Bayer Corporation Announces Therban Web Site http://www.therban.com.AKRON, Ohio--(AutomotiveWire)--June 28, 1999-- Bayer Corporation has announced the introduction of a web site designed exclusively for Therban(R), Bayer's high-performance hydrogenated nitrile rubber Nitrile rubber, or Buna-N,is a synthetic rubber copolymer of acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene. Some trade names are: Nipol, Krynac and Europrene. . The Therban web site can be accessed at www.therban.com. Therban, an innovative specialty elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. invented and patented by Bayer, gives products superior performance and durability du·ra·ble adj. 1. Capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay: a durable fabric. 2. in applications where extreme temperature, fuel, oil, ozone or abrasion abrasion /abra·sion/ (ah-bra´zhun) 1. a rubbing or scraping off through unusual or abnormal action; see also planing. 2. a rubbed or scraped area on skin or mucous membrane. exists. The new web site features a growing list of uses for Therban along with the latest news from the Therban Team, a cross-disciplinary group of individuals from Bayer's Fibers, Additives and Rubber (FAR) Division singularly sin·gu·lar adj. 1. Being only one; individual. 2. Being the only one of a kind; unique. 3. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. 4. Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. committed to promoting Therban. The web site includes updates on product development, innovative applications, technical testing and customer partnerships. The web site also enables visitors to contact members of the Therban Team directly to ask questions about Therban and its applications. Bayer Corporation is a research-based company with major businesses in health care and life sciences and chemicals. The company had 1998 sales of $8.1 billion and employs more than 23,000 people. Bayer Corporation is investing $15 billion in capital expenditures and research and development from 1995 through the year 2004. 1999 capital investment and R&D expenditures are projected to total $1.6 billion. Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $31 billion international life sciences, polymers and specialty chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. group based in Leverkusen, Germany. |
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