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Issue: 2

Date: March 7, 2004

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Date: December 8, 2000

RAW MATERIAL PURCHASING SPECIFICATION
	Specification #: 2104-1005

 

1. Description

* TradeMark Name: Natsyn [* *]

* West Code Number: 2104-1005

* Chemical Name: [* *] polyisoprene

2. Source

* Manufacturer: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

* Production Site: Houston, Texas

* Supplier: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

3. Safety Data, Shelf Life and Recommended Storage Conditions

* Safety Data: MSDS (Current Revision)

* Shelf Life: Retesting after 18 months for Mooney is recommended

*	Storage Conditions:	Store in original container in ventilated warehouse, away
	from heat and ultraviolet light and in clean, dry conditions. Preferred storage
	temperature is 60 to 70 degrees F. Storage in the range of 40 to 100 degrees
	F is recommended.

4. Change Requirements

* The supplier agrees to notify West Pharmaceutical Services at least six months in advance of any changes with manufacturing, chemical composition, raw material sources, site of manufacture, contract processing or testing, and testing methods which may affect the composition or specified properties of the product. If requested, a new qualification sample will be submitted for approval prior to production shipments to West Pharmaceutical Services.

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Date: March 7, 2004

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Date: December 8, 2000

RAW MATERIAL PURCHASING SPECIFICATION
	Specification #: 2104-1005

 

5. Acceptance and Reject Requirements

* Acceptance: Received material must be without damage and free of any contamination. The material must meet all specification requirements as specified in Section 6, and be equal chemically, physically and functionally as determined for the original qualifying sample.

* Reject: If the material does not meet specified acceptance requirements, the supplier will be notified through the Supplier Corrective Action Program requesting response for cause and corrective action. If the material is found to be unacceptable through evaluation and mutual agreement, the supplier is responsible for return authorization, cost of return, and credit for returned material

6. West Pharmaceutical Services and Supplier Testing Specifications

* West Pharmaceutical Services: Not Tested

Property Specification

* Supplier: These tests are listed on Goodyear’s Certificate of Analysis

Property	Specification
Appearance	White [* *]
Volatile Matter	0.5% Maximum
Extractables	3.0% Maximum
Ash Content	0.6% Maximum
Polymer Viscosity, ML-4 at 100°C	[* *]
BHT, ppm	[* *] Maximum

Typical Vulcanizates Properties	Specifications
ML, dNM	[* *] ± 1.5
MH, dNM	[* *] ± 2.6
Ts1, minutes	[* *] ± 0.8
t’25, minutes	[* *] ± 1.2
t’c50 minutes	[* *] ± 1.2
t’c90 minutes	[* *] ± 1.2

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Date: March 7, 2004

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Date: December 8, 2000

RAW MATERIAL PURCHASING SPECIFICATION
	Specification #: 2104-1005

 

7. Labeling and Documentation Requirements

* Labeling: Each shipment must be identified with the supplier name, supplier product code or name, supplier lot number, West raw material code, shipping weights and where applicable a West Pharmaceutical Services Raw Material lot number.

* Documentation: Each shipment must be accompanied with a packing slip and Certificate of Analysis. Additionally, a Certificate of Analysis must be mailed or faxed to West Pharmaceutical Services Corporate Facility.

8. Other Requirements

* Supplier Lots: Each shipment must contain one supplier lot, however, when this is not possible a maximum of two supplier lots.

* Opaque white [* *] having strippable bale wrap, 75 pound bales packaged in approximately 2025 pound corrugated boxes on 50” X 32” 4 way entry pallet.

West Approval - Purchasing West Approval – Quality Assurance

Name: Linda Curtis, C.P.M. Name: ___Minneva Taltoan______

Title: Director of Purchasing Title: ___QA Engineer__________

Date: _14 March 2005______________ Date: __14 March 2005_________

Signature: ___/s/ Linda Curtis ________ Signature: __/s/ Minneva Taltoan _

Supplier Approval

Name: _____John R. Bixler_________________________

Title: _____Manager Benumont Site Technology Team__

Date: _____April 25, 2005_________________________

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Date: March 7, 2004

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Date: December 8, 2000

RAW MATERIAL PURCHASING SPECIFICATION
	Specification #: 2104-1005

 

Signature: __/s/ John R. Bixler______________________

Date	Issue		Details of Change
December 8, 2000		1	Original Issue

March 7, 2005	2	Added manufacturing site and deleted
		West tests (none required since this is a
		clean-up polymer). Revised shelf life,
		storage and Section 5 – Reject Criteria
		per Goodyear’s request.

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