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• At K 2025,
  Envalior will present its latest innovations in Sustainable & High-Performance Engineering Materials,
  helping customers reduce time, risk, costs, and CO
  ₂
  by making applications smarter, safer, smaller,
  lighter, longer-lasting, and more sustainable.

• Highlighted solutions include a
  game-changer
  Pocan^® PBT grade that meets the requirements of high-voltage EV charging, as well as Stanyl^® PA46 solutions
  for e-motor insulators and Wear & Friction, including
  PFAS-free materials.

• Visitors to the booth can discover Envalior’s Services,
  a proven, full-spectrum service offering that helps customers validate with confidence and optimize material decisions at every stage of the development cycle.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Envalior, a global leader in Sustainable & High-Performance Engineering Materials, will make its debut at K 2025, The World’s No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, from October 8 to 15. At the Envalior booth – Hall 6, Booth B11 – visitors can discover the company’s broad portfolio of advanced material solutions organized across key market segments: Mobility, Electrical & Electronics, and Consumer Goods, alongside sections dedicated to the company’s recently launched Envalior CARES sustainability strategy and its Services offering for co-development with customers.

Envalior’s brands, including Akulon^® and Durethan^® PA6 & PA66, Pocan^® PBT, Stanyl^® PA46, Tepex^® thermoplastic composites, Xytron™ PPS, Arnitel^® TPC, ForTii^® PA4T PPA, and EcoPaXX^® PA410, will take center stage at K as part of many new and recently launched solutions for customers.

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At Envalior, we not only take pride in collaborating with our customers; we work side by side with them, supporting as appropriate with advice and also testing, simulation, validation, and co-development
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At K 2025, we are excited to showcase our latest product and application innovations, which help customers to improve performance while reducing time-to-market, operational risks, costs, and CO₂ emissions,” says Calum MacLean, CEO of Envalior.

Envalior’s key innovations on display at K 2025 include:

• A game-changing halogen-free flame-retardant Pocan^® PBT grade that combines the advantages of PBT and polyamide 6 and 66. It is ideal for connectors in ultra-fast EV charging stations with an 800-volt power supply and DC-supplied systems for AI data centers, to name just two application areas. It exhibits the strengths typical of PBT, such as high dimensional stability, low propensity for electrochemical corrosion, and excellent electrical insulation behavior at higher temperatures – while offering high levels of hydrolysis resistance, creep resistance, and elongation at break, comparable to those of polyamide 6 and 66.
• The newly expanded highly tracking-resistant Pocan^® E portfolio, enabling the creation of safer high-CTI components that meet the growing electrical and mechanical demands of E&E components in e-mobility and industrial applications. Materials in the range demonstrate outstanding tracking resistance, achieving the highest rating of 600 in the CTI A test (even in black).
• Stanyl
  
  ^®
  
  PA46 to create some of the industry’s thinnest thermoplastic stator insulation for power tools, allowing for enhanced power and efficiency in electric motors without increasing their outer dimensions. A full range of Stanyl^® solutions for smaller and lighter Wear & Friction applications (gears, bearings, seals, etc.), including PFAS-freeStanyl^® grades, is also available.

• The Arnitel^® TPC product range features new thermoplastic copolyester foaming grades for shoe midsoles, improving performance and providing longer-lasting results. It offers broad compatibility with different foaming technologies, supporting application flexibility. Bio-based midsole solutions will also be on display, helping to reduce product carbon footprints.

A sustainable portfolio of bio- and/or recycled-based alternatives

With the recent launch of the Envalior CARES sustainability strategy, the company clearly demonstrates how it supports its customers in meeting their sustainability ambitions and reduces the environmental impact of its own operations. A core element is the commitment to offer an entire portfolio of bio- and/or recycled-based solutions by 2030. These will be featured at the Envalior booth, with innovative materials made from sources such as used fishing nets, cooking oil, and industrial glass fiber waste. 

These include:

• Drop-in alternatives that help to reduce the carbon footprint of products without compromising performance or requiring major process changes. For example, Envalior’s new Durethan^® ECO and Durethan^® BLUE PA6 grades for E&E applications (such as Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) or connectors) contain up to 90% ISCC PLUS-certified bio-based and recycled content by mass balance attribution.
• Durethan Blue
  
  ^®
  
  PA6-based sausage casing where the PA6 is derived from ISCC PLUS-certified bio-circular feedstock (used cooking oil) and has a very low carbon footprint, and Arnitel^®TPC micro-perforated breathable film for fresh food packaging that significantly extends product shelf life.

• An all-polyamide, fully recyclable Type IV hydrogen storage tank, made with Envalior’s Durethan^® or Akulon^®PA6, combined with its EcoPaXX^®PA410 and UDea™ thermoplastic composite tape – overcoming traditional barriers to circularity for an improved product life cycle assessment.
• Halogen-free, PFAS-free flame-retardant Pocan^® PBT grades, adding enhanced compliance credentials to Pocan’s exceptional electrical and fire safety properties.

Learn more about the company’s sustainability progress in its

Sustainability Report 2024

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Helping customers to achieve first-time right results

Customers across industries are under increasing pressure to reduce time-to-market while meeting strict performance, durability, and safety requirements. Envalior’s Services offering was designed to address this growing need. It brings together all of Envalior’s areas of expertise, including materials science, testing, simulation, application knowledge, computer-aided engineering (CAE) modeling capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools, and sustainability consulting. This offering helps customers achieve the right results while reducing time, risk, cost, and  CO₂ emissions.

Virtual online K experience

Those unable to visit K 2025 in person can also register to attend the Envalior virtual booth tour, featuring expert-led talks on a range of key topics. To discover the full schedule and to sign up, please visit this site: https://events.envalior.com/k2025-online

About Envalior


Envalior is a global leader in Engineering Materials with over 4,000 employees worldwide. It was established in 2023 through the merger of Lanxess Performance Materials and DSM Engineering Materials. With a long track record of customer-driven innovation, Envalior specializes in developing Sustainable and High-Performance Engineering Materials, including PA6, PA66, PBT, PA46, PPS, TPC, PET, PA4T, PA410, and Thermoplastic Composites. Focus markets include Mobility, Electronics & Electrical, and Consumer Goods. For more information, visit


www.envalior.com

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CALGARY, AB, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – In response to a speech given by Governor Tiff Macklem of the Bank of Canada in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Sept. 23, 2025, Friends of Science Society have issued an open letter to him, challenging Macklem’s claims that Canadians just have to “roll up their sleeves.”  The presentation to the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership and the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce explored the shifting multi-polar nature of global trade, but did not reflect the realities facing Canadian businesses, Friends of Science Society claimed, including the impending risk of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and renewed carbon taxes.

In a Jan. 30, 2025, press release, Friends of Science Society advised Canadians that the federal government was pushing for alignment with the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).  Former federal public servant and diplomat, Robert Lyman, had warned at the time that such a move would be seen as “a red flag to the Trump administration bull.”   Likewise, CBAM requires a price on carbon as well as onerous, expensive, double-verified emissions reporting.  In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney zero-ed the consumer facing carbon tax once in office, but he did not cancel it.

On Sept. 30, 2025, just days after Macklem’s presentation, CNBC reported that global trade would be shaken up when the world’s first carbon border tax goes live in the European Union on Jan. 01, 2026.

Another key point of contention is that Macklem has been quick to frame the current tariff issues with the US as a “trade war” but neither he nor the Bank of Canada have ever recognized the ~30 year-long foreign and domestic-funded Tar Sands Campaign against the Alberta oil sands, which has done significant reputational and economic damage to all of Canada.  The Tar Sands Campaign green trade war is documented in Friends of Science Society’s 2019 report “Fear and Loathing; The Alberta Oil Sands – from national pride to international pariah.“

Retired energy economist, Robert Lyman, also criticized Macklem’s speech in a commentary titled “Elbows Up and Roll Up Your Sleeves,” posted on Friends of Science Society’s blog.

As UK energy analyst Tammy Nemeth writes in a Real Clear Energy article of Oct. 1, 2025, the EU is also imposing strict corporate emissions reporting guidelines, known as Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, or “CS3D.”  Nemeth points out that, “The promise of CS3D was always predicated on the notion that Europe, and multinational businesses, could afford to bear the cost of being the world’s climate conscience.”

As BBC reported on Oct. 1, 2025, at the “Raising Hopes” conference at Castel Gondolfo near Rome, Pope Leo XIV condemned climate change critics, as participants celebrated the 10^th anniversary of “Laudato Si,” written by Pope Francis, creating climate change as a centerpiece of Catholic concerns. 

An Oct. 13, 2023, report by the Heritage Foundation indicates that 80% of solar panels made in China involve slave labour; China is the dominant producer of solar panels.

Roger Pielke, Jr. and Justin Ritchie have shown that over 15 years RCP 8.5 and other pathways climate scenarios have been misused.  This has led people to believe there is a climate emergency, when that is not true, says Friends of Science Society.

In the Open Letter to Governor Macklem, as shown by Ken Gregory, Friends of Science Society’s research director, when properly calculated, the Social “Cost” of Carbon (which is used to set carbon taxes), actually becomes a Social “Benefit” of Carbon.  Rather than a staggering $800/t Shadow Price on Carbon for Net Zero 2050, as outlined by the NGFS, “…the SCC is calculated by FUND to be about US-$13.07 per tonne CO2 at a 3% discount rate and about US-$7.28 per tonne CO2 at a 5% discount rate. That is, CO2 emissions are currently quite net beneficial. This finding is significantly different from the estimates used by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and calls into question virtually all of the expenditures made by governments and industry in Canada to reduce emissions.”

About
Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 23^rd year of offering climate science insights. After a thorough review of a broad spectrum of literature on climate change, Friends of Science Society has concluded that the sun is the main driver of climate change, not carbon dioxide (CO2).
Friends of Science Society
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Calgary AB T2N 4S6
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E-mail: contact(at)friendsofscience(dot)org
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SÃO PAULO, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sigma Lithium Corporation (TSXV/NASDAQ: SGML, BVMF: S2GM34), a leading global lithium producer dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicles with carbon neutral, socially and environmentally sustainable lithium concentrate, announces today that it will release its third quarter 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Friday, November 14, 2025.

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2025 earnings results shortly after, on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. EST. Access to the call will be available via webcast. A link to the webcast can be found through Sigma Lithium Corporation’s website at https://sigmalithiumcorp.com.

Webcast Details:

• Event Title: Sigma Lithium Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Results Call

• Event Date: November 14, 2025

• Start Time: 8:30 a.m. EST

Attendee URL:

https://mzgroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wNBpt5llQYyKaJmnZHOWnw

ABOUT SIGMA LITHIUM

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML, BVMF: S2GM34) is a leading global lithium producer dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicle batteries with carbon neutral, socially and environmentally sustainable chemical-grade lithium concentrate.

The Company operates one of the world’s largest lithium production sites—the fifth-largest industrial-mineral complex for lithium oxide—at its Grota do Cirilo Operation in Brazil. Sigma Lithium is at the forefront of environmental and social sustainability in the electric vehicle battery materials supply chain, producing Quintuple Zero Green Lithium: net-zero carbon lithium made with zero dirty power, zero potable water, zero toxic chemicals, and zero tailings dams.

Sigma Lithium currently produces 270,000 tonnes of lithium oxide concentrate on an annualized basis (approximately 38,000–40,000 tonnes of LCE) at its state-of-the-art Greentech Industrial Lithium Plant. The Company is now constructing a second plant to double production capacity to 520,000 tonnes of lithium oxide concentrate (approximately 77,000–80,000 tonnes of LCE).

For more information about Sigma Lithium, visit our website 

Sigma Lithium
LinkedIn: Sigma Lithium
Instagram: @sigmalithium
Twitter: @SigmaLithium

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release includes certain “forward-looking information” under applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including but not limited to statements relating to timing and costs related to the general business and operational outlook of the Company, the environmental footprint of tailings and positive ecosystem impact relating thereto, donation and upcycling of tailings, timing and quantities relating to tailings and Green Lithium, achievements and projections relating to the Zero Tailings strategy, achievement of ramp-up volumes, production estimates and the operational status of the Grota do Cirilo Project, and other forward-looking information. All statements that address future plans, activities, events, estimates, expectations or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur is forward-looking information, including statements regarding the potential development of mineral resources and mineral reserves which may or may not occur. Forward-looking information contained herein is based on certain assumptions regarding, among other things: general economic and political conditions; the stable and supportive legislative, regulatory and community environment in Brazil; demand for lithium, including that such demand is supported by growth in the electric vehicle market; the Company’s market position and future financial and operating performance; the Company’s estimates of mineral resources and mineral reserves, including whether mineral resources will ever be developed into mineral reserves; and the Company’s ability to operate its mineral projects including that the Company will not experience any materials or equipment shortages, any labour or service provider outages or delays or any technical issues. Although management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these assumptions and expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information inherently involves and is subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to that the market prices for lithium may not remain at current levels; and the market for electric vehicles and other large format batteries currently has limited market share and no assurances can be given for the rate at which this market will develop, if at all, which could affect the success of the Company and its ability to develop lithium operations. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ from current expectations, please refer to the current annual information form of the Company and other public filings available under the Company’s profile at 


www.sedarplus.com


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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C., Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Heros of the Sea, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting U.S. Coast Guard members and their families, will host a charitable dinner at Seven Sounds in Elizabeth City, NC to benefit the Camden County High School USCG JROTC program. The event will raise funds for a state-of-the-art boating and flight simulator and provide scholarships for cadets preparing for careers in the Coast Guard and maritime services.

Learn more or donate at: www.hots-pnw.com

This year’s fundraising goal is $75,000, ensuring cadets gain hands-on training tools and educational support that will directly shape their futures of service.

Odin Industries subsidiary Shield of Odin, a veteran-focused medical and consulting group, is proud to serve as an official sponsor of the event. The company’s Chief Operating Officer, Dean Johnston, sits on the Board of Directors for Heros of the Sea, further reinforcing the organization’s commitment to supporting service members and the next generation of leaders.

“Heros of the Sea has a proven record of showing up for Coast Guard families in their most difficult moments,” said Dean Johnston , COO of Shield of Odin. “As both a board member and event sponsor, Shield of Odin is proud to invest in the future of cadets who will one day protect our coasts and lead in the maritime community.”

Ryan Hawley, CEO of Shield of Odin added: “Our mission has always been to empower service members, veterans, and their families with the tools and support they need to thrive. Sponsoring this fundraiser aligns perfectly with our values, and we are honored to help ensure the next generation of Coast Guard leaders has the training and opportunities they deserve.”

About Heros of the Sea

Founded in 2021, Heros of the Sea has supported more than 3,582 Coast Guard members and families during emergencies. The nonprofit provides rapid-response financial assistance for house fires, medical crises, bereavement travel, natural disasters, and other urgent needs—often within 24–48 hours .

As a dual 501(c)(19) and 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Heros of the Sea operates with no paid staff, minimal overhead, and maximum impact. Typical emergency aid ranges from $500–$1,500 per family, with up to $9,000 provided in severe emergencies. Beyond crisis relief, the organization funds scholarships, cadet programs, and youth initiatives that strengthen the Coast Guard community.

All donations are tax-deductible and directly support the next generation of Coast Guard heroes.

Learn more or donate at: www.hots-pnw.com

Shield of Odin is a veteran-focused healthcare and business services group dedicated to supporting military service members, veterans, and their families. Headquartered in Florida, Shield of Odin provides a unique blend of medical-legal services, telehealth solutions, vocational rehabilitation, and consulting support to ensure that those who have served receive the care, advocacy, and resources they deserve.

The company’s services include the preparation of Nexus Letters and Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) for veterans navigating the VA system, as well as access to a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and specialists who deliver white-glove, evidence-based care. Shield of Odin also offers concierge medicine, vocational assessments, and case management services tailored to the needs of the veteran community.

Founded on the principles of service, integrity, and advocacy, Shield of Odin’s mission is to bridge the gap between veterans and the often-complex medical and legal frameworks that shape their benefits and care. By combining deep clinical expertise with a veteran-centric approach, the organization ensures timely, accurate, and compassionate support for its clients across the United States.

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