The PolyOne Corporation, a maker of rubber compounds and chemicals, is closing three plants in the United States and Canada and eliminating at least 77 jobs.
Her father retired as a senior laboratory technician at the Pawling Corporation, a maker of rubber and silicone products in Pawling, N.Y.
NEWCOR INC., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a maker of rubber and plastic parts for cars and machines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Jorma Ollila transformed Nokia, a long-established Finnish firm, from a maker of rubber boots and cables into a mobile-phone giant; his successor as boss of the company, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, is now talking about turning it into an internet company.
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC., Lionville, Pa., a maker of rubber and plastic parts for the drug and consumer industry, said it agreed to buy the closely held Tech Group Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a maker of molds for plastic drug-delivery systems, for $140 million in cash.
It now appears to have bragging rights as the world's biggest maker of rubber gloves, at least in terms of its capacity.
The friend suggested Borland contact another friend, Kim West, a maker of rubber fashion wear, who confirmed their existence.
He says that he has some difficulty finding dependable suppliers: the Hong Kong makers of his rubber eyeballs are superstitious about surrounding themselves with lots of eyeballs when the lunar New Year is at hand, for example.
British Vita, a maker of foam rubber, yesterday rejected the Texas Pacific Group's unsolicited takeover offer of about £634 million ($1.2 billion), saying it substantially undervalued the company.
Thus the fund owns two old-line Austrian manufacturers — Semperit, a maker of specialized rubber gear like escalator handrails and high-strength hoses, and Mayr-Melnhof Karton, a paper and packaging producer.
