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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[OCTOBERR I, 1908 



A Display of Rubber Machinery. 



used in rubber work. This portion of the exhibit embraced 25 

 items, and was very comprehensive in character, as well as very 

 interesting. 



A. D. Cillard fils, Paris (exhibit No. 105), showed the "P. & 

 B." Dynamometer, for testing india-rubber, gutta-percha, tissues, 

 threads, wires, and the like, and their new apparatus called the 

 Elasto-Durometer, for determining the elasticity of india-rub- 

 ber, gutta-pergha, and other materials. 



RUBBEE GOODS FACTORIES. 



The India-Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Co., 

 Limited, London (exhibits No. 4, 5 and 6). — "The history of cycle 

 tyres," illustrated with models from the earliest practice to the 

 present, in tires for bicycles, followed with similarly arranged 

 models of motor tires, including the company's latest products 

 "Persan" and Palmer Cord. Also historical display of rubber 

 matting and floor covering, dating back more than a half century; 

 also rubber stair treads and nosing; miscellaneous rubber goods; 

 gutta-percha raw and manufactured, including the latest Silver- 

 town golf balls; an excellent display of ebonite (hard rubber) 

 goods; surgical appliances, fountain pens, and so on. In addi- 

 tion, samples of rubber and gutta-percha insulated cables of 

 various kinds are shown. 



Irwell and Eastern Rubber Manufacturing Co., Limited (ex- 

 hibit No. 74), Manchester.— Balata belting, balata conveyor belt, 

 and general mechanical rubber goods; cab tires, packing, valves, 

 etc. ; specimens of balata and of the cotton duck used. 



The Northern Rubber Co., Retford, Notts (exhibit No. 35).— 

 General rubber goods for mechanical purposes; waterproof goods; 

 leatherite jointing (sole manufacturers). 



The Liverpool Rubber Co., Limited, Liverpool (exhibit No. 

 88). — A circular rubber mat which has been in use for 35 years. 



The India Rubber Manufacturing Co., Manchester and London 

 (exhibit No. 89 a). — Revolving rubber heels of four types, 

 other rubber heels, and heel tips. 



Diespeker, Limited, London (exhibits Nos. 59-60), made a 

 display of the Dunlop Rubber Co.'s rubber tiling, for use in public 

 and private buildings, on steamships, yachts, railway carriages, 

 ?nd the like. 



Thomas Balshaw, manufacturers' agent, London (exhibit 

 No. no), representing the following German houses: 



Otto Dillner, Leipzig — Seamless rubber goods, hard rubber 

 waterproofed specialties. 



' Gummifabrik Westend, G. m. b. H., Berlin. — Ebonite for 

 the electrical and engineering trade. 



' Neumann & Boetler, Hamburg — Asbestos and asbestos rub- 

 ber goods. 



The Hanseatic Vulcanized Fibre Co., Limited, Hamburg — 

 Vulcanized fiber sheets, rods and tubes. 



Exhibit No. 85. 



Societe Industrielle des Telephones, Paris (exhibit No. 99), 

 Telephone apparatus, arc lamps, lighting installations ; industrial 

 rubber ; tire "L'Electric" ; rubber shoes ; electric wires, and 

 cables of high and low tension. 



Nederlandsche Caoutchouc en Gutta Percha Fabriek "St. Joris," 

 firm Bakker & Zoon, at Ridderkerk, Holland. — Mechanical rub- 

 bers, tires, gutta-percha and hard rubber goods, rubber-asbestos 

 products. 



Gebroeders Merens Fabriek van Caoutchouc Arkikeln, Haarlem, 

 Holland. — Technical rubber goods ; hard rubber. 



Amsterdamsche Caoutchouc Fabriek, voorheen Pompe & Co., 

 Amsterdam, Holland. — Rubber flooring tiles showing the coats of 

 arms of Great Britain and of the Netherlands. 



Nederlandsch Guttapercha Maatschappij (Netherlands Gutta- 

 percha Co., Limited), Singapore (exhibit No. 58), who have in 

 operation the only rubber goods factory in the Far East, exhibited 

 their products of solid rubber tires, hose, buffers, and other 

 rubber goods. 



RUBBER WORKS MACHINERY. 



The various engineering firms making exhibits displayed ma- 

 chinery for rubber works as well as for plantation purposes — as, 

 for instance, David Bridge & Co., who are referred to more 

 fully under another heading. The following, however, seem 

 to require special mention as suppliers of equipment for rubber 

 works : 



Francis Shaw & Co., Bradford, Manchester (exhibit No. 16), 

 exhibited: (i) Hydraulic press for all descriptions of small 

 molded rubber goods and (2) a machine of exceptional strength 

 for grinding waste rubber. 



Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins, Limited, Peterborough, England 

 (exhibit No. 14). — Machinery for washing and masticating rub- 

 ber, gutta-percha, and balata ; also for making rubber solutions 

 and doughs and mi.xing and sifting compounding materials. Also 

 mixing and incorporating machines for all requirements. 



RUBBER FACTORY SUPPLIES. 



The British Recovered Rubber Co., Limited (exhibit No. 150), 

 Liverpool. — The "Amazon" standard grades of recovered rub- 

 bers. 



The Northwestern Rubber Co., Limited (exhibit No. 84), 

 Litherland, Liverpool. — Reclaimed rubber manufactured under 

 the Marks alkali patents. Mr. Ernest E. Buckelton, general man- 

 ager, who controls the executive and selling departments, and 

 who is equally well known to American and European rubber 

 manufacturers, was active from the beginning in promoting the 

 objects of this exhibition. 



Alfred Smith (exhibit No. 89), Clayton, Manchester. — Re- 

 claimed rubber, rubber substitutes, chemicals, and colors. 



