Editor's View: Weighty issue
AKRON (Jan. 27, 2012)—Let’s talk about spare tires. And I’m referring to both the one in your car’s trunk, and the other that might be around your waist. There’s a connection here. Really.

Editorial: A reluctant peek into the rubber industry’s future
AKRON (Jan. 27, 2012)—Here’s our forecast for the rubber industry for 2012: We have no idea. In fact, nobody does, really.

Editor's View: A good cause
AKRON (Dec. 2, 2011)—In case you missed the story, we’re giving out 10 grand to a tire maker next year to donate to the charity of its choice. Why, you may ask?

Editorial: Gates’ reputation carries it to 100 years and beyond
AKRON (Dec. 2, 2011)—What’s in a name? Everything. For a rubber product company, everything means your reputation for producing a quality product, for good service, for a fair price, for honest business practices.

Perspective: Health care session a good start
AKRON (Nov. 4, 2011)—I’ll admit most of the talk was Greek to me in a panel discussion in the Advanced Materials in Health Care session of the ACS Rubber Division meeting two weeks ago.

Editorial: Synthetic rubber capacity expansions latest sign of hope
AKRON (Oct. 21, 2011)—DuPont is expanding its Vamac ethylene-acrylic elastomer capacity, Dow Elastomers is contemplating an EPDM rubber expansion—further evidence that the economy is hurting today, but there’s hope for tomorrow.

Editorial: Value of Chinese tire import duties subject to debate
AKRON (Sept. 26, 2011)—The impact of two years of restrictive tariffs on Chinese-made passenger tires is in the eye of the beholder.

Editor's View: A tale about A Dolphin’s Tale
AKRON (Sept. 26, 2011)—The movie “A Dolphin’s Tale” is out, and I definitely have to see it, 6-year-old grandson—interested in, well, everything—in tow.

Editorial: Economy sluggish, but time ripe to get ready for upswing
AKRON (Sept. 9, 2011)—The economy is stagnant, banks won’t lend, political partisanship has made government dysfunctional, too unable to help. What’s a rubber industry company to do?

Editorial: Rubber industry startups require lots of staying power
AKRON (Aug. 26, 2011)—What’s harder than trying to take an idea and turn it into a profitable company? Not much in this business. Two companies—Lehigh Technologies Inc. and Vystar Corp.—give interesting and differing examples of how that can be done.

Perspective: An important moment in the publication’s history
AKRON (Aug. 12, 2011)—Rubber & Plastics News has reported on many timely and influential stories during the past 40 years. One of the most significant was a trade mission the publication sponsored to China.

Editor's View: Best of the 40-year rubber show
AKRON (Aug. 12, 2011)—Ever hear about “editor’s prerogative?” I might have just invented the concept, but I’m taking full advantage of it—the “right” that comes with being editor of Rubber & Plastics News to list what I, ahem, believe are the most important stories we’ve covered in the past four decades.