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Articles in July, 2008 issue of Rubber World

• Rubber snakes evolution
  by Don R. Smith
• Yokohama establishes Brazilian subsidiary
• The Smithers Group , a testing, research and consulting firm, is reorganizing its services to the tire, automotive and polymer industries, consolidating Smithers Scientific Services and Smithers Rapra, along with Smithers Rapra's Information Products Grou
• Bridgestone , Tokyo, Japan, and Toyo Tire & Rubber will buy stakes in each other and cooperate on procurement and production amid surging oil and rubber prices
• Cooper Tire & Rubber , Findlay, OH, announced the opening of the Cooper Tire Asia Technical Center in Zhudi Town, Min Hang District in the Shanghai suburbs
• Lehigh Technologies
• Pirelli Group
• Parker Hannifin , Cleveland, OH, has acquired the remining stake in its joint venture, Parker Seal de Mexico
• Titan Industries
• Cabot
• PolyOne to distribute eight GLS TPE grades
• Eastman Chemical
• BASF , Ludwigshafen, Germany, is strengthening its business with polyurethane customers in the Gulf region
• Harwick Standard Distribution , Akron, OH, has added a new antioxidant to its line of rubber chemicals
• Cancarb Limited and Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH have extended their partnership for the distribution of Cancarb's Thermax brand thermal carbon black products to include Switzerland
• Three Vietnamese companies, including Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock , Da Nang Rubber and Sao Vang Rubber Joint Stock, signed an agreement with India's Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. to establish a joint venture for carbon black production in Viet Nam
• Yokohama settles legal action vs. Hangzhou
• 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, Shandong, Korea Kumho Petrochemical Ltd., Kumho Tire and Kumho Tire USA
• World tire producers filed a lawsuit against several chemical concerns over an alleged cartel agreement
• U.S. demand for IP to increase 2.8% per year
• China's tire exports to exceed $7 billion
• REP improving productivity through cure reduction
• Process for the preparation of low molecular weight hydrogenated nitrile rubber
• Metal cable usable in a tire carcass reinforcement
• Tread pattern having at least one inserted element
• Athletic shoe with bottom opening
• Tire components having improved modulus
• Rheologically stabilized silicone dispersions comprising a polydimethylsiloxane mixture
• Shock absorbing device for moving body
• Anti-degradant dose optimization through TGA decomposition kinetics study
  by S. Chakraborty
• Computer simulation helps reduce extrusion cost by 50%
  by Adnan Saeed
• Post-mixer, batch processing options
  by Pete Glasser
• Advanced mixing technologies of intermeshing mixer for silica-filled compounds
  by Takashi Moribe
• Fluid-structure interaction in flow induced sealing in wellhead isolation tool
  by Allan Zhong
• New machinery suppliers
• Machinery and equipment suppliers
• Auxiliary equipment
• Used, rebuilt machinery suppliers
• Center offers elastomer courses
• Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group
• Ohio Rubber Group
• Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group
• New England Rubber & Plastics Group
• West Michigan Rubber Group
• Western New York Rubber & Plastics Group
• Rubber Division awards scholarships
• Calendar
• Industrial autoclave
• Electric cabinet oven
• Internal mixer weight
• Electric injection molding
• Transfer presses
• Bin vent/dust collectors
• Materials testing system
• Confocal microscope
• Instrumentation service
• O-ring hardness tester
• UV curable adhesive
• Carbon black alternative
• Semi-permanent release
• Antioxidant additive
• Smithers Group announces leadership team
• Total Petrochemicals USA
• Rubberlite
• Bridgestone
• Eurotherm
• Rohm and Haas
• Continental Tire
• GW Silicones
• Yokohama Tire
• Total Petrochemicals USA
• Cooper-Standard Automotive
• Kleentek
• Chains of Opportunity: The University of Akron and the Emergence of the Polymer Age 1909-2007
• Green tires
• Diene-based TPUs
• Extrusion systems
• Gears
• Water-cooled chillers
• Rubber injection

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