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MAXAM Tire continues to elevate the standard in agricultural tire solutions, unveiling both new VF sizes within the AgriXtra product line and introducing the all-new MS971R tire. These innovations are engineered to help farmers, growers, and contractors worldwide enhance efficiency, reduce soil compaction, and improve overall profitability in an ever-evolving agricultural environment.

Petlas launched its latest innovation in agricultural technology, the TA 150 radial tractor tire. Designed to address the evolving demands of modern farming, the TA 150 offers unparalleled performance, durability, and efficiency in a wide range of field conditions.

Nanocyl, a Birla Carbon brand, will participate in NanoTech 2025, scheduled to take place from January 29 – 31, 2025, at the Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan. Nanocyl will be stationed at Booth 4P-22, showcasing its cutting-edge range of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) solutions and advanced materials designed to support cost efficiency, energy savings, and productivity gains across diverse industries.

For the 9th consecutive year, Dow has been recognized for innovation by the Business Intelligence Group (BIG). In the 2025 BIG Innovation Awards, Dow technologies won six awards in the Transformative Products category—more than any other company. This matches the record number of BIG Innovation Awards Dow received in 2024.

Trelleborg Group has finalized the acquisition of US company CRC Distribution. The company is a specialist distributor in polymer sealing solutions and related value-added services in hydraulics, hydropower, oil and gas, as well as for pumps and compressors.

The board of directors of Ashland Inc. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.405 cents per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2025.

The Indian state of Tripura, under the initiative of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA), has surpassed its five-year rubber cultivation target of 30,000 hectares. The state now aims to expand the plantation to 69,000 hectares, an official announced on Sunday.

The Indian Natural Rubber Operations for Assisted Development (INROAD), supported by ATMA, was launched in 2021 to develop 200,000 hectares of natural rubber plantations in Northeast India and West Bengal over five years. The Rubber Board had set a target of 30,000 hectares for Tripura under this initiative.

For the past four years, the Benvic Group has entrusted EcoVadis, one of the foremost providers of sustainability ratings, to assess their performance and progress around four themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement; and as such Benvic earned a Gold Medal for the third year in a row – this time reaching the 98th percentile in our industry showing improvement on all metrics.

The Company’s net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 was $923 million, up 2.3% versus the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. Organic revenue declined 0.2% year-on-year, with pricing adjustments reducing organic revenue by 1.5% and volume increasing organic revenue by 1.3%. Foreign currency translation decreased net revenue by 0.2%, and acquisitions increased net revenue by 2.7%.