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Continental has strengthened the team at its location in Hanover. Since August 1, 2024, Lisa Reiners has been the product manager for agricultural tires in Continental Specialty Tires, succeeding Benjamin Hübner.

Reiners previously worked for more than eight years as product manager for private brands in the Passenger and Light Truck Tires (PLT) business unit, gaining extensive experience in this area. She completed her studies at Leibniz University Hanover with a bachelor’s degree in economics (2014) and a master’s degree in international management (2015). She also has agricultural experience from living on a farm.

Ansell has won the 2024 World of Safety & Health Asia Award under the Safety & Health Category. This win recognizes the innovative GAMMEX® PI Plus Glove-in-Glove™ System – a unique two-in-one double gloving system – for its excellence in improving surgical safety and efficiency. The system’s user-centric design, combined with its ergonomic comfort, low allergenicity, and commitment to sustainability, underscores Ansell’s dedication to improving the healthcare environment.

RPM International Inc. announced that it will release its financial results for the fiscal 2025 first quarter before the stock market opens on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. The results will be issued via newswire and will also be available on the RPM website at www.RPMinc.com.

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) is attending the Silicone Expo USA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit us in Booth #171 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center from September 10 to 12, 2024 and meet Dominic Testo, SSP’s Business Development Manager and a member of Silicone Expo USA’s Advisory Board. Dominic will be joined by Kevin Wickert, Sales and Marketing Manager; Gary Falchi, Business Development Specialist; and Amelia Berry, Product Development Chemist.

SSP will showcase our MIL-SPEC and aerospace grade silicones, each of which is available with a batch-level certificate of analysis (COA). We’ll also tell you about our in-house research and development (R&D) team, show you samples of our EMI/RFI shielding elastomers, and explain why our space-grade materials are the best on the market today. Keep reading to learn more and contact SSP if you’d like to schedule a meeting or can’t make the show but need innovative elastomers.

The Weir Group PLC (Weir) has been awarded a £53m contract to provide industry-leading energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the Reko Diq copper-gold project, a 50% owned greenfield development by Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick). The tier one copper project is located in the Chagai district of Balochistan and is targeting first production in 2028 with an estimated mine life of 40+ years.

During the first phase of the project, Weir will provide fine grinding, separation and tailings solutions. Featured equipment includes Weir’s market leading ENDURON® HPGRs, ENDURON® Elite wet and dry vibrating screens, WARMAN® slurry pumps, and CAVEX® hydrocyclones. Among the equipment to be provided are Weir’s large format HPGRs – the highest capacity design in the market.

The Lubrizol Corporation and SABIC have developed compatible material solutions well suited for various applications in the consumer electronics and mobility industries, among others. These solutions, which combine soft and rigid materials, can help customers advance their sustainability goals, enhance the protection of ever-thinner and more vulnerable applications, and streamline manufacturing through part consolidation.

The board of directors of Elkem and Elkem Testvirksomhet AS have approved the merger. The decision to approve the merger will be registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and is scheduled to take place by the end of 2024