Articles from Rubber World (August 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A federal agency has begun an investigation into a line of tires from Cooper Tire & Rubber, Findlay, OH.			55
A new silane for future requirements--lower rolling resistance, lower VOCs.	Korth, Karsten		3297
Addition of polar polymer to improve tear strength and processing of silica filled rubber.	Samples, Bob		74
Additive compound for curing halogenated polymers.	Samples, Bob		50
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory.			19
Alcar Chemicals Group has closed a second contract with A-M Polymer Industries Ltd.			20
Alcoa Packaging and Consumer Products.			16
Alliance Tire Ltd. has signed a supply contract with Caterpillar, said to be the world's largest manufacturer of heavy engineering equipment.			35
Amerityre has entered into a manufacturing and distribution license agreement with Flatfree-Korea, a South Korean corporation.			36
Amtel-Vredestein Group is acquiring the Moscow Tire Plant, including a recent upgrade of production capacity and equipment at the Moscow Tire Plant-M.			73
Another casualty.	Smith, Don R.		398
Antiextrusion device.	Samples, Bob		78
Antioxidant.			72
Arnco, South Gate, CA, has entered into an agreement with the American Commercial Tire Network (ACTN) to provide Arnco polyurethane fill as the exclusive flatproofing material used by all dealer members of the buying group.			85
Assessing Food Safety of Polymer Packaging.			126
Azodicarbonamide treatment for carbon black and rubber compounds.	Samples, Bob		77
BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical signed a $500 million agreement.			20
BASF has been named by Ford Motor as one of its preferred global suppliers.			26
Bonds of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron, OH, are said to be tumbling as the tiremaker pays higher prices for raw materials.			37
BRC Rubber & Plastics, Churubusco, IN, completed the purchase of the rubber molded business and assets of Ottawa Rubber in northwest Ohio.			46
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC.			32
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire.			20
Bridgestone, tire firms sue Chemtura for prices.			96
Bridgestone, Tokyo, Japan, this year supplying only Ferrari among the top Formula One racing teams, has been given a three-year contract by motorsports' governing body, the FIA.			49
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories.			9
Calendar.		Calendar	776
Chemtura.			33
Chicago Rubber Group.			29
Conductivity sensing ensures consistent rubber product quality while reducing costs.	Quackenbush, J. Kevin		679
Connecticut Rubber Group.			28
Dispersions/emulsions.			90
Dyneon LLC.			47
Electrical cable having a hardgrade-EPR insulation.	Samples, Bob		88
Energy Rubber Group.			31
Farrel buys technology of Spain's Gumix S.A.			85
Florida Power & Light has requested that International Truck and Engine deliver Goodyear DuraSeal commercial tire technology on new service equipment.			44
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.			21
GPC/SEC systems.			95
GreenMan Technologies, Savage, MN, a recycler of approximately 14 million scrap tires per year, announced the execution of a stock purchase agreement in which GreenMan has sold all ownership interest in its wholly-owned GreenMan Technologies of California subsidiary to Vern Mabry.			48
Grinder/shredder feeds.			107
Growth expected to pick up for IRP.			463
Hankook Tire.			79
Harry Bader.			15
Harry Noerenberg.			23
High cis butadiene.			177
Improved processing stabilizer systems.	Fagouri, Chris		3386
Jeep.			38
Liquid silicone rubbers.			169
Materials testing.			176
Method of designing rubber composite.	Samples, Bob		24
Michelin.			36
Michelin/BFGoodrich.			25
Milacron Extrusion Systems.			11
Modi Rubber, Meerut, India, whose plant was shut down nearly five years ago, has signed an agreement with a Chinese tire company to help revive the company.			42
Modular conveyors.			143
Multifunctional acrylates as anti-reversion agents in sulfur cured systems.	Shapot, Scott A.		5180
NSL Analytical Services.			7
Obituaries.		Obituary	20
Ohio Rubber & Plastics Group.			33
Pendulum impact tester.			180
Polymer composite fibrous coating on dipped rubber articles and method.	Samples, Bob		70
Polymer electrolyte having acidic, basic and elastomeric subunits.	Samples, Bob		74
Polyurethane coatings.			86
Precision Roll Grinders.			13
Putter head.	Samples, Bob		86
Railroad car energy absorption apparatus.	Samples, Bob		56
Rapra Technology.			11
Releases.			45
Review of common rubber factory problems and published causes and solutions--part I.	Dick, John S.		3960
RFID tire belt antenna system and method.	Samples, Bob		86
Rhein Chemie, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lanxess, started production at its Chardon, OH, site for the polymer dispersion product line.			32
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA, and Dow Coming, Midland, MI, have renewed a joint venture development agreement to create products used to manufacture semiconductors.			42
Roll handling systems.			147
Room temperature curable X-HNBR coating.	Samples, Bob		64
Rubber testing.			46
Seminars, workshops set for Cincinnati.			258
Slew rate revlimiter.	Samples, Bob		58
Solvay Engineered Polymers.			20
Solvay Solexis.			16
South Pacific Tyres.			64
Strip builder.			92
The Carlyle Group has joined the International Rubber Study Group's Panel of Associates.			36
The Division offers three online courses: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Rubber Technology.			114
The New York Rubber Group and the Philadelphia Rubber Group will hold a joint technical symposium at Meola's Ristorante Italiano in Somerset, NJ, on September 12.			47
The owner of Case Machinery, LLC, and Olson & Pugh Machine, a large state-of-the-art manufacturing outfit, has expanded its operation by adding the Case Rubber Machinery (CRM) division.			61
The Rubber Division now offers over 30 technical books that focus on rubber and rubber processes in the various rubber and rubber-related industries covering many applications.			96
The Tire Society meets in Akron.			1014
Thermoplastic elastomer.			112
Thomas to lead Bayer MaterialScience.			127
Through its Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has signed an agreement to acquire Mehren Rubber A/S, with approximately 30 employees and annual sales of approximately SEK 65 million.			80
Tilt material handling.			177
Tire sidewall inspection.			124
Titan Tire has acquired the off-the-road tire facility of Continental Tire North America in Bryan, OH.			45
U.S. rubber industry.			73
Universal testers.			115
Velox GmbH distributes for NuSil Technology.			76
Vibration damping rubber composition.	Samples, Bob		79
Volkswagen has selected Goodyear tires in size 235/45R-17 for its Eos model.			24
VWR International.			15
West Michigan Rubber Group.			48