Articles from Rubber World (March 1, 1998)

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Acadia Elastomers, Roanoke, VA, a designer and producer of high quality custom engineered polymeric products for various industries, has confirmed the acquisition of Webster Plastics.		60
AlliedSignal, Richmond, VA, has combined Industrial Fibers and Spectra Performance materials to form AlliedSignal Performance Fibers.		23
Apece, Centerbrook, CT has acquired Capitol Temptrol of Old Lyme, CT.		18
Aristech Chemical will break ground on a phenol unit at its Haverhill, OH, facility.		54
Bayer's Polymers Division has increased capacity and added production capabilities at its Berlin, CT facility.		49
Cincinnati Milacron, Cincinnati, OH, plans to buy two companies focused on aftermarket sales of replacement parts and MRO supplies.		58
Dr. Martin L. Feldman was named vice president of sales for Elementis Specialties, Colorants and Additives Business.		34
Dyneon, Solvay Advanced Polymers form joint venture.		115
EniChem, Milan, Italy, has invested $10 million in the construction of a semiwork pilot plant aimed at developing the technology of ethylene-propylene rubber in its Ferrara Research Center.		28
Exotic Rubber & Plastics, Farmington, MI, has acquired Mid-State Fluid Power & Automation of lansing, MI, and Lake States Fluid and Automation of Burton, MI.		24
Farrel, Ansonia, CT, completed the renovation of a 70,000 square foot area of its headquarters plant facility.		31
Federal-Mogul, Southfield, MI, has completed the acquisition of Fel-Pro, a privately-owned manufacturer headquartered in Skokie, IL, for $720 million.		58
Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced a $15 million expansion of its European Technical Center in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg.		200
H.L. Blachford Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada has purchased the RubberCote product line of Namico of Philadelphia, PA.		37
Montell Polyolefins is substantially increasing production capacity for its catalyst support at Ferrara, Italy.		124
OM Group, Cleveland, OH, has acquired Dussek Campbell Ltd., Belleville, Ontario, Canada.		26
Polyolefin foam growth pegged at 4.8%.		343
PRC names Ron Mayfield executive VP.		85
Repeatable measurement of high-resistivity rubber and other materials.	Erdman, Bob	1443
Rhodia Tyre and Rubber Chemicals, Lyons, France, has acquired the remaining 25% of the equity in its precipitated silica joint venture from its Chinese partner QSSF.		80
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA, and Elf Atochem, Paris, France, have signed a letter of intent whereby Elf Atochem will buy Rohm and Haas' 50% interest in the AtoHaas joint venture.		123
Sales and service operations of Pomini equipment designed for use by the rubber industry are now part of Techint Technologies.		55
Standard Products, dearborn, MI, announced the grand opening of its facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico.		47
Sumitomo Chemical Ltd. plans to raise its shareholding in DongWoo Pure Chemicals Ltd.		50
Technical Machine products, Cleveland, OH, has assigned Tumpeer Chemical to market entire line of rubber and plastics machinery in the midwestern region.		23
The science of mixing rubber.	Nakajima, N.	3025
Tilton Engineered Components of Tilton, NH, will open a facility dedicated to the production of supported cast urethane belts in Salem, NH.		33
Trends in rubber mixing.	Pohl, Juergen W.	3547
UCB has bought from ICI and ICI Australia manufacturing and distribution activities in OPP films.		59
Union Carbide and Novus International, Danbury, CT, announced that Union carbide will further expand its methylmercapto propionnaldehyde (MMP) unit at its Taft, LA plant in 1999.		83
Uniroyal Chemical, Middlebury, CT, a subsidiary of Crompton & Knowles, plans to construct a large-scale pilot plant facility at its Elmira, Canada, manufacturing plant.		55
Videojet Systems International, Wood Dale, IL, has acquired the Marsh Company of Belleville, IL.		24
View from Britain on testing in the U.S.	Brown, Roger	1165
VMI Americas doubles capacity as Stow, OH plant.		71
Yokohama Rubber announced the restructure and capitalization of Yokohama Tire, its U.S. subsidiary.		36