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European Rubber Journal

January 1997

News stories in this issue

• Mark IV acquires Italian damper makers
• Semperit: Irish still seek buyer for Dublin tyre plant
• Time runs out for INRO
• Trelleborg aims for auto sector, appoints new president
• Summary of World Broadcasts
• Hankook eyes European tech staff
• Pirelli talks to Chang Chun
• IRSG Rubber data goes back to 1822
• VDI meeting to look at tpes, mixing
• SR demand to start growing again, says Freedonia
• UK tyre buyers look for price
• Letter to the editor-on latex protein allergy
• Goodyear re-enters S Africa
• Fibres market shows growth, says Akzo

EPDM's future debated

• Cost cutting partnerships, plus the effects of new capacity, new metallocene catalysts and gas-phase epdm, were the focus at ERJ's November meeting

Testing equipment

• Service/calibration gain importance
• Instron/Schenck form new venture
• Faster instrument development promised by Alpha Technologies

Retreading

• Bandag prepares for change
• PU retreads come back to life.

Interplas report

• Liquid rubber, fusible sebs and low permeability fuel hose were on show

Postscript

• David Shaw is impressed by how Belgian based retreading industry supplier Bandag is putting partnership into practice

Do you have something to say about the rubber industry?
We would also like to hear from anyone who has a point of view about the rubber industry. If you would like to raise an issue about the rubber industry, send a 700-word article to the editor (see below) and we will consider it for the Postscript slot.

E-mail the editor

In future issues we will be writing about

• Developments in the latex market (February 1997)
• Global rubber machinery analysis (March 1997)
• Elastomers in sealants and adhesives (April 1997)

For a full listing of forthcoming features in ERJ, ask for a copy of our Media Data File. You can e-mail Paul Mitchell, or fax us on 00 44 171 457 1440.

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