Articles from Rubber World (July 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Advanced mixing technologies of intermeshing mixer for silica-filled compounds.	Moribe, Takashi		2890
Anti-degradant dose optimization through TGA decomposition kinetics study.	Chakraborty, S.; Debnath, M.; Dasgupta, S.; Mukhopadhyay, R.; Bandyopadhyay, S.		2272
Antioxidant additive.			40
Athletic shoe with bottom opening.			109
Auxiliary equipment.		Directory	157
BASF (www.basf.com), Ludwigshafen, Germany, is strengthening its business with polyurethane (PU) customers in the Gulf region.			88
Bin vent/dust collectors.			85
Bridgestone (www.bridgestone.com), Tokyo, Japan, and Toyo Tire & Rubber will buy stakes in each other and cooperate on procurement and production amid surging oil and rubber prices.			81
Bridgestone.			107
Cabot.			82
Calendar.		Calendar	574
Cancarb Limited (www.cancarb.com) and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) have extended their partnership for the distribution of Cancarb's Thermax brand thermal carbon black products to include Switzerland.			73
Carbon black alternative.			127
Center offers elastomer courses.			932
Chains of Opportunity: The University of Akron and the Emergence of the Polymer Age 1909-2007.			91
China's tire exports to exceed $7 billion.			176
Computer simulation helps reduce extrusion cost by 50%.	Saeed, Adnan		1259
Confocal microscope.			118
Continental Tire.			15
Cooper Tire & Rubber (www.coopertire.com), Findlay, OH, announced the opening of the Cooper Tire Asia Technical Center in Zhudi Town, Min Hang District in the Shanghai suburbs.			74
Cooper-Standard Automotive.			11
Diene-based TPUs.			56
Eastman Chemical.			82
Electric cabinet oven.			153
Electric injection molding.			146
Eurotherm.			9
Extrusion systems.			62
Flexsys America L.P., a subsidiary of Solutia (www.solutia.com), St. Louis, MO, has filed a new complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Sinorgchem, Shandong, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Ltd., Kumho Tire and Kumho Tire USA.			114
Fluid-structure interaction in flow induced sealing in wellhead isolation tool.	Zhong, Allan		3291
Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group.			28
Gears.			97
Green tires.			85
GW Silicones.			12
Harwick Standard Distribution (www.harwickstandard. com), Akron, OH, has added a new antioxidant to its line of rubber chemicals.			34
Industrial autoclave.			98
Instrumentation service.			62
Internal mixer weight.			97
Kleentek.			8
Lehigh Technologies.			58
Machinery and equipment suppliers.		Directory	9221
Materials testing system.			128
Metal cable usable in a tire carcass reinforcement.			134
Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group.			104
New England Rubber & Plastics Group.			35
New machinery suppliers.			3619
O-ring hardness tester.			117
Ohio Rubber Group.			56
Parker Hannifin (www.parker.com), Cleveland, OH, has acquired the remining stake in its joint venture, Parker Seal de Mexico.			50
Pirelli Group.			75
PolyOne to distribute eight GLS TPE grades.			92
Post-mixer, batch processing options.	Glasser, Pete		2696
Process for the preparation of low molecular weight hydrogenated nitrile rubber.			104
REP improving productivity through cure reduction.		Interview	1135
Rheologically stabilized silicone dispersions comprising a polydimethylsiloxane mixture.			140
Rohm and Haas.			12
Rubber Division awards scholarships.			208
Rubber injection.			88
Rubber snakes evolution.	Smith, Don R.		440
Rubberlite.			14
Semi-permanent release.			137
Shock absorbing device for moving body.			168
Smithers Group announces leadership team.			222
Spare parts/rebuilding.			91
The Smithers Group (www.smitherscientific.com), a testing, research and consulting firm, is reorganizing its services to the tire, automotive and polymer industries, consolidating Smithers Scientific Services and Smithers Rapra, along with Smithers Rapra's Information Products Group, into a single business.			97
Three Vietnamese companies, including Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock (Casumina), Da Nang Rubber and Sao Vang Rubber Joint Stock, signed an agreement with India's Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. (www.pcblltd.com) to establish a joint venture for carbon black production in Viet Nam.			92
Tire components having improved modulus.			100
Titan Industries.			57
Total Petrochemicals USA.			17
Total Petrochemicals USA.			16
Transfer presses.			92
Tread pattern having at least one inserted element.			130
U.S. demand for IP to increase 2.8% per year.			427
Used, rebuilt machinery suppliers.		Directory	5036
UV curable adhesive.			159
Water-cooled chillers.			113
West Michigan Rubber Group.			53
Western New York Rubber & Plastics Group.			34
World tire producers filed a lawsuit against several chemical concerns over an alleged cartel agreement.			69
Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary.			92
Yokohama settles legal action vs. Hangzhou.			116
Yokohama Tire.			12