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Preferred by Nature confirms HEXPOL Compounding Lesina s.r.o to be carbon neutral in Scopes 1 and 2 for the calculation year 2021.

The expansion will increase Zeon’s global HNBR Rubber capacity by approximately 25% and is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2025.
Zeon last expanded Zetpol® capacity at its Texas Plant in year 2020 and at its Takaoka Plant in 2022.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced a new addition to its Wrangler® highway tire portfolio, the Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT™. Representing Goodyear’s strongest performing highway tire to date, the Wrangler Steadfast HT is an all-season tire with strong wet performance, enhanced ride comfort and the peace of mind that Kevlar® offers – giving drivers the confidence to enjoy every drive.

The SILASTIC™ SA 994X LSR series is a range of primerless, self-adhesive, general purpose and self-lubricating, one-to-one mix ratio LSRs designed for two-component injection moulding with thermoplastic substrates including, but not limited to, polybutylene terephthalate and polyamide. This new series can be used across multiple automotive applications such as connector seals, battery vent gaskets and radiator gasket seals for electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as environmental protection seals for autonomous vehicles’ lidar and radar housing.

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“O-rings require a local production footprint as our customers are looking for more supply chain security, particularly after the pandemic,” said Richard Katona, Key Account Manager at Datwyler. “Equipping our sites in Asia and North America with this technology ensures there is consistency of supply that can be reinforced by other global sites if required. In addition, as skilled labor shortages continue to be an issue, the high level of automation associated with the process takes further pressure away from the production element, delivering high quality product with high efficiency and minimum waste.”

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced the election of Norma B. Clayton to its Board of Directors, effective Nov. 28, 2022.
“We are very pleased to welcome Norma Clayton to Goodyear’s Board of Directors,” said Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Richard J. Kramer. “Norma’s global leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, technology, innovation and human resources will be invaluable to Goodyear and its shareholders as we build our business and fulfill our role of enabling mobility in a fast-evolving industry.”

The Executive Board of the German Rubber Society (DKG) appoints its current Head of Office as the new Managing Director as of January 1, 2023. In the years 2021 and 2022 Prof. Dr. Andreas Limper, had worked in this position – besides his engagement in the Executive Board.

Ford Motor Company and Manufacture 2030 announced a strategic partnership to help Ford’s suppliers meet their carbon reduction targets toward Ford’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality no later than 2050 globally, and by 2035 in Europe.

Tenneco has been selected to provide intelligent suspension and anti-vibration performance materials solutions for U.S.-based electric-vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive. Tenneco’s CVSA2/Kinetic® H2 semi-active suspension technology part of the Monroe® Intelligent Suspension product portfolio and NVH performance materials Clevite® elastomers, will be featured in the all-electric Rivian R1T five-passenger pickup and R1S seven-passenger sport utility vehicle.