Articles from Rubber World (June 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A. Schulman North America.			22
Adhesive bonding training provided.			236
AirBoss of America (www.airbossofamerica.com) has received notification from the Canadian Department of National Defense that a standing offer contract has been awarded its defense products division, AirBoss Defense, to supply C-4 gas masks.			50
Amerityre (www.amerityre.com), Boulder City, NV, a developer of polyurethane tire technologies and tire products, has initiated commercial production of solid polyurethane elastomer tires.			66
Analyzing Friction in the Design of Rubber Products and their Paired Surfaces.			109
Avon Rubber.			20
Bayer MaterialScience, Baule establish JV.			92
Best Glove.			12
Bridgestone Firestone Off Road Tire (www.bridgestone-firestone.com), Nashville, TN, received a supplier quality excellence award.			18
Bulk bag dischargers.			158
Cabot (www.cabot-corp.com), Boston, MA, announced that its subsidiary, Cabot (China) Ltd., has signed a joint venture agreement with the China National Bluestar Group to build a facility for the manufacture of fumed silica in China.			89
Calendar.		Calendar	573
Chem-Trend (www.chemtrend.com), Howell, MI, a global manufacturer of release agents and other process chemical specialties for the die casting, rotational molding, general rubber, polyurethane, tire, thermoplastics and composites industries, announced its investment in China.			80
Chemtura (www.chemtura.com), Middlebury, CT, has entered into an agreement with Baerloeher for the manufacture of certain heat stabilizers used in PVC.			39
Chemtura names DePew global sales vice president.			121
CIT Group, a global commercial finance company, has provided a $39 million senior secured credit facility to Baird Capital Partners to facilitate its acquisition of ATP Engineered Rubber and Plastics Group and KW Medical Specialties Group to form MedPlast (www.medplastgroup.com).			70
Coker Tire.			15
Correction.		Correction notice	52
Creep/relaxation tester.			60
Division honors Kennedy.			81
Dow Chemical.			33
Dow Corning.			44
Dow Corning.			88
Dynisco announces Tech Pro acquisition.			58
Electric walk-in oven.			153
Electronic balances.			141
Endless track for high speed multi-terrain vehicles.			171
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 (ITC) against Sinorgchem, Korea Kumho Petrochemical, Kumho Tire and Kumho Tire USA.			84
Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group.			28
Functionalized siloxy compound, silica reinforced rubber compositions thereof and tire with component comprised thereof.			96
High speed disperser.			68
Hupp earns Distinguished Service Award.			91
Jet Edge.			13
Keynoters.			35
Kumho Tire USA.			11
Lanxess (www.lanxess.com), Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, announced a multi-year tenancy agreement with the University of Western Ontario Research Park in London, Ontario, Canada, which will become the new home for the Lanxess Butyl Rubber Business Unit polymer research group.			56
LIMS.			83
Meeting the design challenges of tomorrow's healthcare industry with high-performance TPEs.	Varma, Raj		1061
Michelman.			79
Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group.			101
Momentum Technologies.			51
Motorist ADD.	Smith, Don R.		434
New England Rubber & Plastics Group.			35
New product developments in silicones.	Worner, Christof; Stadelmann, Berndt		2371
Non-contact sensors.			148
Ohio Rubber Group.			56
Oxiteno USA.			9
Paper call.			96
Pelmar Engineering Ltd.			67
Precise Automation (www.preciseautomation.com), Los Altos, CA, an automation product development specialist, and Dongil Rubber Belt, Busan, Korea, a provider of high-performance rubber products and robot systems.			48
Precision dispensing.			128
Processing additive.			66
Processing aid.			71
Rhein Chemie awards Ferris State scholarships.			62
Royal DSM N.V. (www.dsm.com), The Netherlands, announced an agreement to acquire the Polymer Technology Group of Berkeley, CA.			42
RTP.			14
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using same.			109
Rubber composition for tire tread comprising a piezoelectric material.			118
Rubber compositions comprising unsaturated imidoalkoxysilanes.			83
Rubber Division seeks nominations.			282
Selecting the best conveyor for an application.	Podevyn, Michel		2614
Silane coupling agents.			56
Silicone sealants.			121
Static locator device.			104
Surface profile of tread design components of a tire tread.			222
Synthetic silica in silicone rubber for improved clarity.	Conn, Rodney; Schumacher, Kai; Meyer, Jurgen; Scholz, Mario		2611
System 14 total silicone roof system--saving the planet one roof at a time.	West, Richard		1711
Talc.			70
The Pirelli Group (www.pirelli.com) and the Politecnico di Milano University, Italy, signed an agreement for the creation of a chair in Chemical Foundations of Technology of Rubber and Composites.			72
Thermoplastic olefins.			144
Thermoplastic vulcanizate composition.			137
Twin-screw extruder.			86
U.S. rubber trade deficit reduced in first quarter.			373
U.S. Silicones.			50
U.S. tire market.			86
Universal Capital Management (www.unicapman.com), Wilmington, DE, a publicly traded venture capital fund that provides emerging growth companies with management and strategic resources for successful growth.			63
Urethane processing.			104
UWM offers courses on rubber.			912
Wacker Dymatic (www.wacker.com), a joint venture of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, and Dymatic Chemicals, Shunde, China, opened a silicone emulsion plant in China.			66
Wacker Silicones anticipates diverse silicone growth: an interview with L. James Cottington.		Interview	1274
West Michigan Rubber Group.			53
Yokohama Rubber.			43
Yulex (www.yulex.com), Maricopa, AZ, a company that produces natural rubber found to be safe for medical devices, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the first medical device made from guayule, a desert crop native to the U.S. southwest.			83