Rubber World back issues from August 2007:
Editorial.(Substitution research)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2007; ... The adage that "necessity is the mother of invention" is being played out as the realities of unabated growth in China and the finite possibilities of energy supplies appear to have become intertwined to stir the best emotion motivator--fear. With the realization that feedstock ...
Zinc oxide reduction becoming a necessity.(Tech Bytes)
Aug 01, 2007; ... For many of us who have developed rubber compounds over the years, it has been 'automatic' to use 5 phr of zinc oxide and 2 phr of stearic acid as the activator for accelerated sulfur cure systems. Among the many variables in compounding, this activator system was known to work well in ...
Lanxess projects new investment in rubber.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The chemicals group Lanxess (www.lanxess.com) seeks to expand its global position in the butyl rubber market and is pursuing plans to build a new facility in Asia. This would be the largest investment in the history of the company. Once a site is selected, Lanxess plans to bring the ...
Technical Rubber Products.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Lanxess' Technical Rubber Products (TRP) business unit is going to expand ...
Nokian Tyres plc of Finland (www.nokiantyres. com) and Lemcon Oy of Russia, which is part of the Lemminkainen Group, have signed a contract agreement on the expansion of Nokian Tyres' plant in St. Peterburg, Russia.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nokian Tyres plc of Finland (www.nokiantyres. com) and Lemcon Oy of Russia, which is part of the Lemminkainen Group, have signed a contract agreement on the expansion of Nokian Tyres' plant in St. Peterburg, ...
Toyo Tire & Rubber (www.toyojapan.com), Osaka, Japan, announced the establishment of a new tire sales company, Nitto Tire Canada, in British Columbia, Canada, effective June 15.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Toyo Tire & Rubber (www.toyojapan.com), Osaka, Japan, announced the establishment of a new tire sales ...
Kumbo Tire Group.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... South Korea's Kumho Tire Group (www.kumhousa.com) kicked off operations of its $4 million, 11,000 metric tons per year rubber latex plant in Ben Cat district in southern Binh Duong province on June 28. The Kumho ...
Lion Copolymer LLC (www.lioncopolymer.com), Baton Rouge, LA, has completed its acquisition of the ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and chemical foaming agent (CFA) assets associated with Chemtura's plant in Geismar, LA.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Lion Copolymer LLC (www.lioncopolymer.com), Baton Rouge, LA, has completed its acquisition of the ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and chemical foaming agent (CFA) assets associated with Chemtura's plant in Geismar, LA. The acquisition was completed effective June ...
Degussa GmbH.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Degussa GmbH (www.degussa.com) has doubled its production plant capacity for carbon black in Paulinia, Brazil, to 100,000 tons per year. With the expansion of ...
Hankook Tire.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hankook Tire (www.hankooktire.com) has started production of its EUR 500 million European production ...
PT Merdec Siger Way Kanan.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Malaysian-owned PT Merdec Siger Way Kanan is building a rubber processing plant at Gunung Sangkaran village in Way Kanan ...
Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayerbms.com), Leverkusen, Germany, in close cooperation with Bayer Technology Services GmbH, has developed technology for the manufacture of polymer-filled polyether polyols that is said to deliver significantly better products than the conventional process.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bayer MaterialScience (www.bayerbms.com), Leverkusen, Germany, in close cooperation with Bayer Technology Services GmbH, has developed technology for the manufacture of polymer-filled polyether polyols that is said to deliver significantly better products than the ...
BaySystems India.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated its first integrated systems house in the Indian subcontinent, BaySystems India, at Greater Noida near New Delhi. BaySystems India will provide ready-to-use ...
Taiwan Ure-Tech Group.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bayer MaterialScience completed its acquisition of the Taiwan Ure-Tech Group on July 1. The move is said to have made the company the world's largest supplier ...
ExxonMobil Chemical.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... ExxonMobil Chemical (www.exxonmobilchemical.com), Houston, TX, announced it will begin construction of a facility in Pensacola, FL, to manufacture new specialty elastomer compounds that can improve the durability of tires, make them lighter ...
Dow Chemical (www.dow.com), Midland, MI, and the Bayer Group announced the closing of Dow's acquisition of Wolff Waisrode.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Dow Chemical (www.dow.com), Midland, MI, and the Bayer Group announced the closing of Dow's acquisition of Wolff Waisrode ....
Lanxess, Chinese rubber institute sign agreement.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Lanxess' (www.lanxess.com) Polybutadiene Rubber business unit has signed a three-year cooperation agreement with the Beijing Research & Design Institute of the Rubber Industry (BRDI) in the People's ...
Lanxess has found a partner for its global ABS plastics business and is establishing a joint venture with the British chemical group Ineos.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Lanxess has found a partner for its global ABS plastics business and is establishing a joint venture with the British chemical group Ineos ....
Falcon Tyres (www.falcontyres.com), Kolkata, India, has signed a technical assistance agreement with Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Japan for technical know-how for two-wheeler tires.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Falcon Tyres (www.falcontyres.com), Kolkata, India, has signed a technical assistance agreement with Sumitomo Rubber Industries of Japan for technical know-how for ...
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a contract from Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) to provide detailed design services for an expansion to Dow's Solution Elastomer manufacturing facility at Schkopau, Germany.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Jacobs Engineering Group has received a contract from Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) to provide detailed design services for an expansion ...
Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock (Casumina) signed a cooperation contract with the India-based JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (www.jktyre.com) to export automobile tires.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock (Casumina) signed a cooperation contract with the India-based JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (www.jktyre.com) to ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (www.goodyear.com), Akron, OH, has been awarded a supply arrangement by Dart Transit and its network of companies, based in Eagan, MN.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Goodyear Tire & Rubber (www.goodyear.com), Akron, OH, has been awarded a supply arrangement by Dart Transit and its network of companies, based in Eagan, ...
Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol suppliers, announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.(Contracts, licenses)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Dow Chemical (www.dow.com) and Crystalsev, one of Brazil's largest ethanol suppliers, announced plans for a world-scale facility to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding agreed by the two companies, Dow and Crystalsev will form a joint ...
Cabot carbon black plant in W. Virginia to close.(Corporate, financial news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cabot (wl.cabot-corp.com), Boston, MA, will close its carbon black manufacturing facility in Waverly, WV. It is anticipated that manufacturing operations will cease in March 2008 with customer shipments from the plant continuing ...
Michelin SA.(Corporate, financial news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Michelin SA will stop producing tires for export by 2009 at its Ota plant in Gunma Prefecture as it trims output capacity in Japan. The plant has a production capacity of 3 million units a year, and ...
Cooper Tire & Rubber.(Corporate, financial news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cooper Tire & Rubber (www.coopertire.com), Findlay, OH, is recalling about 92,000 light truck tires after consumers complained about ...
International Islamic University Malaysia.(Corporate, financial news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... An engineering lecturer from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) has won a gold medal for creating a carbon nanotube which can be used as a reinforcing agent in ...
Bridgestone.(Corporate, financial news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bridgestone (www.bridgestone.com), the sole supplier of tires for the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and the GP2 ...
Technology pushes pressure sensitive tape market.(Market Focus)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The market for high performance pressure sensitive tapes is witnessing the refining effect of technology development and sophistication, according to a new report from Global Industry Analysts. New and improved products with higher functional performance are driving the application of ...
U.S. increases SR trade surplus.(Market Focus)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The value of U.S. exports of synthetic rubber has increased from $1.5 billion in 2003 to over $2.6 billion in 2006. Imports during the same period rose from $739 million to $1.1 billion, leaving a surplus of $1.5 ...
Rubber composition for tread.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,241,843 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Key statement: A rubber composition for a tread optimizing a vulcanization speed in a vulcanization step and, further, improved heat ...
Conjugated diene rubber, process for producing and rubber composition.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,241,842 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventors: Nakamura. et al Assigned: Zeon Key statement: A conjugated diene rubber obtained by a process wherein active conjugated diene polymer chains, each having an active metal at a polymer chain ...
Hydrogenated copolymers of unsubstituted and substituted conjugated dienes.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,241,841 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventors: Cristina Stere, Werner Obrecht, Udo Sondermann and Gerd Sylvester Assigned: Lanxess Deutschland Key statement: The random, hydrogenated copolymers according to the present invention of ...
Elastomeric compositions.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,241,831 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventors: Walter Harvey Waddell and David Yen-Lun Chung Assigned: ExxonMobil Chemical Key statement: The present invention includes compositions suitable for air barriers such as innerliners where ...
Cable bead and manufacture.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,240,710 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventors: Richard Nicholas Hrycyk, Donald Chester Kubinski and Warren Paul Ripple Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Key statement: The present invention relates to a cable bead, the method of ...
Process to produce silica-filled elastomeric compounds.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,238,740 Issued: July 3, 2007 Inventors: John Scott Parent, Ralph Allen Whitney, Andrea Liskova and Rui Resendes Assigned: Lanxess Key statement: The present invention provides a process for preparing a filled halobutyl elastomer, ...
Rubber composition for a tire comprising a coupling agent (white filler/ diene elastomer) activated by a heat-triggered radical initiator.(Patent News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... U.S. patent: 7,241,824 Issued: July 10, 2007 Inventors: Mangeret, et al Assigned: Michelin Recherche et Technique Key statement: A sulfur-vulcanizable rubber composition usable for the manufacture of tires, based on at least: (A) one diene ...
A new curative for ethylene acrylic elastomers.(Tech Service)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Vamac ethylene acrylic elastomers (AEM) are designed to withstand high and low temperatures and aggressive new automotive fluids in under hood automotive applications such as seals, gaskets, ducts, hoses, boots and dampers. The most frequently used vulcanization system used in AEM ...
The economics of capital decisions.(Process Machinery)
Aug 01, 2007; ... I was reading my crumpled purple copy of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki while eating my soggy Special K with Red Berries (I'm not making this up, that's what they call it) this morning, learning how to become independently wealthy and not have to do this stuff anymore. I could be ...
Fuel and permeation resistance of fluoroelastomers to ethanol blends.
Aug 01, 2007; ... Ethanol is an oxygen-containing pollution control additive used in automotive gasoline, typically at a level of 6-10%. Ethanol usage has been largely limited to the midwestern part of North America due in part to supply and price constraints. As new manufacturing technology makes this ...
HNBR for use in oilfield applications.
Aug 01, 2007; ... In fundamental terms, fully hydrogenated NBR can be described as a copolymer consisting of randomly distributed sequences of ethylene and acrylonitrile monomers. The intrinsic combination of good heat, extreme oil and chemical resistance, coupled with outstanding physical properties and ...
Glass flake particles for enhanced permeation resistance of compounds.
Aug 01, 2007; ... Permeation Elastomer compounds are often used for their barrier properties. In such applications, the requirements are often for the elastomers to be flexible, impermeable and abrasion resistant. This article discusses the use of novel filler materials to improve the permeation ...
100th Anniversary approaches.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... In 2009, the Rubber Division, ACS, will celebrate its 100th Anniversary. Preparations have begun for the celebration and festivities of this significant achievement, and the Rubber Division would like to get its members involved. The Rubber Division is holding a contest for ...
Rubber Division offers three online courses.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Rubber Division, ACS, now offers three online courses, including Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Rubber Technology. Online educational course delivery is said to be the most efficient technological development in long distance learning education. Flexible and easy access is ...
Author selected for anniversary book.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society has signed an agreement with local writer and tire industry veteran communication consultant Henry J. "Hank" Inman to write a book in recognition of the Division's 100th Anniversary in 2009. Ed Miller, executive director of ...
Publications offered by Rubber Division.(News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Rubber Division, ACS, now offers over 40 technical books that focus on rubber and rubber processes in the various rubber and rubber related industries, covering many applications. Business related books have been added and make up over ten additional publications being ...
Russian rubber conference held.(Meetings)(Conference news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The 2nd Rubber & Tire Russia/CEE Markets International Conference, sponsored by the Center for Management Technology, will take place September 18-19 at the Movenpick Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. The pace of growth seen by some markets, such as in Romania or Russia, is now ...
Chicago Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Chicago Rubber Group will hold its fall technical meeting September 27 at The Doubletree in Arlington ...
Connecticut Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Connecticut Rubber Group will hold its Rubber Technology Course September 10-12 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Waterbury, CT. Course topics will include natural rubber, SBR, mixing equipment, NBR and HNBR, ...
Ohio Rubber and Plastics Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Ohio Rubber and Plastics Group will hold a golf outing August 20 at the Silver Lake Country Club in Silver Lake, OH. The ORPG will hold its fall ...
New England Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The New England Rubber Group will hold its golf outing August 14. Details are available from Tim Wiegers (tweigers@primematerials.com). The NERG, jointly with the Connecticut Rubber ...
West Michigan Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The West Michigan Rubber Group will hold a technical meeting and dinner September 5 at McGuire's in ...
Western New York Rubber & Plastics Group.(Rubber Group News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Western New York Rubber & Plastics Group will hold its 2007 Golf Tournament August 14 at the Glen ...
Conference looks at polymers in defense.(Meetings)(Conference news)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Polymers in Defense & Aerospace Applications 2007, sponsored by Rapra Technology, a Smithers Group Company, will be held September 18-19 at the Holiday Inn Airport in Toulouse, France. Session 1 on composites will include the following presentations: "Recent research activities ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Future Meetings 2007 Cleveland October 16-18 2008 Dearborn, MI April 28-30 Louisville October 14-16 www.rubber.org New England Rubber Group, golf outing, Tim Wiegers (tweigers@primematerials.com)--August 14. Western New York Rubber & Plastics ...
Cutter/puller system.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Compounds reinforced with natural fibers are said to be a cheap, lightweight and ecologically sound alternative to conventional compounds. In cooperation with the bio-process engineering department of Hannover University of Applied Sciences, this company has developed a twin-screw extruder ...
Cutter/puller system.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Double angle cutter/puller systems have been introduced for cutting extruded products requiring angular cuts. Systems can be configured to cut opposing angles, the same angle on both ends or different angles on each end of a product. They are designed to perform double angle cuts on tubing ...
Color change valves.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The 2600-019 Series color change valves are said to improve dispensing and operating performance for the user. This series of color change valve assemblies includes the company's No-Drip fluid valves for color control. The color change valve assembly consists of two or more color ...
Magnetic separators.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Aug 01, 2007 ... ProGrade permanent magnetic separators are said to feature quality magnetic plates, grates, traps and tubes that are expertly designed. The ProGrade line includes professional grade magnets and assemblies at three different degrees of magnetic ...
Relative viscometer.(Suppliers Showcase: Instruments)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The RV automated relative viscometer system is available for the determination of relative, intrinsic, inherent, specific and absolute viscosity, as well as molecular weight. The automated RV system features the company's relative viscometer, a patented, dual-capillary viscometer ...
Hardness testing system.(Suppliers Showcase: Instruments)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The No. 3817 automated digital hardness testing system is said to provide unsurpassed accuracy, reliability and performance in the most demanding applications. The system is capable of measuring all Rockwell, Rockwell Superficial, Vickers and Brinell scales, and is said to meet or exceed ...
High isoprene butyl.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Butyl rubber is a specialty elastomer said to offer a unique blend of physical and chemical properties, including gas and moisture impermeability, low temperature flexibility, broad damping characteristics, heat and flex cracking resistance, and weathering and chemical resistance. The ...
TPV elastomer range.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Medical grades of Uniprene thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers range from a very soft 15 A durometer to a semi-rigid 50 D durometer. Formulated in standard Uniprene 7010 and ...
Lamba named VP at Excel.(People in the News)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Excel Polymers announced that Rikki Lamba has accepted the position of vice president, technology. In this role, Lamba's focus will be on developing innovative platforms to meet customer requirements. Managing and developing a high-performance team of technologists and ...
Robbins.(Technical)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Robbins appointed J. Chad Robinson as vice president, Custom Mixing Technology and ...