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Eagle-Picher Industries had revenues of $729.9 million 

and operating income of $40.1 million for 1989. 

Goodyear achieved a net income of $14.7 million on 

sales of $2.8 billion for 1989. 

M.A. Hanna had a net income from operations before 

one time gains in 1989 of $71.9 million and net sales of 

$1.1 billion. 

Lexington Precision experienced a net loss of $360,000 

and net sales of $19.1 billion for the second quarter of 

1989. 

Nova said its 1989 net income was $186 million on revenues of $4.8 billion. 

Park-Ohio Industries reported a 1989 net income of 

$2.7 million on sales of $150.3 million. 

Phillips Petroleum experienced a net loss of $255 million for the fourth quarter, and recorded revenues of $3.03 

billion. 

PPG Industries achieved net earnings of $465.2 million 

on sales of $5,734 billion for the year. 

Rubbermaid reported 1989 net sales of $1.34 billion 

and net earnings of $116.4 million. 

The SAMA Group of Associations comprised of the 

Analytical Instrument Association, the Laboratory Products 

j\ssociation, the Measurement, Control and Automation 

Association, and the Opto-Precision Instruments Association relocated its offices to Alexandria, Virginia, effective 

February 26. 

A. Schulman achieved a net income of $30.8 million on 

revenues of $626.1 million for 1989. 

Standard Products reported sales of $166.8 million and 

net income of $3,615 million for the second quarter of its 

1990 fiscal year. • ^ 

Sumitomo Chemical's 1989 net sales amounted to 

¥941.3 billion and its operating income was ¥66.2 billion. 

Unichema Chemicals changed its name to Unichema 

North America, effective immediately. 

Markets, news 

The number of passenger tires shipped in 1989 totaled 

216.8 million units, a decline of 0.9% over the 218.7 million units shipped in 1988, according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association's year end tire report Production increased by only 0.4%, from 174.3 million units in 1988 to 

175.0 million units in 1989. Original equipment shipments 

dropped 5.5% from 54.1 million units to 51.1 million units, 

and replacement units declined from 155.2 million to 153.2 

"million, a decrease of 1.3% for the year. Export radial shipNew from Elsevier Science Publishers 

Elastomers and rubber 

compounding materials 

I. Franta (editor) Price: $207.25 

To help the rubber technologist to rationalize the very complex task of rubber compounding, this book surveys the 

properties of elastomers and particular groups of rubber -.... 

compounding ingredients and chemicals. The reader will 

find fundamental information on the production, properties 

and application of all basic materials used for formulating 

rubber compounds, i.e. elastomers, vulcanization chemicals, fillers, stabilizers, plasticizers, blowing agents and textile reinforcing materials. Chapters on the history of the rubber industry, the general properties of rubber, and the 

principles of production of synthetic polymers are also included. 

The book not only offers technical information and specification of particular compounding materials, but also gives 

an explanation of the structure-property relationships as a 

starting point for more rational rubber compounding and 

hence application of the rubber products. It will be useful to 

those in the rubber industry and will also serve as a reference and explanatory test for students of polymer science 

and rubber technology. 

Contents: Chapter 1. Introductory part. 2. Natural rubber. 

3. Survey of the development of synthetic rubbers. Production methods. 4. Synthetic rubbers. 5. Reclaimed rubber. 6. 

Compounding materials and special purpose additives. 7. 

Cord materials for rubber reinforcement. General references on rubber. Specific references. Subject index. , 

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ments showed the largest increase, 32.8 percent for the 

year. 

Shipments of truck and bus tires climbed 2.5%, from 

46.0" million units in 1988 to 47.1 million units in 1989. 

Truck and bus tire production increased by 2.3%, from 37.0 

million units to 37.8 million units. Original equipment shipments dropped 7.1% over 1988, and replacement tire shipments rose 4.5%. 

Rubber-based, single-ply roofing systems are predicted 

to account for as much as 90 percent of new growth in the 

overall domestic non-residential roofing activity in 1990, 

according to the Rubber Manufacturers. Association's 

Roofing Products Division forecast. Overall, domestic 

non-residential roofing activity is expected to be relatively 

flat in 1990 and 1991, with growth projected at 2 percent 

Total U.S. non-residential roofing is expected to grow from 

three billion square feet in 1990 to 3.060 billion in 1991. 

Rubber-based single-plies are projected to climb from 

1.09S billion square feet in 1990 to 1.150 billion in 1991. 

Of the 60 million square feet of total non-residential 

roofing growth projected between 1990 and 1991, rubberbased single-plies will account for 55 million square feet, 

or more than 90 percent, according to the forecast RMA 

also predicts that total single-ply roofing construction will 

grow from 1.895 billion square feet in 1990 to 1.99 billion 

in 1991, rising from 63 percent of the total non-residential 

roofing market to 65 percent by the end of 1991. By then 

rubber-based single-ply will command 58 percent of all single-ply construction, and 38 percent of total non-residential 

roofing, according to RMA. 

An environmental excise tax, part of two new sections of 

tax code contained in the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 

1989, requires U.S. manufacturers who use ozone-depleting 

chemicals to pay quarterly payments beginning in April on 

all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used since January 1,1990. 

CFCs are used in the manufacture of air conditioners and . 

automotive seating, among other uses. Manufacturers will 

pay varying amounts depending on the type of CFC used. 

They will pay an excise tax of $1.37 per pound of CFC 

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laboratory and consulting services 

for the rubber industry 

MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION 

ADDITIVES ANALYSIS 

CHEMICAL/THERMAL ANALYSIS 

PHYSICAL/MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 

FAILURE ANALYSIS 

L.J. BR0UTMAN& ASSOC, LTD. 

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used in 1990. The tax increases to $1.67 per pound in 1992 

and $2.65 per pound in 1993. 

The U.S. adhesives and sealants industry registered sales 

in 1989 valued at $8.7 billion and shipped 12.4 billion 

pounds, an increase of 8 percent over 1988 dollar figures. 

However, industry growth is expected to slow from the 9 

percent growth rate during the last decade to about 7 percent a year, due to continued moderate construction, and 

sluggish production of vehicles and other durable goods, 

according to Rauch Associates, a marketing consulting and 

industry information firm based in Bridgewater, NJ. 

In 1994, total adhesives and sealants consumption will 

increase to $ 12 billion, according to Rauch. 

Current adhesives sales are estimated at $6,915 billion 

and 10.5 billion dry pounds. They are comprised of merchant sales of mainly formulated products that account for 

74 percent of adhesive consumption, but only 50 percent ol 

total adhesives volume. 

The balance is in captive production by users of largei 

quantities that have generally less critical applications. 

Binders for primary wood bonding, carpet backing and 

foundry uses include synthetic and natural lattices that account for 15 percent of adhesives sales but over 40 percent 

of their volume. 

Sealant sales are estimated at $1,785 billion and 1.9 billion dry pounds. Besides traditional uses, Rauch include; 

PU appliance wall foam interface sealants, plastisols, auto 

body fillers, pavement joint fillers and grouts and putties. 

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