INDUSTRY Goodyear to Develop Domestic Source of Natural Rubber
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program supported by the US Department of Defense (DoD), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and BioMADE to work with Ohio-based Farmed Materials to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion. The program will build on research that analyzed more than 2,500 species of plants but found only a few with properties for use in tires. For more information, visit www.goodyear.com or www.biomade.org.
ASTM International Proposes New Standard
ASTM International’s recovered carbon black (rCB) committee, located in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, is developing a proposed standard that will be used to differentiate between rCB projects and provide quality control tool for producers and users. According to ASTM International member Pieter ter Haar, the proposed standard (WK81244) will explain how thermogravimetry (TGA), a type of thermal analysis, can be used to measure rCB bulk composition parameters. TGA also can measure organic residuals, ash content and overall carbon content. All interested parties are invited to join the standards developing activities of the rCB committee. For more information, visit www.astm.org.
Trelleborg Improves Elastomer Bonding
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Fort Wayne, Indiana, invested in a Multicomponent Development Center to solve the issue of bonding thermoplastic to thermosetting elastomer bonded multicomponent solutions. Trelleborg enables customers to use multicomponent technology in more applications, due to its ability to provide fully tested and validated options. The process allows for a lower total cost of ownership for customers, while giving them the design latitude to create higher-quality products. For more information, visit www.trelleborg.com.
Ceresana Releases Global Market Study on Carbon Black
Ceresana, Konstanz, Germany, released its global market study on carbon black, featuring information on demand, production, revenues and more. The global and regional demands for carbon black were analyzed according to its application areas: tires, rubber products for cars, industry construction and other applications, and pigments for plastics, printing inks and paints and coatings. The study also shares information about carbon black separated by country. For more information, visit www.ceresana.com.
Orion Engineered Appoints Director of Sales, Marketing and Chief Financial Officer
Orion Engineered Carbons S.S., Houston, Texas, has promoted Jennifer S. Stroh, Ph.D., to director of sales and marketing – specialties Americas at Orion Engineered Carbons. In her new role, she leads all marketing and sales activities for specialty carbon black throughout the Americas. The company also announced that Jeffery Glajch has accepted the role of chief financial officer for Orion. Glajch will succeed Bob Hrivnak, who currently serves in the dual role of interim CFO and chief accounting officer. Hrivnak will continue as chief accounting officer. For more information, visit www.orioncarbons.com.
GlobalTech Plastics Acquired by Molded Dimensions
Molded Dimensions, a manufacturer and supplier of custom rubber and urethane molded parts in original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and related businesses, announced the acquisition of GlobalTech Plastics, Fife, Washington. GlobalTech Plastics is a full-service plasticinjection molding company that specializes in the aerospace, medical and transportation industries. The addition of GlobalTech Plastics will help Molded Dimensions broaden its manufacturing capabilities to include plastic molded parts and components. For more information, visit www.moldeddimensions.com.u
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