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AGC Chemicals Americas will feature Fluon+™ mPLASTICS, AFLAS® FFKM PM-3500 perfluorinated elastomer, AFLAS® 400E or 600X FEPM fluoroelastomer grades and Fluon+™ Compounds at the Oil and Gas Polymers Engineering event June 21-22, at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas. These materials are widely used in equipment components that operate in severe oil and gas environments.

The MidAtlantic Rubber and Plastics Group has opened their Scholarship application for the upcoming 2022 / 2023 academic year. They ask that all forms be submitted by June 30, 2022, with the award to be issued by July 30, 2022.

Increasing demand and port congestion is leading to greater utilization of port vehicles, resulting in new challenges for port operators. Continental’s product and service portfolio aims to effectively support the expansion and intelligent networking of international port logistics. With a comprehensive range of tires and intelligent tire management solutions, Continental offers solutions for individual requirements. Continental tires used in daily port operations are characterized by safety, optimized performance, positive environmental effects and significant cost-lowering potential.

The EV industry needs electrically-conductive gaskets that combine proven environmental resistance with reliable shielding against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and gasket fabricators have a choice of materials, but EMI/RFI elastomers from Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) are solving sealing and shielding challenges – and more.

Heico Companies announced that on March 24, 2022 its subsidiary Davies Molding, LLC completed the acquisition of a world-class, high precision injection molder EA Plastics. EA is a global supplier shipping to international clients in Europe, China and South America  from their 30,000 square ft. facility. Headquartered in Flora, MS., the acquired business adds 15 injection molding presses, a full in-house tool repair shop and a wealth of molding and engineering knowledge to the Davies brand. These capabilities will complement Davies capacity in it’s current 99,000 square foot facility in Carol Stream, IL.  where Davies houses forty-five thermoset compression molding machines, five thermoset injection molding machines, and twenty-four thermoplastic injection molding machines, as well as finishing machines

– R.D. Abbott Co., Inc. (RDAbbott) is hosting “Manufacturing with Silicone Rubber,” a comprehensive workshop for fabricators from August 22 to 25, 2022. This four-day course includes two days of classroom-style instruction at the Bounce Innovation Hub in Akron, Ohio, and two days of hands-on learning at RDAbbott’s Service Center in Barberton, Ohio. RDAbbott’s Craig Lustek, Application Engineer, and Rick Ziebell, Vice President of Technology and Technical Fellow are among the instructors, all of whom have extensive silicone knowledge and experience. The interactive part of the workshop will enable participants to apply what they are learning by using industry-leading materials and state-of-the-art equipment at RDAbbott’s 127,126 sq. ft. facility in Barberton, Ohio.

India’s Rubber Board’s e-trading platform mRube went live on June 8. The board intends to complement the existing trade system for rubber by introducing more transparency coupled with quality assurance and payment security through mRube.