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Articles in August, 2008 issue of Rubber World

• Rubber baron
  by Don R. Smith
• Continental Tire will invest in Illinois plant
• Continental AG, Hanover, Germany, has acquired 89.66% of the shares in Oltas SpA, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, from Koc Holdings and other Koc Group shareholders
• Dow and Rohm and Haas announced a definitive agreement under which Dow will acquire all outstanding shares of Rohm and Haas common stock for $78 per share in cash
• Kraiburg TPE
• Specialty chemicals company Lanxess , Leverkusen, Germany, opened a rubber research center in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
• Zeon Chemicals L.P
• Cooper Tire & Rubber , Findlay, OH, announced an agreement to invest in a tire manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico
• Stoner , Quarryville, PA, has acquired a product line from Releasomers, Bradfordwoods, PA
• Hankook Tire
• Michelin North America
• The chemicals business area of Evonik Industries AG , Essen, Germany, has expanded the silica capacity
• Evonik, Synntech may start Russian project
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber , Akron, OH, has been chosen to supply the standard tire fitment for the 2009 Ford Flex
• Franklynn Industries , Loveland, OH, announced that R.D. Abbott, Santa Fe Springs, CA, has agreed to represent Franklynn's line of mold releases for rubber molding applications
• Franklynn Industries announced that Lintech International LLC, Macon, GA, has agreed to represent Franklynn's line of mold releases for rubber molding applications in the southeastern region of the U.S
• Cooper Tire & Rubber , Findlay, OH, announced a partnership with Formula Drift for the fifth consecutive year
• Ames
• Lanxess , Leverkusen, Germany, has contracted with Jacobs Engineering Group, Pasadena, CA, to provide the company with front end loading services for a butyl rubber manufacturing plant project located on Jurong Island in Singapore
• Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Sinorgchem jointly announced that Carlyle will invest $87 million in Sinorgchem
• Coker Tire , Chattanooga, TN, said to be the world's largest supplier of collector and vintage vehicle tires and wheels, recently received the rights to distribute M&H Tires racing tires in an effort to expand its racing product line and offer the ult
• SCG-Dow Group , a joint venture of Dow Chemical and Siam Cement Group, has established a 50/50 joint venture to begin constructing a specialty elastomers train located in the Asia Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, Thailand
• Dow Technology Licensing, a business unit of Dow Chemical, announced that LiaoNing HuaJin Chemical has selected Dow's MABS technology for its new 140 kta acrylonitrile butadiene styrene facility
• Bridgestone Firestone to build center in Akron
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber , Akron, OH, has been recognized as one of America's most respected companies by the Reputation Institute and Forbes magazine
• South Pacific Tyres
• Dow Chemical
• Coatings, adhesives and sealants to grow 2.6%
• China to become top SR buyer?
• Things about rubber you never knew
  by R.J. Del Vecchio
• Preparation of functionalized anionic polymerization initiators
• Hybrid cord for rubber reinforcement and rubber product employing the same
• Multiple segment mold to manufacture tire bladders
• Enhanced electrical cables
• Method and apparatus for decreasing polymer deposition
• Halogenated terpolymers of isobutylene, diolefin monomer and styrenic monomer
• Elastomer compositions based on filled latex
• Respirator use and practices in rubber and plastics products establishments: results of a national survey of private sector employers
  by Brent Doney
• Vision sensors for error-proof oil cap assembly
  by John Lewis
• Improved peroxide curing efficiency of EPDM with VNB as third monomer in an engine mount formulation—part 1
  by Michiel Dees
• Studies with a non-petroleum, versatile and economic filler for rubber applications
  by A. Chakravarty
• Reduced zinc loading: using ZMMA to activate accelerated sulfur vulcanization
  by Steven K. Henning
• Polyurethanes 2008 planned
• Connecticut Rubber Group
• Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group
• Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group
• Ohio Rubber Group
• West Michigan Rubber Group
• Calendar
• Column type presses
• Rubber, urethane blocks
• Bale size reduction
• Screen classifying cutter
• Spectrophotometer
• Rheometer platform
• Ultra low force testing
• High-speed laser sensors
• Cyclo olefin polymers
• HNBR alternative
• Kelley to receive Flory Polymer Education Award
• Bridgestone Firestone
• Apollo Tyres
• Wacker honors silane researchers
• Sartomer
• Cytec Industries
• Cooper-Standard Holdings
• Cray Valley
• Lanxess
• Robbins
• Urethane Processing Corporation of America
• Ames
• Firestone Building Products
• Nynas USA
• Engel North America
• Holz Rubber
• Cooper Tire & Rubber
• Neal Valentine
• Robbins appoints Saucier president
• Castable Polyurethane Elastomers
• Natural rubber

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