LITERATURE Services.

Hydraulics/pneumatics

The company's 1998 Products and Services Directory lists thousands of products (each coded by operating unit) and is a complete reference guide to this company's hydraulic, pneumatic and electromechanical applications used in such product lines as instrumentation, industrial power and control, programmable motion control, climate control, seals, gaskets and packing. (Parker Hannifin, 17325 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44112-1290)

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Weathering services

Three brochures, "Laboratory accelerated weathering," "South Florida/Arizona desert testing" and "AWSG 1998 schedule of services and fees," support this global network of material testing and evaluation laboratories. Weathering services include xenon, carbon arc, fluorescent and metal halide testing. Accelerated weathering standards are also included in the literature. (Atlas Weathering Services Group, 4114 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613)

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Physical testing

A six-page, fold-out pamphlet features the company's physical testing services, including container and package testing, material and product evaluation, environmental testing and consumer product studies. Material and product evaluation includes life cycling, hydrostatic testing, tensile/elongation, compression, flexure, coating testing, impact, brittleness temperature, rubber testing, density, fatigue, shear and more. (Gaynes Labs, 9708 Industrial Dr., Bridgeview, IL 60455)

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Management consultant

Literature is available from this specialized consulting organization that works with senior management, entrepreneurs, financial institutions and creditors involved with under-performing businesses, with the objective of maximizing the ultimate value of the business for all interested parties. This crisis management team for a business in distress coordinates and conducts turnaround and workout analysis and implementation, and facilitates communications and reporting between the company, its advisors, lenders and creditors, according to the literature. Investment banking expertise is offered to manage and coordinate the sale of underperforming businesses, the divestiture of non-strategic divisions or product lines, and the refinancing or recapitalization of businesses. The company's literature describes the services it performs, along with credentials and examples of projects. (The Parkland Group, One Cleveland Center, 1375 E. 9th St., Suite 1350, Cleveland, OH 44114)

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Custom rubber mixing

Informational literature describes the company's rubber mixing services. The mixing and compounding of natural and synthetic rubber is said to be one of the in-house services performed by the company. The company has mixed all of the common elastomers used by industry, such as natural rubber, butyl, silicone and nitrile, as well as the advanced elastomers in use today, such as fluoroelastomers and fluorosilicones, according to the two-page bulletin. The product of the company's 40 years of experience is said to be a computerized library of formulations, including properties and applications, which are available to customers. Sixteen of these elastomers, along with their properties and applications, are described in an accompanying chart. Among the selected elastomers are natural rubber, fluoroelastomer, silicone, fluorosilicone, urethane, nitrile, butyl, EPDM, polybutadiene and polysulfide. Test results or ratings are shown for each elastomer on six properties, including hardness, tensile strength, compression set, heat resistance, ozone resistance and resilience. The literature also describes the company's mixing equipment, quality assurance procedures and custom color matching capabilities (Pelmor Laboratories, 401 Lafayette St., Newtown, PA 18940-0309)

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Urethane production

An eight-page booklet features the company's urethane casting line, profiles the line's patented mixing, casting and curing equipment, and gives examples of the multi-function, multi-layer materials the line is capable of producing. (E-A-R Specialty Composites, 7911 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268)

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