Articles from Rubber World (January 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A simplified approach to QC and testing.	Putman, Matthew C.		3973
Adjustable spray system.			73
Akron Rubber Group.			88
An overview of method validation--part 2.	Singhania, Hari Shankar		2465
Automated sheeting system.			137
Axel Plastics Research Laboratories, Woodside, NY, a manufacturer of proprietary mold releases and process aid additives.			34
BASF.			19
Bayer MaterialScience, a subgroup of Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany, plans to increase capacity for the polyurethane raw material MDI (diphenyl methane diisocyanate) at its sites in Tarragona, Spain, and Baytown, TX.			81
Blair Rubber.			11
Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire, LLC, Nashville, TN, has been named original equipment supplier for the redesigned 2004 Acura TL sedan.			120
Calendar.		Calendar	589
Calender control system.			106
Castor Concepts.			17
Chicago Rubber Group.			155
Chromalox.			7
Coatings conference planned.			897
Conference held on polymer bonding.			201
Cooper Tire & Rubber, Findlay, OH, has reached an agreement with Kenda Rubber Industrial Ltd. to build a plant to produce radial passenger and light truck tires.			50
Cooper Tire & Rubber.			14
Daikin America's Unidyne.			10
Despatch Industries.			20
Dieffenbacher's North American.			11
DMA of rubber in immersion environments.	Zemo, Michael		3488
DSM Engineering Plastics, Evansville, IN, a business group within DSM Performance Materials, has increased the capacity of its compounding facility in China.			143
Dynisco Extrusion.			13
Electric belt conveyor oven.			159
Eliokem.			12
Energy Rubber Group.			28
ESI--Extrusion Services.			17
Esposito assumes Division 2004 chair.			150
European Union regulators fined five companies a total of EUR 70 million for fixing the prices of key industrial chemicals. Regulators concluded the companies had colluded over sales of organic peroxides.			86
Farrel, Ansonia, CT, has filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to suspend registration of its common stock.			54
GE Silicones--OSi Specialties opens elastomers facility.			93
Glassven C.A.			41
Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron, OH, has reached global supply agreements to become a major tire supplier to the Volvo Group in Europe and Brazil.			145
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.			13
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.			29
Guill Tool & Engineering.			8
Gunter Oertel, retired Bayer scientist, was inducted by the Alliance for the Polyurethane Industry.			20
Hydraulic molding presses.			195
Hydraulic universal testing.			137
In-line tubing die series.			148
Independent testing laboratories directory.			6533
Industrial Rubber Products.			12
Inflationary boom.	Smith, Don R.		376
Instrumentation, test equipment suppliers.			9404
International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers.			15
IsoPur Fluid Technologies.			12
Laser sensors in the tire industry.	Pastorius, Walt		2446
Linden Industries, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, and Isotherm AG, Uetendorf, Switzerland.			49
Liquid silicone injection.			153
Metzeler Automotive Hose Systems, a division of Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems SA, has been acquired by the Trelleborg Group of Sweden.			55
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association.			16
Neoterik Healthcare Technologies.			10
New useful ASTM test methods and standards now available internationally.	Liotta, Thomas S.		4006
Noveon, Cleveland, OH, will move production of its existing line of Sancure polyurethane dispersions to Avon Lake, OH, and plans to expand that line of products.			100
O-ring measurement.			212
Paper calls.			195
Patent news.	Samples, Bob		712
Polymers in electronics.			56
PolyOne, Cleveland, OH, announced that its Elastomers & Performance Additives Group is building a rubber compounding facility near Shanghai, China.			98
PolyOne, Cleveland, OH, will close its Burlington, NJ, manufacturing plant within its Engineered Films business segment in mid-February, resulting in the elimination of approximately 115 positions.			46
Powder processing scale.			151
Ron Cutler of TRW Automotive was presented with the Triangle Award.			17
Rubber Division meetings and opportunities.			493
Rubber Division, ACS, launches career center.			139
Rubber parts coating.			82
Seeing is believing--host your elected representative.	Ott, Kevin D.		653
Slip measurement system.			106
Temperature calibrator.			108
The Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association.			12
Thermomechanical analyzers.			104
Thermoplastic vulcanizates.			100
Thistle Group, LLC, East Troy, WI, has purchased the operations of Flexfab Molded Products, LLC, from Flexfab Horizons International, Hastings, MI.			39
TOR Minerals International.			12
TPE demand to increase 6.4% per year through 2007.			439
Twin Cities Rubber Group.			21
Universal tester.			55
Urethane foam processing.			64
Venturing Far Beyond the Minimal: the Secret to Becoming a World-Class Organization.			76
Vertical trimmer.			94
Viscometers/rheometers.			116
VMI, Rogers form strategic sales/manufacturing alliance.			75
Wacker Silicones, Munich, Germany, plans to sell its curtain wall binding and sealant business to Sika AG of Baar, Switzerland.			46