Solomon Tang, Technology Center, Lion Copolymer, Baton Rouge, LA

Zhaoyao Qiu, Ph., D.¹, Gerardus Rademakers, B., S.², Daniel Taylor, B., Sc.³ and Marjan van Urk, Master, of, Science³, (1)Lanxess Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)Global R&D, Lanxess Elastomers B.V., Geleen, Netherlands, (3)Marketing, Lanxess Elastomers B.V., Geleen, Netherlands

Mark F. Welker, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX, Eric Jourdain, Esso Belgium, 1240 Brussels, Belgium, Sunny Jacob, The ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX and Milind Joshi, Global Specialty Polymer Technology,, ExxonMobil Company India Pvt. Ltd., Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Richard Jorkasky II, Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., Hudson, OH

Russ Vogelsong, Vernon Vanis, Bob Ohm and Larry Harris, Technology Center, Lion Copolymer, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA

Brian Carney, Elastomer Adhesives and Coatings Technology, Lord Corporation, Erie, PA and James R. Halladay, Lord Corporation, Lord Corporation, PA

Thomas Jablonowski, TSE Industries, Inc., Clearwater, FL

Chandrasekaran R. Pillai, Quantum Polymer, Pepper Pike, OH

Graham Spiller, Andrew V. Chapman and Stuart Cook, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Hertford, Herts, United Kingdom

Stephen O'Rourke, MS, Chemistry, Hallstar, Chicago, IL