product development lifecycle.

Mercedes-Benz is fitting its new compact SUV GLC with tires from Continental. All the available drive types – gasoline, diesel, and plug-in hybrid models – will come factory-fitted with Continental’s EcoContact 6 Q. The tire offers exceptional efficiency: long service life, low fuel consumption and very low rolling noise.