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2022 marks ChemSpec’s 15th release of the coveted Christmas appreciation video. Over the last 15 years ChemSpec stared out as a seven-person firm to grow, to now, over forty employees across three countries. When discussing with President and CEO Dave Moreland about the origin of the ChemSpec Christmas video he said, “I wanted our customers and suppliers to know us as humans, on a personal level. The generic Christmas card that got passed around the office and then the digital era with the fancy emails just wasn’t cutting it.”

Orion upgraded to “B” by environmental reporting group CDP

LMI Technologies (LMI) announced the official release of the Photon™ Optical Inspection System. This non-contact system provides surface characterization of multi-layered, textured, mixed, and a wide range of other manufactured materials. The system is CE and FCC-certified.

Lubrizol 3D Printing Solutions and colorFabb announce the joint development of new varioShoreTPU materials to increase foaming capabilities and present extra functionalities for additive manufacturing. varioShoreTPU is made with Lubrizol’s ESTANE 3D thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) technology

Growing its global supply commitment, MAXAM North America announced the approval of the AGRIXTRA product line to select Case IH and New Holland brand equipment for the North American and Global Ag Markets.

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.