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Smithers' new, 1,200-sq.-ft. medical device functional testing laboratory at the company's headquarters in downtown Akron officially has opened its doors.
Poly Labs has doubled its work force in the three months since the company launched in November 2020.
After the unprecedented winter storm in Texas and other states last month, auto makers and suppliers could be slammed by yet another devastating parts shortage that could idle seating plants as early as next week.
Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. K.G. recently released the TPE for extremely soft applications.
Trelleborg has finalized the divestment of its offshore operation in Skelmersdale, England, part of its strategy to focus on "selected market segments."
Myers Industries Inc. is raising prices for its products by 8 percent as of March 1, citing "rapidly rising raw material costs, primarily resin."
Richard F. Grossman, who throughout his career worked for Anaconda Wire and Cable Co., Polymer Services Inc., Polysar Corp. and the Hammond Group, died last month at the age of 86.
The most pressing health and safety topics in the non-tire elastomer market will be the focus when the 2021 Environmental Health and Safety Summit takes place virtually May 26-27.
Continental A.G. has taken a minority ownership stake in Recogni, a U.S.-German startup that is focusing on the development of an artificial intelligence-based chip architecture for object recognition in real time.
President Biden answered urgent pleas from the automotive industry and other groups by directing a review of potential weaknesses in U.S. supply chains in an effort to address the global semiconductor chip shortage that has forced auto makers to cut back vehicle production.