EXHIBIT 3.18

                                     BY-LAWS
                                       OF
                                 STANTECH, INC.

                                    ARTICLE I

                            Meetings of Stockholders

          Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders shall
be held at such time and place and on such date in each year as may be fixed by
the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the election
of directors, the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting and
the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

          Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders
shall be called upon the written request of any member of the board of
directors, the president or of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise
fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to
vote thereat. Calls for such meetings shall specify the purposes thereof. No
business other than that specified in the call shall be considered at any
special meeting.

          Section 3. Notices of Meetings. Unless waived, and except as provided
in Section 230 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, written
notice of each annual or special meeting stating the date, time, place and
purposes thereof shall be given by personal delivery or by mail to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at or entitled to notice of the meeting,
not more than sixty days nor less than ten days before any such meeting. If
mailed, such notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his address as the
same appears upon the records of the Corporation. Any stockholder, either before
or after any meeting, may waive any notice required to be given by law or under
these By-Laws.

          Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held
at the principal office of the Corporation unless the board of directors
determines that a meeting shall be held at some other place within or without
the State of Delaware and causes the notice thereof to so state.

          Section 5. Quorum. The holders of shares entitling them to exercise a
majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting,
present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business to be considered at such meeting; provided, however, that no action
required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws to be
authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares of
any particular class or of each class may be authorized or taken by a lesser
proportion; and provided, further, that if a separate class vote is required
with respect to any matter, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of such class, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of such
class, and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class so
present shall be the act of such class. The holders of a majority of the voting
shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn
such meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present.



          Section 6. Record Data. The board of directors may fix a record date
for any lawful purpose, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the determination of stockholders entitled to (i) receive notice of
or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (ii) receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or
(iii) exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of
stock. Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. Such record date
shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such
meeting, nor more than sixty days before the date fixed for the payment of any
dividend or distribution or the date fixed for the receipt or the exercise of
rights, nor more than ten days after the date on which the resolution fixing the
record date for such written consent is adopted by the board of directors, as
the case may be.

          If a record date shall not be fixed in respect of any such matter, the
record date shall be determined in accordance with the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware.

          Section 7. Proxies. A person who is entitled to attend a stockholders'
meeting, to vote thereat, or to execute consents, waivers or releases, may be
represented at such meeting or vote thereat, and execute consents, waivers and
releases, and exercise any of his other rights, by proxy or proxies appointed by
a writing signed by such person.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                    Directors

          Section 1. Number of Directors. Until changed in accordance with the
provisions of this section, the number of directors of the Corporation, none of
whom need be stockholders, shall be four (4). The number of directors may be
fixed or changed by amendment of these By-Laws or by resolution of the board of
directors.

          Section 2. Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected at the
annual meeting of stockholders, but when the annual meeting is not held or
directors are not elected thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting
called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be by ballot whenever
requested by any stockholder entitled to vote at such election, but unless such
request is made the election may be conducted in any manner approved at such
meeting.

          At each meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the
persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be directors.

          Section 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the
annual meeting next succeeding his election and until his successor is elected
and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.

          Section 4. Removal. All the directors, or all the directors of a
particular class, or any individual director may be removed from office, without
assigning any cause, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
power entitling them to elect directors in place of those to be removed.


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          Section 5. Vacancies. Vacancies in the board of directors may be
filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors until an election to fill
such vacancies is held. Stockholders entitled to elect directors shall have the
right to fill any vacancy in the board (whether the same has been temporarily
filled by the remaining directors or not) at any meeting of the stockholders
called for that purpose, and any directors elected at any such meeting of
stockholders shall serve until the next annual election of directors and until
their successors are elected and qualified.

          Section 6. Quorum and Transaction of Business. A majority of the whole
authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, except that a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a
quorum for filling a vacancy on the board. Whenever less than a quorum is
present at the time and place appointed for any meeting of the board, a majority
of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall
be present. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which
a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.

          Section 7. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of the board of directors
shall be held immediately following annual meetings of the stockholders, or as
soon thereafter as is practicable. If no annual meeting of the stockholders is
held, or if directors are not elected thereat, then the annual meeting of the
board of directors shall be held immediately following any special meeting of
the stockholders at which directors are elected, or as soon thereafter as is
practicable. If such annual meeting of directors is held immediately following a
meeting of the stockholders, it shall be held at the same place at which such
stockholders' meeting was held.

          Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of
directors shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of
Delaware, as the board of directors may, by resolution, from time to time
determine. The secretary shall give notice of each such resolution to any
director who was not present at the time the same was adopted, but no further
notice of such regular meeting need be given.

          Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice
president or any two members of the board of directors, and shall be held at
such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be
specified in such call.

          Section 10. Notice of Annual or Special Meetings. Notice of the time
and place of each annual or special meeting shall be given to each director by
the secretary or by the person or persons calling such meeting. Such notice need
not specify the purpose or purposes of the meeting and may be given in any
manner or method and at such time so that the director receiving it may have
reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting. Such notice shall, in all events,
be deemed to have been properly and duly given if mailed at least forty-eight
hours prior to the meeting and directed to the residence of each director as
shown upon the secretary's records. The giving of notice shall be deemed to have
been waived by any director who shall attend and participate in such meeting and
may be waived, in a writing, by any director either before or after such
meeting.

          Section 11. Compensation. The directors, as such, shall be entitled to
receive such reasonable compensation, if any, for their services as may be fixed
from time to time by resolution of the board, and expenses of attendance, if
any, may be allowed for attendance at each annual, regular or special meeting of
the board. Nothing herein contained shall be


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construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of any standing or special
committee may by resolution of the board be allowed such compensation for their
services as the board may deem reasonable, and additional compensation may be
allowed to directors for special services rendered.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   Committees

          The board of directors may by resolution provide for such standing or
special committees as it deems desirable, and discontinue the same at its
pleasure. The members of each such committee shall be elected by the board of
directors to serve during the pleasure of the board. Vacancies in such
committees shall be filled by the board of directors or as the board of
directors may provide. Each such committee shall have such powers and perform
such duties, not inconsistent with law, as may be delegated to it by the board
of directors. Each such committee shall keep full records and accounts of its
proceedings and transactions. All action by any such committee shall be reported
to the board of directors at its meeting next succeeding such action and shall
be subject to control, revision and alteration by the board of directors,
provided that no rights of third persons shall be prejudicially affected
thereby. Subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, each such committee shall
fix its own rules of procedure and shall meet as provided by such rules or by
resolutions of the board of directors, and it shall also meet at the call of the
chairman of the board, the president, the chairman of such committee or any two
members of such committee. Unless otherwise provided by such rules or by such
resolutions, the provisions of Section 10 of Article II relating to the notice
required to be given of meetings of the board of directors shall also apply to
meetings of the members of each such committee. A majority of the members of
each such committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Each such
committee may act in a writing without a meeting, but no such action of any such
committee shall be effective unless concurred in by all members of the
committee.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    Officers

          Section 1. General Provisions. The board of directors shall elect a
president, such number of vice presidents, if any, as the board may from time to
time determine, a secretary and a treasurer. The members of the board of
directors elected by The Standard Products Co., an Ohio corporation, its
successors or assigns, shall also elect a chairman of the board of directors.
The members of the board of directors may from time to time create such offices
and appoint such other officers, subordinate officers and assistant officers as
it may determine. The chairman of the board shall be, but the other officers
need not be, chosen from among the members of the board of directors. Any two or
more of such offices, other than those of president and vice president, may be
held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any
instrument in more than one capacity.

          Section 2. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold
office during the pleasure of the board of directors, and, unless sooner removed
by the board of directors, until the annual meeting of the board of directors
following the date of their election and until their successors are chosen and
qualified. The board of directors may


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remove any officer at any time, with or without cause. Subject to the provisions
of Section 6 of Article V of these By-Laws, a vacancy in any office, however
created, shall be filled by the board of directors.

                                   ARTICLE V

                               Duties of Officers

          Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if one be
elected, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and meetings of
stockholders and shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the
board of directors.

          Section 2. President. The president shall be the chief operating
officer of the Corporation and shall exercise supervision over the business of
the Corporation and over its several officers, subject, however, to the control
of the board of directors. In the absence of the chairman of the board, or if
none be elected, the president shall preside at meetings of stockholders. The
president shall have authority to sign all certificates for shares and all
deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes, and other instruments requiring his
signature; and shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and such others as the board of
directors may from time to time assign to him.

          Section 3. Vice Presidents. The vice presidents shall have such powers
and duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the board of
directors, the chairman of the board or the president. At the request of the
president, or in the case of his absence or disability, the vice president
designated by the president (or in the absence of such designation, the vice
president designated by the board) shall perform all the duties of the president
and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of the president. The authority
of vice presidents to sign in the name of the Corporation certificates for
shares and deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other instruments
shall be coordinate with like authority of the president.

          Section 4. Secretary. The secretary shall keep minutes of all the
proceedings of the stockholders and the board of directors and shall make proper
record of the same, which shall be attested by him; shall have authority to
execute and deliver certificates as to any of such proceedings and any other
records of the Corporation; shall have authority to sign all certificates for
shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other instruments
to be executed by the Corporation which require his signature; shall give notice
of meetings of stockholders and directors; shall produce on request at each
meeting of stockholders a certified list of stockholders arranged in
alphabetical order; shall keep such books and records as may be required by law
or by the board of directors; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident
to the office of secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the
president.

          Section 5. Treasurer. The treasurer shall have general supervision of
all finances; he shall have in charge all money, bills, notes, deeds, leases,
mortgages and similar property belonging to the Corporation, and shall do with
the same as may from time to time be required by the board of directors. He
shall cause to be kept adequate and correct accounts of the business
transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities,
receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, stated capital and shares, together with
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accounts as may be required; and he shall have such other powers and duties as
may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors, the chairman
of the board or the president.

          Section 6. Assistant and Subordinate Officers. Each other officer
shall perform such duties as the board of directors, the chairman of the board
or the president may prescribe. The board of directors may, from time to time,
authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers, to prescribe
their authority and duties, and to fix their compensation.

          Section 7. Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In the absence of any
officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason the board of directors may
deem sufficient, the board of directors may delegate, for the time being, the
powers or duties, or any of them, of such officers to any other officer or to
any director.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                          Indemnification and Insurance

          Section 1. Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions. The Corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

          Section 2. Indemnification in Derivative Actions. The Corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys, fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled


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to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.

          Section 3. Indemnification as a Matter of Right. To the extent that a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on
the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys,
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

          Section 4. Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under
Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by
the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI. Such determination shall be made
(1) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.

          Section 5. Advance Payment of Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending
a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or
agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this section.

          Section 6. Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.

          Section 7. Liability Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
provisions of this section.

          Section 8. Corporation. For purposes of this Article VI, references to
"the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees
or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with
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corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
separate existence had continued.

          Section 9. Employee Benefit Plans. For purposes of this Article VI,
references to any "other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans;
references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request
of the Corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by,
such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit
plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants
and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Article VI.

          Section 10. Continuation. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                             Certificates for Shares

          Section 1. Form and Execution. Certificates for shares, certifying the
number of full-paid shares owned, shall be issued to each stockholder in such
form as shall be approved by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be
signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors or the
president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or
the treasurer or an assistant treasurer; provided, however, that the signatures
of any of such officers and the seal of the Corporation upon such certificates
may be facsimiles, engraved, stamped or printed. If any officer or officers who
shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature shall have been used, printed or
stamped on any certificate or certificates for shares, shall cease to be such
officer or officers, because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such
certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such
certificate or certificates shall nevertheless be as effective in all respects
as though signed by a duly elected, qualified and authorized officer or
officers, and as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or
certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used
thereon, had not ceased to be an officer or officers of the Corporation.

          Section 2. Registration of Transfer. Any certificate for shares of the
Corporation shall be transferable in person or by attorney upon the surrender
thereof to the Corporation or any transfer agent therefor (for the class of
shares represented by the certificate surrendered) properly endorsed for
transfer and accompanied by such assurances as the Corporation or such transfer
agent may require as to the genuineness and effectiveness of each necessary
endorsement.

          Section 3. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. A new share
certificate or certificates may be issued in place of any certificate
theretofore issued by the Corporation which is alleged to have been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken upon (i) the execution and delivery to the
Corporation by the person claiming the certificate to have been lost, destroyed


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or wrongfully taken of an affidavit of that fact, specifying whether or not, at
the time of such alleged loss, destruction or taking, the certificate was
endorsed, and (ii) the furnishing to the Corporation of indemnity and other
assurances, if any, satisfactory to the Corporation and to all transfer agents
and registrars of the class of shares represented by the certificate against any
and all losses, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities to which they or any of
them may be subjected by reason of the issue and delivery of such new
certificate or certificates or in respect of the original certificate.

          Section 4. Registered Stockholders. A person in whose name shares are
of record on the books of the Corporation shall conclusively be deemed the
unqualified owner and holder thereof for all purposes and to have capacity to
exercise all rights of ownership. Neither the Corporation nor any transfer agent
of the Corporation shall be bound to recognize any equitable interest in or
claim to such shares on the part of any other person, whether disclosed upon
such certificate or otherwise, nor shall they be obliged to see to the execution
of any trust or obligation.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                   Fiscal Year

          The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on such date in each
year as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors. In the
absence of such designation, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence
on January 1 in each year.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                      Seal

          The board of directors may provide a suitable seal containing the name
of the Corporation. If deemed advisable by the board of directors, duplicate
seals may be provided and kept for the purposes of the Corporation.


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                                    ARTICLE X

                                   Amendments

          These By-Laws shall be subject to alteration, amendment, repeal, or
the adoption of new By-Laws either by the affirmative vote or written consent of
a majority of the whole board of directors, or by the affirmative vote or
written consent of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding stock
of the Corporation, present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to
vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting at
which a quorum shall be present.


                                             /s/ Nodoka Kodama
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                                             Nodoka Kodama


                                             /s/ Kumio Ishii
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                                             Kumio Ishii


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