Rubber World back issues from September 2008:
New way to educate.(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008; ... I don't know if it should be called an epiphany or a light bulb moment, but the recent discourse in the U.S. presidential campaign over tire inflation had to be one or the other to special interest lobbying groups and associations. I can't tell you how many tire smart campaigns the Rubber ...
Are your old tires safe?(Tech Bytes)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Do you know how old your tires are? I didn't until I checked recently. Although they are replacement tires that were put on last year, I hadn't paid any attention to the date codes until now. I had faith that the local tire dealer would not sell me old, outdated tires. The last four digits ...
ExxonMobil produces specialty tire materials.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ExxonMobil Chemical (www.exxonmobil.com), Houston, TX, announced the start-up of a manufacturing facility at its existing site in Pensacola, FL, that provides new capacity for the production of a new tire material technology that can improve vehicle fuel efficiency. Tire in-ner liners made ...
BPS Engineering LLC.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... BPS Engineering LLC (www.bps-engineering.com), Greenback, TN, announced commencement of manufacturing and commercial operations, and that part of its business would now involve engineering support to the tire manufacturing industry. The firm provides engineering services for refurbishment ...
Bridgestone.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Bridgestone (www.bridgestone.co.jp), Tokyo, Japan, started production of new radial aircraft tires at its Tokyo plant last month. Once the Tokyo plant project is fully ...
Yokohama Rubber.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Yokohama Rubber (www.yrc.co.jp), Tokyo, Japan, will start production in Russia and Brazil. The company will spend about $93 million to build factories in the two countries. Production will start as ...
Mountain State Packaging.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mountain State Packaging (www.mountainsp.com), Newell, WV, announced it will ...
Lavelle Industries.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Lavelle Industries (www.lavelle.com), Burlington, WI, a manufacturer of custom molded rubber and plastic ...
Delta-Energy, LLC.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Delta-Energy, LLC (www.deltaenergy.com), Akron, OH, a resource recovery company specializing in recovering carbon black based products to reuse in rubber and plastic compounds, has complete the expansion of its DEPolymerization plant in Berthold, ND. The plant's capacity to recover carbon ...
Stepan (www.stepan.com), Northfield, IL, announced the sale of select product lines within its urethane system business to Bayer MaterialScienee LLC.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Stepan (www.stepan.com), Northfield, IL, announced the sale of select product lines within its urethane system business to ...
Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte. Ltd. (www.mitsuichem.com), owned 100% by Mitsui Chemicals, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a production plant for Tafmer (alpha-olefin copolymer).(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mitsui Elastomers Singapore Pte. Ltd. (www.mitsuichem.com), owned 100% by Mitsui Chemicals, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a production plant for Tafmer ...
Eliokem.(Acquisitions, expansions)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Eliokem (www.eliokem.com), Paris, France, a specialty chemical company and worldwide producer of Pliocord vinyl pyridine latex for tire cord adhesion, announced the ...
Rubber World Industries, Lanxess sign contract.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Rubber World Industries (www.gulfoflex.com), United Arab Emirates, announced the signing of a contract worth $4 million for the supply of nitrile rubber (NBR) and specialty chemicals from Leverkusen, Germany-based Lanxess AG. The order was placed to ensure that only top quality NBR will be ...
Pirelli (www.us.pirelli.com) signed a letter of intent with Russian Technologies to set up a joint venture building a new tire-building facility in Tol'yatti, Russia.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Pirelli (www.us.pirelli.com) signed a letter of intent with Russian Technologies to set up a joint venture building a new tire-building facility ...
Invensys Process Systems (www.invensys.com), London, U.K., a global sofware and consulting firm, has signed a five-year, more than $20 million contract to provide comprehensive industrial automation services and solutions to Kraton Polymers, a producer of styrenic block copolymers with facilities in the U.S., Germany, France, the Netherlands, Brazil, China and Japan.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Invensys Process Systems (www.invensys.com), London, U.K., a global sofware and consulting firm, has signed a five-year, more than $20 million contract to provide comprehensive industrial automation services and solutions to Kraton Polymers, a producer of ...
SNS Nano Fiber Technology, LLC (www.snsnano.com), Uniontown, OH, formed from a partnership of Struktol Company of America and the University of Akron.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... SNS Nano Fiber Technology, LLC (www.snsnano.com), Uniontown, OH, formed from a partnership of Struktol ...
Michelin (www.michelin.com) and China Coal Pingshuo signed a three-year renewable contract.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Michelin (www.michelin.com) and China Coal Pingshuo signed a three-year renewable contract. China's leading producer of coal from ...
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (www.bridgestone-firestone.com), Nashville, TN, announced that its Potenza RE050A tires are original equipment.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (www.bridgestone-firestone.com), Nashville, TN, ...
GreenMan Technologies (www.greenman.biz), Des Moines, IA, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Association of School Boards have partnered on a scrap tire program to reuse 500,000 pounds of recycled rubber as part of the Iowa Safe School Playground Initiative.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... GreenMan Technologies (www.greenman.biz), Des Moines, IA, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Association of School Boards have partnered on a scrap tire program to reuse 500,000 pounds of recycled rubber as part of the Iowa Safe School Playground Initiative, a program ...
Franklynn Industries (www.franklynnusa.com) announced that Lintech International LLC, Macon, GA, has agreed to represent Franklynn's line of rubber mold.(Contracts, licenses)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Franklynn Industries (www.franklynnusa.com) announced that Lintech International LLC, Macon, GA, ...
Site closures announced by Dow Reichhold Latex.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex (www.dowreichhold.com), a 50/50 joint venture between Dow Chemical and Reichhold, announced the planned sale of certain business assets, the permanent closure of all facilities, and the intention to cease all business activities before the end of 2008. Dow ...
Fitz Chem (www.fitzchem.com), Itasca, IL, was recognized for its performance.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Fitz Chem (www.fitzchem.com), Itasca, IL, was recognized for its performance by ...
Amtel-Vredestein N.V.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Amtel-Vredestein N.V. (www.amtel-vredestein.ru), a European tire producer and Russia's largest passenger car tire manufacturer, announced a production stoppage at its Kirov, Russia, manufacturing facility ....
Tirex (www.tirex-tcs.com), Stratford, CT, owner of the green, patented tire recycling technology, the TCS System, announced it progress in its recent restructuring, undertaken to facilitate the company's return to being quoted on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB), which the company believes will increase its opportunities to obtain capital financing of its TCS facilities.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Tirex (www.tirex-tcs.com), Stratford, CT, owner of the green, patented tire recycling technology, the TCS System, announced it progress in its recent restructuring, undertaken to facilitate the company's return to being quoted on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB), which the ...
Tenneco.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Tenneco (www.tenneco.com), Lake Forest, IL, announced it will relocate its rubber molding division from its Milan, OH, plant to Reynosa, Mexico. The move will cut 65 ...
Cooper Tire & Rubber (www.coopertire.com), Findlay, OH, has liquidated its investment in Kumho Tire.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cooper Tire & Rubber (www.coopertire.com), Findlay, OH, has liquidated its investment in Kumho Tire. The transaction includes payment of ...
The University of Akron's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its polymer engineering program.(Corporate, financial news)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The University of Akron's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of its polymer engineering program. Since 1983, when UA's Akron Polymer Engineering Center was established, and one year ...
Chromalox.(Quality registrations)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Chromalox (www.chromalox.com), Pittsburgh, PA, a manufacturer of electric heat and control products, has been awarded ...
Lanxess (www.lanxess.com), Leverkusen, Germany, announced that its material testing laboratory for plastics at the Wuxi site in China has been accredited to ISO 17025.(Quality registrations)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Lanxess (www.lanxess.com), Leverkusen, Germany, announced that its material testing laboratory for plastics at the Wuxi site ...
RMA predicts 4% decline in tire shipments for '08.(Market Focus)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Tire shipments are projected to decline by nearly 4% this year compared to 2007, according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association. The decline in tire shipments reflects the worsening domestic economic pressures predicted for both the consumer and commercial sectors. Overall, ...
Polymerization processes.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,414,101 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventors: Timothy Daniel Shaffer, Scott Thomas Milner, Michael Gerard Matturro, David Yen-Lung Chung, Michael Francis McDonald and Robert Norman Webb Assigned: ExxonMobil Chemical Key statement: A ...
Rubber composition for inner liner.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,414,094 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Key statement: A rubber composition for an inner liner improving air retention property of a tire, lowering hysteresis loss and ...
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using the same.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,414,087 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Noriko Yagi and Kiyoshige Muraoka Assigned: Sumitomo Rubber Industries Key statement: The present invention provides a rubber composition, in which reversion when ...
Tire fabric treating unit.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,413,779 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventors: John Francis Gorman, Gerald John Hebert and Howard William Wood Assigned: Hyosung USA Key statement: A process and a manufacturing system for producing an adhesive coated fabric. The ...
Apparatus for resin-impregnation of fibers for filament winding.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,413,623 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventor: Robert M. Raday Assigned: RSE Industries Key statement: A two roll impregnator for impregnating fiber reinforcement for use in filament winding operatives contains two abutting rolls, at ...
Method for monitoring tire deformations and monitoring system therefor.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,412,879 Issued: August 19, 2008 Inventors: Serra, et al Assigned: Pirelli Pneumatici Key statement: A method for monitoring deformations in a tire of a vehicle wheel, the wheel including the tire and a rim, the method including: ...
Self-supporting pneumatic tire with a partial inner liner.(Patent News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... U.S. patent: 7,409,974 Issued: August 12, 2008 Inventors: Colantonio et al Assigned: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Key statement: A pneumatic radial ply runflat tire having a tread terminating in a pair of shoulders, a carcass structure comprising a ...
Manufacturing (R&D) tax credit studies--how to choose the right consulting firm.(Tech Service)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Research and Development (R&D) tax credit was created by congress as part of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 to encourage American industry to invest in research and development activities. The purpose of the credit was to stimulate R&D activities among businesses through tax ...
Reduce cure time without damaging the rubber compound during injection molding.(Process Machinery)
Sep 01, 2008; ... This month's column aims at analyzing the rubber injection process and highlighting the limits that prevent cure time from being reduced. Afterwards, some solutions will be proposed to overcome these limits and some industrial applications will be shown with values of improvement. ...
Shearographic analysis of tire aging.
Sep 01, 2008; ... The innerliner is formulated to provide flex fatigue resistance, aging resistance and adhesion to the ply coat compound for radial tires (refs. 1 and 2). Butyl rubber (IIR) is the copolymer of isobutylene and about 2% of isoprene (refs. 3-5), and has about an order of magnitude lower vapor ...
Increasing fuel economy and durability in truck tires.
Sep 01, 2008; ... The reinforcement of an elastomer with fibers combines the elastic behavior of the rubber with the strength and stiffness of the reinforced fiber. Elastomers reinforced with continuous fiber are well known (refs. 1-3), but this type of composite is limited mainly to applications in ...
Improved peroxide curing efficiency of EPDM with VNB as third monomer in an engine mount formulation--part 2.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Discussion Compound--network density--properties correlations The set of peroxide-cured high VNB-EPDMs in combination with the ENB-EPDM references prepared in this study provide a comprehensive collection of experimental data for a more in-depth investigation of compound ...
Louisville hosts Rubber Division.(Meetings)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society will hold its 174th Technical Meeting and Mini Expo at the Kentucky International Convention Center and the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, KY, October 14-16. Symposia topics will include the following: Advances in ...
Connecticut Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Connecticut Rubber Group will hold its fall technical meeting on ...
Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group.(Rubber Group News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Mid-Atlantic Rubber & Plastics Group will hold its Fall Technical Symposium on Thursday, September 25, at The Architects Golf Club in Phillipsburg, NJ. Featured presentations will include: "The use of SMA resins in thermoplastic concentrates," by Jeremy ...
West Michigan Rubber Group.(Rubber Group News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The West Michigan Rubber Group will host a "Focus on Ferris" event as its annual technical meeting on November 5, visiting the National Elastomers Center on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. Tours of the facilities, and presentations and demonstrations by students in ...
Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Tire Society, 27th Annual Conference, Akron, OH, The Tire Society (330) 929-5238; www.tiresociety.org--September 15-16. Ohio Rubber Group, Fall Technical Meeting, Hilton Inn, Twinsburg, OH, Mary Puskas (330) 848-8847; mpuskas@ littlern.com--September 16. Applied ...
Electric batch oven.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The No. 933 is a 500[degrees]F (-260[degrees]C) electric walk-in batch oven, currently used for curing various elastomeric and thermoplastic parts. Workspace of this unit measures 48"w x 96"d x 72"h. Heating is accomplished by Incoloy sheathed tubular elements with 45 kw installed, while a ...
Bulk bag/drum filler.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The company's combination bulk bag/drum filler features a fill head that pivots down for connecting empty bags at floor level, and a swing-arm-mounted chute for filling of drums. The unit's Swing-Down fill head is said to enable the operator to connect bag spouts and resume filling ...
Hot feed extruders.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Hot feed extruders integrated into Multiplex extrusion lines are said to be particularly suited for processing rubber compounds. Multiplex extrusion lines are continuously improved to allow the processing of newly developed compounds and to meet ...
Standard/custom presses.(Suppliers Showcase: Equipment)
Sep 01, 2008 ... This company is an international manufacturer and supplier of standard and custom presses. Included in the company's full line of presses are hydraulic transfer presses. The transfer presses are said to be ideal for medical gum stock silicone applications and are available with clean room ...
Melt index determination.(Suppliers Showcase: Instruments)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Reliable melt index value determination is available through the company's APC (adaptive parameter configuration). The method usually employed for evaluating the quality of thermoplastic resins is by determining the melt mass flow rate or the melt volume flow rate. When highly fluid ...
Rheometer curing cells.(Suppliers Showcase: Instruments)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The company's accessory range of UV curing cells for rheometers has been extended. This is said to meet an increased industry trend to replace thermal curing by UV-assisted thermal curing processes to improve product properties or increase productivity. Customers can now select between ...
Nanofiber matrices.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Nanosan is a nanostructured nonwoven. What differentiates Nanosan from other nanononwovens is the incorporation of particles into the nanofiber matrix. Using proprietary technology, various types of particles, or additives, can be either entrapped in the nanofiber matrix or encapsulated ...
Silicone elastomers.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The company's silicone rubber compound is said to simplify the production of vacuum bags for large molded parts. The method is based on Elastosil C 150. The two-part platinum-curing silicone rubber is said to feature low viscosity and cures at room temperature within a few minutes without ...
Cyclo olefin polymer.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A patented line of microplates constructed of Zeonor cyclo olefin polymer (COP) and ZeonorFilm has been created for the life science research market. COP is said to have distinctive physical and chemical properties that are superior to polystyrene and polypropylene. Unlike conventional ...
Thermoset SMC products.(Suppliers Showcase: Materials)
Sep 01, 2008 ... This global formulator and manufacturer of thermoset molding compounds offers the E-200 Series thermoset sheet molding compound (SMC). The E-200 SMC is said to provide high UV resistance and flame retardance, making the material ideal for outdoor lighting applications where exposure to ...
Cytec Industries elects Fleming president, CEO.(People in the News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cytec Industries elected Shane Fleming as president and chief operating officer. In addition, the company appointed Frank Aranzana to succeed Fleming as president of Cytec Specialty Chemicals. Fleming joined the Cytec predecessor company in 1983 in the Mining Chemicals group, ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced that Stephen McClellan has been named president of the North American Tire ...
Trostel.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Trostel announced that Matthew O'Sullivan has been named president and CEO, and that Dante ...
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire announced that Robert W. Handlos, has ...
PolyOne.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... PolyOne announced that Gregg McDonald has joined the company ...
HallStar.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... David L. Rosenberger was named director, corporate ...
University of Akron.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Mark Foster has been appointed as associate dean of programs, policy and engagement for the University of Akron's College of ...
Rosehill Polymers.(Management)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Rosehill Polymers appointed Mark Perry as ...