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PMA, CUMA Supply Needed Support Systems - 05/26/2010
Rubber & Plastics News Reprint
By Mike McNulty
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Through the Storm: Urethane Firms use Diversity, Innovation to Move Forward - 05/26/2010
Rubber & Plastics News Reprint
By Mike McNulty
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PMA/CUMA Event Held in Las Vegas - 05/13/2010
Rubber & Plastics News Reprint
By Mike McNulty
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Otto Bock Takes Lead Following Haiti Crisis - 04/12/2010
Rubber & Plastics News Reprint
By Mike McNulty
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Expanding? Consider Polyurethane - 03/01/2010
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Katz Named President of PU Group - 12/29/2009
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MOCA Back in the Urethane Spotlight - 12/29/2009
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By Mike McNulty
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Modern Plastics - Polyurethane: Cast Urethane Makes its Case - 10/05/2009
Source: Modern Plastics
Published: October 5, 2009
Article: Polyurethane: Cast urethane makes its case
Author: Tony Deligio
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Survey - MbOCA Handling Practices of PMA Members - 09/01/2009
Purpose/Aim:
The primary goal of this study was to determine whether voluntary work practice guidelines established by the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) resulted in reduced exposure to 4, 4’-methylene-bis (2-chloroaniline) [MbOCA or MOCA]. We compared implementation of guidelines (work practice and date implemented) by PMA member companies to the urinalysis data collected in 1992-2008. A secondary goal of this study was to compare the reported practices to those recommended in a 2007 study by the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Key Finding/Result:
The 90th percentile of the 2008 PMA member urinalysis results (20 ug/L, approximately 15 ug/g creatinine) is less than the 90th percentile of the HSE Study (8.8 μmol/mol creatinine, approximately 21 ug/g creatinine). This suggests that the voluntary practices employed by PMA member companies yields a similar or better level of protection than the regulatory approach used by HSE.
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Study - Cancer incidence and exposure to 4,4#-methylenebis-ortho-chloroaniline (MbOCA) - 06/01/2009
Purpose/Aim:
To monitor the occurrence of cancer in a recently defined cohort of UK workers engaged in the manufacture of polyurethane elastomers using 4,4#-methylene-bis-ortho-chloroaniline.
Key Finding/Result:
Mortality from all cancers combined was below the expected value [observed (Obs) 5, standardized mortality ratio (SMR) 68]. There was a single death from bladder cancer (SMR 560). The incidence of all cancers combined was also below expectation [Obs 9, standardized registration ratio (SRR) 77]. Site-specific incidence was unexceptional except there was a non-significant excess of bladder cancer based on two cases (SRR 328).
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PMA Annual Meeting in Rubber & Plastics News - 05/19/2008
http://rubberandplastics.texterity.com/rubberandplastics/20080519/
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PADEP Sides with PMA on VOC Content of Adhesives Rule - 09/28/2010
The PADEP agreed with the PMA’s positions concerning the new VOC content of adhesives rule as outlined below. The agreed to changes will mitigate the effects on members of this new rule and act as a model for future rules by other jurisdictions.
Background
On April 4, 2009, the PA Environmental Quality Board published a notice of public hearings and comment period on a proposed rulemaking concerning amendments to 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121, 129 and 130 to implement control measures for the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) for the industrial or commercial use or application of 37 categories of adhesive, sealant, primer and solvent products (39 Pa.B. 1636). The public comment period closed on June 8, 2009.
Definitions
1. Comment: Several commentators expressed concern with the Department’s definition of the term “metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive,” which in the proposed rulemaking read as follows: “An adhesive intended by the manufacturer to bond metal to high density or elastomeric urethane or molded rubber materials, in heater molding or casting processes, to fabricate products like rollers for computer printers or other paper handling equipment.” Many polyurethane parts are molded in, on or around a metal piece; in this process, an adhesive is generally used to promote the bond between the metal and the polyurethane. A bond failure will cause product failure, potentially posing a risk of property damage, personal injury, or both. ‘Heater molding or casting processes’ does not have a recognized meaning within the polyurethane or rubber industry, but ‘heated molding or casting processes’ has relevance from a manufacturing perspective because both polyurethane and rubber molding and casting are performed at elevated temperatures. The commentators suggest that the use of the word ‘heater’ in this definition is a typographical error and that the word ‘heater’ should be replaced with the word ‘heated.’ (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13)
Response: The Department agrees and has revised the definition of the term “metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive” in the final-form rulemaking to replace the word ‘heater’ with the word ‘heated.’
2. Comment: The commentators expressed concern with the Department’s definition of the term “metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive,” which in the proposed rulemaking read as follows: “An adhesive intended by the manufacturer to bond metal to high density or elastomeric urethane or molded rubber materials, in heater molding or casting processes, to fabricate products like rollers for computer printers or other paper handling equipment.” The commentators suggest that the modifying phrase ‘to fabricate products like rollers for computer printers or other paper handling equipment’ may be misinterpreted by regulators to restrict the category only to paper handling products and not to all products that use adhesive to bond metal and urethane/rubber. The commentators request that the phrase ‘to fabricate products like rollers for computer printers or other paper handling equipment’ be deleted from the definition of the term “metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive.” (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13)
Response: The Department agrees that the modifying phrase ‘to fabricate products like rollers for computer printers or other paper handling equipment’ may be confusing to the industry and to regulators and has deleted this phrase from the definition of the term “metal to urethane/rubber molding or casting adhesive” in the final-form rulemaking.
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Rubber & Plastics News Calendar - 09/10/2010
Promotion of the 2011 Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, FL.
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Polyurethane and Pipeline Pig Make a Perfect Match - 09/13/2010
by Dick Williamson, Jack Rankin and Larry Payne
2010 Pipeline & Gas Journal & PPSA
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PMA in Rubber & Plastics News - 09/20/2010
by Mike McNulty
Rubber & Plastics News
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