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The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has launched a website for registration for its 63rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event will take place in Boston, MA., from 16 to 19 May 2023

Continental launches the next generation of windshield wipers, featuring improved technology, a new design and better handling – AQUACTRL2. The new product series offers a choice between pre-assembled set solutions designed to fit individual vehicles (DirectFit) or single wipers with adapters for flexible mounting to fit a wide range of different vehicle models (MultiClip)

Net income of BASF Group is expected to amount to –€1,376 million in 2022. This is considerably below the prior-year figure (2021: €5,523 million) and the average analyst estimates for 2022 (Vara: €4,768 million). Net income contains non-cash-effective impairments on the shareholding in Wintershall Dea AG in the amount of about €7.3 billion, of which €5.4 billion in Q4 2022

GRI achieved yet another landmark milestone by ensuring that its tires which will be used on highways in the US are produced per the stringent technical requirements mandated by the US Department of Traffic (DOT). As a result of this, GRI tires will now incorporate the DOT code emboss on its side walls.

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that its stock has again been selected for inclusion in two stock indexes focused on companies with strong ESG practices—the FTSE4Good Index Series and the FTSE Blossom Japan Index. Yokohama’s inclusion in the global FTSE4Good Index Series for a 18th consecutive year reconfirms that the company’s ESG activities and disclosure practices meet the highest global standards. The company was selected to the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for the sixth straight year.

Elkem announces the world’s first carbon capture pilot for smelters has been officially inaugurated. The Mobile Test Unit (MTU), delivered by Aker Carbon Capture, is now connected to Elkem’s plant in Rana, Norway, which produces high-purity ferrosilicon and microsilica.

At least 800 hectares of rubber trees have been infested by the Pestalotiopsis disease in Basilan, a rubber producing province. The province of Basilan is the third top rubber producing province in the country. In 2021, Basilan recorded 76,433 metric tons of coagulated cum lump produced

Braskem announced a project to evaluate an investment in producing carbon negative bio-based polypropylene (PP) in the U.S. The project would utilize Braskem’s proven, proprietary technology to convert bioethanol into physically segregated bio-based polypropylene. Braskem is exploring partnership opportunities for this project with several clients, brand owners, and suppliers.

Morten Magnus Voll has been appointed as Elkem’s Senior Vice President (SVP) for Strategy and Business Development. He replaces Frederic Jacquin who has decided to take on a senior leadership role in Adisseo, a Sinochem Group company.

The three future concept tires were created in collaboration with nine product design students from DCB of Korea Design Membership Plus (KDM+), a public design membership program that promotes design industries and societies while also fostering students as talents suitable for industrial field practice through various practical design education.