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Life for Tyres Group to establish $46 million tire recycling facility in Louisiana

The recycling and manufacturing plant, L4T Louisiana LLC, will convert end-of-life tires into high-quality sustainable commodities such as advanced biofuel feedstock, recovered carbon black and scrap steel. L4T expects to create 46 direct new jobs in St. John the Baptist Parish. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 151 indirect new jobs, for a total of 197 potential new jobs in the Southeast Region.

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Smart Vision Lights introduces RHI200-DO Lightgistics machine vision light

Smart Vision Lights (SVL) introduces the RHI200-DO Lightgistics series light, which features 64 LEDs in a 205 mm x 205 mm ring light for intense uniform lighting at long working distances of up to 2000 mm. Equipped with Hidden Strobe technology, the light delivers all the advantages of strobing without the disturbance and disorientation often linked to LED strobe lights.

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Purdue-led national summit issues call to action for resilient U.S. supply chains

More than 250 representatives from industry, government, academia and professional societies gathered in person and online Tuesday (Nov. 7) in Washington, D.C., for Purdue University’s inaugural national summit focusing on resilience through excellence in manufacturing and operations. Hosted by Purdue’s recently launched eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations Purdue Engineering Initiative, or XMO PEI, the summit had the goal of gathering a dynamic coalition of partners to discuss building resilient U.S. infrastructure for and with digital, physical and sustainable manufacturing and operations.

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Ecomass Technologies launches storefront on Knowde

Ecomass Technologies, which markets, develops, and manufactures high-density engineered thermoplastics, has launched a storefront on Knowde, the leading digital marketing and sales platform built for the ingredients, polymers, and chemicals industry.

Designed to replace traditional high-density materials, Ecomass Compounds deliver the weight and physical properties of metal with the design and production advantages of injection-molded plastics and can be injection or compression molded.

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Firestone used hard-to-recycle plastic in tires for 107th running of the Indianapolis 500

As the series’ exclusive tire supplier, Bridgestone has incorporated ISCC PLUS certified recycled butadiene, a monomer produced from hard-to-recycle used plastic shopping bags, film, stretch wrap and other flexible polymer packaging, developed in partnership with Shell, in all Firestone Firehawk race tires used at the Indianapolis 500. Bridgestone will manufacture all race tires for the 2023 season at the ISCC PLUS-certified Advanced Tire Production Center (ATPC) in Akron. Additionally, Bridgestone has partnered with Penske and Indianapolis Motor Speedway to transport all race tires to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) with electric 2023 Freightliner eCascadia from Penske Truck Leasing’s fleet of electric vehicles during the month of May.

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Silicone masterbatches market forecast with a CAGR of 6.3 percent through 2031

Transparency Market Research delivers key insights on the silicone masterbatches market in Europe. In terms of revenue, the silicone masterbatches market in Europe is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 6.3% during the forecast period, owing to numerous factors, regarding which TMR offers thorough insights and forecast in its report on the silicone masterbatches in Europe.

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The Compound Company acquires Exxelor polymers from Esso Deutschland GmbH

The Compound Company announced it has acquired the production site, product portfolio and customer base for Exxelor™ polymer resins from ESSO Deutschland GmbH , ExxonMobil in Cologne, Germany. The acquisition will increase the global production capacity of The Compound Company to about 70 kilotons per year and significantly expand the group’s reach into new markets.

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