GE Silicones invests in injection molding centers. (Acquisitions, Expansions).GE Silicones. Waterford, NY, announced a $1.5 million investment in its Application Development Centers for injection molding injection molding n. A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold. elastomers, including new capabilities in start-up and low-volume production, prototyping and optimization of tools and materials. These capabilities are in addition to state-of-the-art technical services in finite element analysis Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It uses a numerical technique called the finite element method (FEM). There are many finite element software packages, both free and proprietary. and mold flow analysis currently available to customers in the healthcare industry. The Application Development Center expansion is designed to offer new capabilities with services including start-up/low-volume production in a laboratory environment, troubleshooting services to optimize tools and materials, and prototyping services for custom applications. Darcoid Rubber, Oakland, CA, has acquired Nor-Cal Seal of San Leandro San Leandro (săn lēăn`drō), city (1990 pop. 68,223), Alameda co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1872. Metal, wood, and paper products; chemicals; leather goods; foods and beverages; medical equipment; lighting fixtures; and , CA. In addition to the full line Parker Seals distributor, this acquisition is said to bring together the significant service capabilities and sealing expertise of the two companies. The new organization will be called Darcoid Nor Cal Seal and will maintain offices in Oakland at Darcoid's location. Dynisco Polymer Test, Morgantown, PA, a division of Dynisco LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Franklin, MA, is acquiring the Polymer Evaluation Products line from Atlas Material Testing Solutions, Chicago. IL. The PEP line includes HDT/Vicat testers, advanced pendulum impact testers, a total energy dart drop tester, a laboratory mixing extruder and molder, as well as a flammability flam·ma·ble adj. Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable. [From Latin flamm tester. Kneader knead tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads 1. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough. 2. Machinery announced the opening of its dispersion mixer manufacturing facility in China. The 100,000 sq. ft. facility is located in a suburb of Shanghai and currently employs 80 people. The manufacturing plant will service Japanese, American and Asian transplant companies moving to China. VIP-Heinke, Cambridgeshire, U.K., has been acquired in a multi-million-pound deal by a consortium which includes Close Brothers Private Equity and the management team of West Midlands West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan districts: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, " industrial group Grove Industries. VIP-Heinke, said to be one of Britain's largest manufacturers of rubber and plastic seals and gaskets, employs 200 people in Huntingdon and Ashford in Kent, U.K. Bayer, Pittsburgh, PA, has agreed to sell its organic pigments business located in Bushy Park
Shawnee County, KS commissioners intend to provide tax incentives to the Topeka Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant for new equipment and machinery associated with new production lines. Commissioners approved a resolution of intent guaranteeing Goodyear that if the local plant receives a new production line, the machinery and equipment will be exempted. Ashland Distribution's General Polymers Division, Dublin, OH, has commenced operations at a $7 million, 125,000 sq. ft. regional distribution center in Anderson, SC. The facility will recieve bulk thermoplastic materials thermoplastic materials materials used in making casts for broken limbs. Malleable when warmed in hot water or heated with a hairdrier, very quick setting and very strong, e.g. Hexcelite. , primarily by rail, and will package and distribute plastic resin pellets to General Polymers customers throughout the southeast region. Ashland acquired the 43-acre site and developed the new facility to enhance its inventory management and customer service capabilities for plastics customers, as well as to provide an infrastructure for the potential expansion needs of its other distribution businesses. Taking the next step in its transformation to a sustainable growth company, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, announced the alignment of its businesses in five market- and technology-focused growth platforms This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and the creation of a Textiles and Interiors subsidiary. The growth platforms are DuPont Electronic & Communication Technologies; DuPont Performance Materials; DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies; DuPont Safety & Protection; and DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition. The new wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , called DuPont Textiles & Interiors, will include the nylon fibers, polyester fibers and Lycra brand fiber businesses, plus their intermediates and joint ventures. DuPont will consider a full range of options for DuPont Textiles & Interiors, including an initial public offering, with the ultimate intent of separation by year-end 2003, market conditions permitting. The company has engaged Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. to assist in the evaluation process. DuPont
Textiles & Interiors will be the world's largest integrated
fibers company, with annual segment sales estimated at $6.5 billion.
This represents about 23% of 2001 total DuPont segment sales.Atofina has brought on stream its new specialty acrylic and methacrylic monomer monomer (mŏn`əmər): see polymer. monomer Molecule of any of a class of mostly organic compounds that can react with other molecules of the same or other compounds to form very large molecules (polymers). plant in Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse , France several months ahead of schedule, thereby bringing its overall production capacity to 50 kt/year. The Carling facilities are said to provide extensive integration for these specialty monomers within the site's activities, in particular with the availability on site of the two main raw materials, acrylic acid acrylic acid /acryl·ic ac·id/ a readily polymerizing liquid used as a monomer for acrylic polymers. and methyl methacrylate methyl methacrylate (meth´il methak´rilāt), n an acrylic resin, CH2 = C(CH3)COOCH3, derived from methyl acrylic acid. Monomer is the single molecule and polymer is the polymerization product. . Together with Pagendarm BTT BTT Back to Top BTT Back to Topic BTT Bridge to Transplant (artificial heart) BTT Bridge to Terabithia (movie and book) BTT Bicicleta Todo-O-Terreno BTT Between The Trees (band) GmbH, BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida in Ludwigshafen, Germany is building a technical center facility for aqueous aqueous /aque·ous/ (a´kwe-us) 1. watery; prepared with water. 2. see under humor. a·que·ous adj. pressure-sensitive adhesives that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 1,500 meters per minute. BASF will then have the fastest coating machine for pressure-sensitive adhesives in the world, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company. The facility is part of a capital expenditure program under which the technical center for pressure-sensitive adhesives is currently being modernized. In connection with this, the existing facility at Pagendarm will be revamped for the sole use of UV hot melt adhesives at a maximum speed of 600 meters per minute. Cooper Tire & Rubber relocated its group headquarters to Novi, MI. Headquarters for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Fluid Systems and North American Sealing Systems sales also moved to a new facility in Auburn Hills, MI. The 88,000 sq. ft. facility in Novi is home to the North American Sealing Systems Division headquarters, NISCO NISCO National Iranian Steel Company NISCO NATO Identification System Coordination Office and the NVH NVH Noise, Vibration and Harshness NVH Nahverkehr Hohenlohekreis (German) NVH Noise Vibration and Harshness Control Systems sales team. as well as the Cooper-Standard Automotive Group. The new 77,500 sq. ft. facility in Auburn Hills also houses the North American Fluid Systems research and development labs.
Third quarter 2001 financial results
Earnings ($) Sales ($)
AirBoss of America 1.2 million 45.5 million
Albemarle 16.8 million 242 million
American Biltrite 2.7 million 111 million
Bandag 14.6 million 261.7 million
Celanese AG EUR 16 million EUR 1.2 billion
Cooper Tire & Rubber 14 million 791 million
DSM EUR 101 million EUR 1.9 billion
DuPont 142 million 5.6 billion
Farrel 923,000 15.8 million
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 9.3 million 3.7 billion
Great Lakes Chemical 7 million 381 million
Industrial Rubber Products 48,000 2.9 million
Lyondell Chemical 16 million 750 million
NL Industries 20.5 million 207 million
OM Group 20.5 million 833.3 million
Omnova Solutions 10.2 million 199.9 million
Osmonics 1.14 million 48.4 million
Plymouth Rubber 842,000 16 million
PolyOne 2.90 million 660 million
Resolution Performance
Products 6 million 207 million
Rohm and Haas 53 million 1.3 billion
Solutia 7 million 690 million
Texas Petrochemicals LP * 9.3 million 154.9 million
TOR Minerals 128,000 3.8 million
Trelleborg SEK 154 million SEK 4.6 billion
* First quarter ended September 30, 2001
First nine months 2001 financial results
Earnings ($) Sales ($)
AirBoss of America 2.8 million 130.3 million
Albemarle 54.1 million 677.7 million
American Biltrite 31,000 308.7 million
Bandag 26.5 million 715.7 million
Celanese AG EUR 34 million EUR 4 billion
Cooper Tire & Rubber 36 million 2.4 billion
Farrel 257,000 39.3 million
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 29.6 million 10.7 billion
Great Lakes Chemical 31 million 1.25 billion
Industrial Rubber Products 429 10.9 million
Lyondell Chemical 40 million 2.5 billion
Millennium Chemicals 12 million 792 million
NL Industries 80.5 million 653.1 million
OM Group 60.3 million 1.3 billion
Osmonics 5 million 153.4 million
Plymouth Rubber 3 million 49.4 million
Resolution Performance
Products 11 million 670 million
Rohm and Haas 236 million 4.3 billion
Solutia 25 million 2.2 billion
TOR Minerals 353,000 11.3 million
Trelleborg SEK 762 million SEK 14.2 billion
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