Articles from Rubber World (May 1, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Accurate inspection of tire sidewalls. (Process Machinery).	Snow, Michael		912
Adhesives/sealants. (Reports/Studies).			75
Advanced Coatings International, a developer of polymer coatings for circuit boards, founded in Nes Ziona, Israel, is moving into a facility on the Omnova Solutions campus in Akron, OH. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			56
Air Products and Chemicals distributes TDI for Bayer. (Contracts, Licenses).			76
Akron Rubber Group. (Rubber Group News).			32
Amerityre, Boulder, CO, has entered into an agreement with Marvid International of Singapore to distribute its Flatfree products in Southeast Asia. (Contracts, Licenses).			41
Antimicrobial rubber solves cleaning challenges in food processing, packaging, medical and other applications. (Tech Service).	McDowell, Scott		3327
Atofina Petrochemicals. (Sales).			17
ATP Engineered Plastics. (Sales).			15
Bayer and Degussa have sold PolymerLatex GmbH of Marl, Germany, for EUR235 million to financial investor Soros Private Equity Partners. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			37
Bridgestone Americas Holdings. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			15
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Nashville, TN, is evaluating Glyph technology from Info-Glyph USA for its viability as an alternative method for marking and tracking tires. (Contracts, Licenses).			44
Calendar.			607
Chevron Phillips Chemical. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			44
Chromalox. (Management).			13
Color coating technology. (Materials).			167
Columbian Chemicals. (Management).			23
Compounding extruder. (Brochures).			194
Correction.			28
Crompton's organosilicones business purchased by GE. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			114
Dawn raids and amnesty. (Editorial).	Smith, Don R.		377
Die design for rubber extrusion.	Stevenson, James F.		1847
Dorrie International. (Sales).			8
Dow Automotive, Auburn Hills, MI, has entered into a long-term agreement with Cyclics. (Contracts, Licenses).			31
DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies. (Management).			51
DuPont Dow Elastomers. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			30
Edge Sweets. (Sales).			8
Elastomer technologies. (Materials).			122
Elastomers. (Reports/Studies).			68
Eliokem, Villejust, France, a global specialty chemicals provider, appointed Harwick Standard Distribution, Akron, OH. (Contracts, Licenses).			33
Enhancing metallocene TPE's performance for extruded applications.	Moldovan, Dan		5194
EPDM polymers. (Brochures).			100
EPDMs for automotive sponge products.	Tredinnick, Donald W.		1625
Form-in-place gasketing. (Equipment).			114
Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group. (Rubber Group News).			37
Fourth quarter 2002 financial results. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			224
Functionalized polyolefins. (Materials).			163
Gear extruder. (Brochures).			102
George J. Ouellette, Jr., principal engineer for Basell USA, received an ASTM International Award of Merit. (Awards).			65
Goodyear makes board changes. (People in the News).			168
Goodyear Tire & Rubber. (Management).			28
High intensity infrared tower. (Equipment).			172
High speed profiling sensor. (Instruments).			185
Honeywell. (Management).			12
Indonesia's Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology and Bridgestone have signed an agreement to cooperate in research on improving the quality of rubber products. (Contracts, Licenses).			48
IRSG says rubber consumption will grow 6.8%. (Market Focus).			701
Leviton Manufacturing. (Sales).			12
Maleinized polybutadiene. (Materials).			80
Materials testing system. (Instruments).			127
Medium thermal black. (Brochures).			100
Mettler Toledo. (Quality registrations).			22
New York Rubber Group. (Rubber Group News).			61
Northeast Ohio Rubber Group. (Rubber Group News).			27
Paper call. (Meetings).			161
Patent news.	Samples, Bob		813
Performance polymers. (Brochures).			189
PolyOne. (Management).			11
Power transmission products. (Brochures).			114
Propylene oxide. (Brochures).			26
Radiation Technology for Polymers. (Books).			76
RBX Industries, Roanoke, VA, announced that its custom rubber mixing business unit, Hoover Hanes, located in Tallapoosa, GA, is adding an additional 25 million pounds of annual capacity in black rubber compounding. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			45
Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India, and DuPont Polyester Technologies, Wilmington, DE, have entered into a strategic research and development alliance to jointly develop advanced polyester process and product technologies in India. (Contracts, Licenses).			47
Rubber division takes nominations. (Meetings).			513
Rubber gear extruder. (Equipment).			185
Seegott. (Management).			9
Seminars examine additives use. (Meetings).			812
Specialty elastomers. (Brochures).			204
Star Thermoplastics. (Sales).			11
Strip building. (Brochures).			105
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			27
Textile Rubber & Chemical's Charlotte Division. (Quality registrations).			15
The Automotive Aftermarket Association elected the following 2003-2004 officers of the board of directors. (Associations).			69
The HPM Division of Taylor's Industrial Services LLC, Mount Gilead, OH, has signed CPI Plastika S.A. de C.V. (Contracts, Licenses).			33
The indene-coumarone and hydrocarbon resins business of Rutgers Chemicals AG of Germany is represented by H.M. Royal, Trenton, NJ. (Contracts, Licenses).			36
The joint venture company Hi-Bis GmbH broke ground for the construction of a production facility at the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park in Germany. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			66
Thermoplastic Rubber Systems. (Quality registrations).			17
Tire profile measurement. (Instruments).			165
Tire testing retrofit kit. (Instruments).			118
Twin Cities Rubber Group. (Rubber Group News).			29
Vacuum mixer systems. (Equipment).			129
Western New York Rubber Group. (Rubber Group News).			29
Year end 2002 financial results. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			177
Yokohama Rubber Ltd. (Acquisitions, Expansions).			26
Yokohama Tire. (Management).			12