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Sales of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ premium Simriz® perfluoroelastomeric (FFKM) compounds have increased by more than 100 percent in North America during the past 24 months. Buoyed in large measure by the compounds’ quality, superior performance capabilities, and near-immediate availability at a time when other supplies of FFKM have been unavailable, major companies in the aerospace, fluid handling, agriculture, and construction industries – as well as many of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ Preferred Distributors – now rely on Simriz compounds to fulfill their customers’ FFKM component requirements.
FFKM seals and gaskets are ubiquitous in manufacturing processes where extreme temperatures, pressures and chemicals are used

Registration is open for the Mid Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group Educational Symposium being held on Thursday, November 16, 2023, 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM an the Inn at Villanova, 601 County Line Road, Radnor, PA 19087. Cost is $70 per person for members & non-members (includes breakfast of pastries & coffee/tea and a hot buffet lunch). Please register by Friday, November 10.

ACI Europe announced that Francesco Romani, Research & Development – Materials and Head of Materials Management at Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. as a speaker at the 9th World Elastomer Summit taking place on 6th & 7th March 2024 in Lyon, France.

Sustainability has always been more than a mere phrase for Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). In its continuous effort to responsibly source raw materials, enhance sustainability along the natural rubber supply chain, mitigate risks in upstream processes and expedite the adoption of more sustainable sourcing practices, the company has introduced the environmental and social risk assessment tool, Rubberway.

Hankook Tire has attained the prestigious International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its European production plant in Rácalmás, Hungary. This extraordinary achievement is a testament to the company’s unyielding commitment to sustainability, innovation, and environmental responsibility. The tire manufacturer plans to further intensify its activities in the area of long-term carbon neutrality and resource conservation by using sustainable raw materials, for example, in the iON tire family designed for electric vehicles.

Designed for medical device manufacturing, Master Bond’s MasterSil 711Med passes ISO 10993-5 testing. It is a one part, flowable, room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone which needs no mixing, and can be used for bonding, sealing, coating and form-in-place gasketing applications. This non-corrosive, translucent compound withstands many sterilization methods, including liquid sterilants, gamma radiation and EtO.

Rubber Technology Research Centre (RTEC) at Mahidol University, Thailand and TechnoBiz are jointly organizing “RUBBER COMPOUND 2024” conference during 22-23 April 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand at Century Park Hote

Continental has announced the expansion of its agricultural tire portfolio, with new sizes for its TractorMaster and CompactMaster AG/EM product lines now available. The tire supplier is thus responding to the trend towards larger and more powerful agricultural machinery and the demand for bigger and more technologically advanced tires.