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Articles in May, 2008 issue of Rubber World

• Not so green?
  by Don R. Smith
• Tire materials in the 60s
  by John Byers
• Lanxess acquires majority of Petroflex
• Bridgestone
• Bandag , 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
• PolyOne , Cleveland, OH, a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, is introducing Specialty Engineered Materials as a new reportable segment
• Bayer B.V. plans to take over Foxhol, The Netherlands-based polyurethane systems house Resina Chemic B.V., a provider of rigid polyurethane foam systems in Europe
• Yokohama Rubber , 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
• Rohm and Haas , Philadelphia, PA, has completed the acquisition of Finndisp, the polymer dispersions division of Oy Forcit AB for approximately $85 million
• American Tire , 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
• American Tire announced that its production capacity for Colorado 27.00-49 tires has been increased
• Eliokem
• American Tire Distributors
• Hankook Tire America
• South Korea's Hankook Tire plans to double capacity at its base in Hungary, Hankook Tire Magyarorszag
• OJSC Amtel-Vredestein , the Russian subsidiary of Amtel-Vredestein N.V., has completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, CJSC Moscow Tire Plant-M , to one of the companies of Midland Resources Holding Ltd
• Alliance Recovery
• Arnco
• Veyance Technologies, Fairlawn, OH, acquired last year by Carlyle Group , plans to add 24,000 sq. ft. to its factory in Marysville, OH
• Titan Tire secures deal with John Deere
• Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC , Nashville, TN
• Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire and Power Sports Factory announced that a range of Bridgestone brand motorcycle and motorbike tires will be available
• Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire announced an advertising agreement with Fox Sports Network
• Advanced ID , Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a developer of radio frequency identification technology applications focusing on the tire management industry, ……
• Polymer Southeast, Charlotte, NC, a chemical manufacturers sales representation firm to the rubber industries
• Zamil Industrial , 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
• PolyOne introduces Geon polymers segment
• Cabot
• Continental AG , 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
• Bulkflow Technologies, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has changed its corporate name to Solex Thermal Science
• For the second time in eight months, Cooper Tire & Rubber , Findlay, OH, is voluntarily recalling tens of thousands of tires for manufacturing defects
• Approximately 8,000 tires are being voluntarily recalled by Pirelli Tire North America , acting as agent for Pirelli Pneus SA
• Amtel-Vredestein N.V. , Enschede, The Netherlands, announced that OJSC Amtel-Vredestein, its Russian subsidiary
• The board of directors of Myers Industries , Akron, OH, announced that it has received notice that GS Capital Partners does not intend to proceed with the proposed acquisition of the company
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber , Akron, OH, has been recognized as one of America's most trustworthy companies by Audit Integrity and Forbes magazine
• Italian machinery trade balance over EU 2 million
• Elastomer consumption increased 6.2% in 2007
• U.S. reverses rubber machinery trade balance
• Preparation of sulfide chain-bearing organosilicon compounds
• Tire vulcanizing apparatus
• Carcass ply producing apparatus
• Silicon-modified crumb rubber composition
• Tire profile design method
• Liquid polymer
• General design guidelines for extrusion
• Real-time shop floor integration, simplified
  by Susan Payne
• Ethylene-propylene copolymer based compound for electric cable insulation: a rheological and processability study
  by Tiziano Tanaglia
• Corrections
• Techniques for improving elastomer processing and crosslinking performance
  by Leonard H. Palys
• Studies of water swellable NBR for downhole sealing applications
  by Paul McElfresh
• Aseanplas 2008 held in Singapore
• Connecticut Rubber Group
• Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group
• Ohio Rubber Group
• Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group
• New England Rubber & Plastics Group
• West Michigan Rubber Group
• Rubber Division gives paper awards
• STL holds tire technology seminar
• SPE seeks executive, part nominations
• Calendar
• Vulcanization crosshead
• Transfer shuttle press
• PU foam processing
• Twin screw extruder
• Universal testing
• Robotic testing system
• Oil seals inspection
• GPC/SEC test system
• Water-based release
• Diene.based TPU
• Magee, Warskulat honored by ASTM International
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber
• Rhodia Board
• Wacker Chemic AG
• Changes at Federal-Mogul
• Ansell Healthcare
• Blair Rubber
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals
• Parker Hannifin

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