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Bolder Industries, Inc. announced a new partnership with Liberty Tire Recycling, one of the leading providers of tire recycling services in North America. These two world leaders in end-of-life tire solutions join forces to provide immediate circular solutions and sustainable raw materials to rubber, plastic, and petrochemical businesses.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre opened the new energy recovery plant at Elkem Salten in the northern part of Norway. The installation positions Elkem Salten as one of the most energy effective silicon plants in the world, in line with the ambitions of Elkem’s climate roadmap towards net zero by 2050, further strengthening its competitiveness.
The new energy recovery plant will recover 28% of the electrical energy used at Elkem Salten, equal to the power consumption of about 15,000 Norwegian households. Together with other energy recovery installations implemented at Elkem plants, this brings the total energy recovery of the group to approximately 900 GWh per year, similar to the capacity of the largest wind park in Norway.
“Elkem aims to be part of the solution to combat climate change – and to be one of the winners in the green transition. The new energy recovery plant at Elkem Salten, developed together with our partners in Kvitebjørn Energi and with financial support from Enova, further strengthens our efforts to ensure environmentally friendly silicon and ferrosilicon production with the lowest possible emissions and lowest possible use of resources,” says Elkem’s CEO, Helge Aasen

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it has launched a new conveyor belt, the flame-retardant Hamaheat Super 100, which combines high-heat resistance and flame-resistance properties.

The joint effort enables 9TLabs’ innovative additive manufacturing technology to produce low-to-medium volume size parts for the aerospace, medical, luxury/leisure, automation, and oil and gas industries.  Solvay will focus on the development of carbon fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketone (CF/PEEK), CF-reinforced bio-based high performance polyamides and CF-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide (CF/PPS) composite materials. The partnership significantly expands the types of neat and carbon fiber-reinforced materials portfolio that 9T Labs currently offers to customers

Mokon announced the expansion of its line of Heat Transfer Fluid Systems with the addition of the HTF 400 Series. The HTF 400 Series maximizes performance with fluid temperatures up to 400°F (204°C), offering our customers a higher temperature range for lower-end process requirements

Made from Chemraz®, Greene Tweed’s proprietary perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) compound, or other customer-requested elastomers, the seal better withstands dynamic use for longer life and leak elimination. Seal integrity is further enhanced by a design that fills the gland and avoids traditional molded parting lines

The opening of an extension building at the beginning of November, sees the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Centre for Polymer Synthesis and Processing PAZ in Schkopau, Germany, strengthen its research into and development of lightweight applications using thermoplastic composites. Two state-of-the-art production cells for the integrated and fully automated production of fiber composite functional components are now available for customer projects. Both systems come from ENGEL.

Ecore has achieved environmental claim validations from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for two of its manufacturing facilities. Ecore recently partnered with UL to complete a 2020 Zero Waste to Landfill audit for its Pennsylvania-based facilities in Lancaster and York. As a result, UL has officially validated the following claims for these Ecore production sites: The Lancaster, Pa., facility achieved a Landfill Diversion rate of 99%, with 22% waste diversion with energy recovery; The York, Pa., facility achieved a Landfill Diversion rate of 100%, with 22% waste diversion with energy recovery.

Goodyear’s third quarter 2021 sales were $4.9 billion, up 42% from a year ago. The increase was driven by the Cooper Tire merger, improvements in price/mix, increased sales from other tire-related businesses and higher volume.

Tokyo, Japan – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that the transfer of its Hamatite business to the Sika Group, a Switzerland-based specialty chemicals company, was completed on November 1, as per the schedule announced on April 28, 2021.