Bayer closes two Sarnia, Ontario rubber units. (Corporate, Financial News).Bayer announced a restructuring of its rubber business. Bayer's Butyl butyl /bu·tyl/ (bu´t'l) a hydrocarbon radical, C4H9. bu·tyl n. A hydrocarbon radical, C4H9. butyl a hydrocarbon radical, C4H9. I Unit will cease operations in Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (city population 71,419, census area population 88,793, in 2006). It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the three upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River. , Canada, as the site completes consolidation of its butyl rubber butyl rubber: see rubber. production to a newly expanded Butyl II facility. In addition, the local Butadiene Rubber (BR) Unit will be closed. This move is a continuation of the company's long-term strategy to strengthen its competitiveness in butyl and butadiene rubbers. Some 300 jobs will be affected as a result of the restructuring. Spelman College Spelman College: see Atlanta Univ. Center. Spelman College Private, historically black, women's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Ga. Its history is traced to 1881, when two Boston women began teaching 11 black women, mostly ex-slaves, in an Atlanta , Atlanta, GA, celebrated the grand opening of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Synthetic Chemistry Research Laboratory in the school's new state-of-the-art Albro Falconer Manley Science Center. During the unveiling of the Goodyear lab, the company was recognized for its belief in the importance of a diverse workforce, for investing in the potential of African-American women scientists and for the partnership forged many years ago between Goodyear and Spelman. Goodyear was named Corporation of the Year by the NAACP's Region Five at the organization's 50th Annual Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute in Charlotte, NC. Goodyear received the award based on the partnership it has developed with the NAACP's southeast region, which is comprised of seven states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Tennessee. Goodyear employs more than 14,000 associates at factory, retail and commercial operations in the region. Acushnet Rubber, New Bedford, MA, will begin to operate June 1 under the name Precix (pronounced precise) as part of its continuing strategy of focusing on its core business of high performance o-rings, seal rings and custom 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. solutions for the automotive, aerospace and chemical processing industries. The Rubber Manufacturers Association presented Freudenberg-NOK production facilities with a total of 11 Safety and Health Improvement Program Awards for 2001. the most received by a company in a single year. |
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