The Central Illinois Rubber & Plastics Group, the Chicago Rubber Group and the Wisconsin Rubber Group announced that their boards of directors have decided to go forward and consider merging into one rubber group.

The Central Illinois Rubber & Plastics Group, the Chicago Rubber Group and the Wisconsin Rubber Group announced that their boards of directors have decided to go forward and consider merging into one rubber group. Each rubber group membership will vote via sunset rules to dissolve itself. At the same time, each rubber group will vote via merger rules to form the new rubber group. A timetable will be developed in coordination with the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society. This includes development of new bylaws, selection of a new group name (plus area director and officers), obtaining approval of the new group by the Rubber Division and ACS, and an effective date for sunset and merger to occur. A transition team is being formed to work out details of the merger. Further information is available from Andy Bobowski, CRG transition team chair, tel: [phone]; [e-mail].