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Articles in June, 2008 issue of Rubber World

• Motorist ADD
  by Don R. Smith
• Dynisco announces Tech Pro acquisition
• Dow Corning
• U.S. Silicones
• Wacker Dymatic , a joint venture of Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, and Dymatic Chemicals, Shunde, China, opened a silicone emulsion plant in China
• 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
• Royal DSM N.V. , The Netherlands, announced an agreement to acquire the Polymer Technology Group of Berkeley, CA
• Chem-Trend , 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 Chin
• Pelmar Engineering Ltd
• Yokohama Rubber
• Bayer MaterialScience, Baule establish JV
• Chemtura , Middlebury, CT, has entered into an agreement with Baerloeher for the manufacture of certain heat stabilizers used in PVC
• Universal Capital Management , Wilmington, DE, a publicly traded venture capital fund that provides emerging growth companies with management and strategic resources for successful growth
• Cabot , Boston, MA, announced that its subsidiary, Cabot 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
• Amerityre , Boulder City, NV, a developer of polyurethane tire technologies and tire products, has initiated commercial production of solid polyurethane elastomer tires
• AirBoss of America 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
• Precise Automation , Los Altos, CA, an automation product development specialist, and Dongil Rubber Belt, Busan, Korea, a provider of high-performance rubber products and robot systems
• Lanxess , 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
• The Pirelli Group 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
• Rhein Chemie awards Ferris State scholarships
• Yulex , Maricopa, AZ, a company that produces natural rubber found to be safe for medical devices, received 510 clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the first medical device made from guayule, a desert crop native to the U.S. so
• Flexsys America L.P., a subsidiary of Solutia , St. Louis, MO, has filed a new complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Sinorgchem, Korea Kumho Petrochemical, Kumho Tire and Kumho Tire USA
• Bridgestone Firestone Off Road Tire , Nashville, TN, received a supplier quality excellence award
• U.S. rubber trade deficit reduced in first quarter
• Wacker Silicones anticipates diverse silicone growth: an interview with L. James Cottington
• Functionalized siloxy compound, silica reinforced rubber compositions thereof and tire with component comprised thereof
• Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using same
• Rubber compositions comprising unsaturated imidoalkoxysilanes
• Surface profile of tread design components of a tire tread
• Thermoplastic vulcanizate composition
• Endless track for high speed multi-terrain vehicles
• Rubber composition for tire tread comprising a piezoelectric material
• Meeting the design challenges of tomorrow's healthcare industry with high-performance TPEs
  by Raj Varma
• Selecting the best conveyor for an application
  by Michel Podevyn
• Synthetic silica in silicone rubber for improved clarity
  by Rodney Conn
• System 14 total silicone roof system—saving the planet one roof at a time
  by Richard West
• New product developments in silicones
  by Christof Worner
• UWM offers courses on rubber
• 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 seeks nominations
• Adhesive bonding training provided
• Paper call
• Calendar
• Division honors Kennedy
• Keynoters
• Hupp earns Distinguished Service Award
• Electric walk-in oven
• Precision dispensing
• High speed disperser
• Twin-screw extruder
• Bulk bag dischargers
• Correction
• Static locator device
• Non-contact sensors
• Electronic balances
• Creep/relaxation tester
• Thermoplastic olefins
• Silicone sealants
• Chemtura names DePew global sales vice president
• Dow Chemical
• Dow Corning
• Momentum Technologies
• Avon Rubber
• RTP
• A. Schulman North America
• Michelman
• Coker Tire
• Jet Edge
• Oxiteno USA
• Best Glove
• Kumho Tire USA
• Analyzing Friction in the Design of Rubber Products and their Paired Surfaces
• U.S. tire market
• Silane coupling agents
• Processing aid
• LIMS

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