Articles from Rubber World (May 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Advanced ID (www.advancedidcorp.com), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology applications focusing on the tire management industry, ......			144
Alliance Recovery.			86
American Tire (www.americantire.us), Chino, CA, in a proposed letter to Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron, OH, is planning to acquire Goodyear's OTR tire plant located in Topeka, KS.			86
American Tire announced that its production capacity for Colorado 27.00-49 tires has been increased.			22
American Tire Distributors.			38
Amtel-Vredestein N.V. (www.amtel-vredestein.ru), Enschede, The Netherlands, announced that OJSC Amtel-Vredestein, its Russian subsidiary.			66
Ansell Healthcare.			35
Ansell Protective Products.			12
Approximately 8,000 tires are being voluntarily recalled by Pirelli Tire North America (www.us.pirelli.com), acting as agent for Pirelli Pneus SA.			49
Arnco.			43
Aseanplas 2008 held in Singapore.			727
Bandag (www.bandag.com), Muscatine, IA, announced the organization of Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions, a new business that will expand the focus of the company's operation in Muscatine.			43
Bayer B.V. (www.bayermaterialscience.com) plans to take over Foxhol, The Netherlands-based polyurethane systems house Resina Chemic B.V., a provider of rigid polyurethane foam systems in Europe.			58
Blair Rubber.			30
Bonding agents.			46
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire and Power Sports Factory announced that a range of Bridgestone brand motorcycle and motorbike tires will be available.			40
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire announced an advertising agreement with Fox Sports Network.			24
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (www. bridgestone-firestone.com), Nashville, TN.			59
Bridgestone.			117
Bulkflow Technologies, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has changed its corporate name to Solex Thermal Science.			61
Cabot.			36
Calendar.		Calendar	579
Carcass ply producing apparatus.			166
Cereplast.			33
Changes at Federal-Mogul.			122
Coagents/additives.			69
Connecticut Rubber Group.			30
Continental AG (www.conti-online.com), Europe's second-largest tire maker, announced it will cut its work force by as much as 6.5%, or 1,500 to 2,000 jobs, at the powertrain unit purchased from Siemens AG.			45
Corrections.		Correction notice	63
Coupling agents.			82
Dennis H. Reilly.			48
Diene.based TPU.			124
Elastomer consumption increased 6.2% in 2007.			100
Eliokem.			61
Ethylene-propylene copolymer based compound for electric cable insulation: a rheological and processability study.	Tanaglia, Tiziano		4676
Extruder.			120
Extruders.			60
Extrusion coating.			63
Fillers.			80
For the second time in eight months, Cooper Tire & Rubber (www.coopertire.com), Findlay, OH, is voluntarily recalling tens of thousands of tires for manufacturing defects.			80
Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group.			45
Gears.			132
General design guidelines for extrusion.			1357
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (www.goodyear.com), Akron, OH, has been recognized as one of America's most trustworthy companies by Audit Integrity and Forbes magazine.			72
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.			23
GPC/SEC test system.			91
Hankook Tire America.			30
Hexion Specialty Chemicals.			95
Italian machinery trade balance over EU 2 million.			383
Lanxess acquires majority of Petroflex.			145
Liquid polymer.			49
Magee, Warskulat honored by ASTM International.			283
Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group.			101
Mold cleaning systems.			67
New England Rubber & Plastics Group.			35
Not so green?	Smith, Don R.		362
Ohio Rubber Group.			74
Oil seals inspection.			68
OJSC Amtel-Vredestein (www.amtel-vredestein.ru), the Russian subsidiary of Amtel-Vredestein N.V., has completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, CJSC Moscow Tire Plant-M (MTP-M), to one of the companies of Midland Resources Holding Ltd.			91
Parker Hannifin.			27
Polymer Southeast, Charlotte, NC, a chemical manufacturers sales representation firm to the rubber industries.			51
PolyOne (www.polyone.com), Cleveland, OH, a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is introducing Specialty Engineered Materials as a new reportable segment.			76
PolyOne introduces Geon polymers segment.			155
Preparation of sulfide chain-bearing organosilicon compounds.			213
PU foam processing.			133
Real-time shop floor integration, simplified.	Payne, Susan		2192
Rhodia Board.			45
Robotic testing system.			120
Rohm and Haas (www.rohmhaas.com), Philadelphia, PA, has completed the acquisition of Finndisp, the polymer dispersions division of Oy Forcit AB for approximately $85 million.			63
Rubber compounding.			72
Rubber Division gives paper awards.			157
Rubber extrusion.			96
Rubber processing chemicals.			57
Silicon-modified crumb rubber composition.			117
South Korea's Hankook Tire plans to double capacity at its base in Hungary, Hankook Tire Magyarorszag.			65
SPE seeks executive, part nominations.			317
STL holds tire technology seminar.			166
Studies of water swellable NBR for downhole sealing applications.	McElfresh, Paul; Guo, Lillian		2072
Talcs.			62
Techniques for improving elastomer processing and crosslinking performance.	Palys, Leonard H.; Debaud, Fabien; Keromnes, Laurent; Brennan, Joseph		5128
The board of directors of Myers Industries (www.myersind.com), Akron, OH, announced that it has received notice that GS Capital Partners does not intend to proceed with the proposed acquisition of the company.			53
The Synthetic Rubber Manual.			98
Tire materials in the 60s.	Byers, John		664
Tire profile design method.			159
Tire vulcanizing apparatus.			171
Titan Tire secures deal with John Deere.			88
Transfer shuttle press.			170
Twin screw extruder.			80
Twin screw extruder.			109
U.S. reverses rubber machinery trade balance.			162
Universal testing.			145
Veyance Technologies, Fairlawn, OH, acquired last year by Carlyle Group (www.carlyle.com), plans to add 24,000 sq. ft. to its factory in Marysville, OH.			71
Vulcanization crosshead.			85
Wacker Chemic AG.			59
Water-based release.			139
Wenger Manufacturing.			12
Wenger Manufacturing.			13
West Michigan Rubber Group.			53
Yokohama Rubber (www.yrc.co.jp), Tokyo, Japan, signed and agreement last month with Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development of India to acquire a business site of 25 acres in the corporation's industrial estate Bahadurgarh.			68
Zamil Industrial (www.zamilindustrial.com), Dammam, Saudi Arabia, an international manufacturer of building materials, announced a joint venture with Armacell International Holding GmbH of Germany to jointly produce rubber insulation products in the Middle East region.			66