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One of the most significant rubber industry-related events to take place this year, Rubberex/Rubbercon '92, was held June 16-19 at the Metropole Conference and Exhibition Center in Brighton, England. The [...]

Belgian conference covers latest thermoplastic elastomer applications TPE uses in the market areas of defense, safety, industry and leisure were explored by speakers from countries such as England, Belgium, Spain, [...]

Malaysian rubber production hits high; country will open Chinese bureau According to Datuk Ahmad Farouk bin Hj. S.S. Ishak, controller of rubber research of the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development [...]

Shell Chimie is starting construction of an FF 640 million Kraton G thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) plant at its Berre manufacturing complex near Marseilles, France. This will be the first commercial [...]

According to Alan E. Pedder, managing director of ICI's international polyurethanes business based in Everberg, Belgium, the environmental challenge of the 1990s presents a unique opportunity to revitalize the maturing [...]

According to the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers Inc. (IISRP), Houston, Western European synthetic rubber consumption during 1991 was estimated to be more than two million metric tons: the [...]

Rapra Technology Ltd., Shawbury, England, has published an in-depth survey titled 'Scrap Tires--A Wasting Asset?' Released at the end of last year, the 146-page report, compiled by the association's Business [...]

A new process for the production of deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) is the subject of a technology transfer agreement signed in Kuala Lumpur between the Malaysian Rubber Research & Development [...]

Berlin tire technology conference identifies potential growth areas Machinery and manufacturing, design and testing, legislation, standards and harmonization, and materials were the four topics covered at a tire conference held [...]

Like the interest expressed in Utech '92, scheduled to take place March 31-April 2, 1992, in The Hague, The Netherlands, the success of the 1991 Polyurethanes World Congress reveals the [...]

Challenges and potential solutions associated with elastomeric components in oil field applications was the topic of a recent conference sponsored by Rapra Technology Ltd., Shawbury, England. Held on Sept. 9 [...]

PRI conference emphasizes elastomers in extreme conditions A good elastomers input was provided at the recent conference on in extreme environments, organized by the British Plastics and Rubber Institute (PRI), [...]

Environmental issues, tires and future elastomer trends emphasized at ikt '91 The German conference covered subjects such as technical requirements of end-users, quality assurance and developments in elastomer technology. There [...]

ikt '91 showcases best products of rubber producers worldwide Carbon black, powder elastomers, EPDM and a wide range of rubber chemicals were shown at the German exhibition, which was attended [...]

Belgian PRI conference focuses on ethylene propylene-based polymers The University of Leuven, Belgium, was the venue for an extensive international conference covering various aspects of ethylene-based polymers. The April 16-17 [...]

Rubber Consultants conference provides global review of automotive elastomers The synergy of Crain Communications Ltd., London, and the Rubber Consultants Group of the Malaysia Rubber Producers' Research Association (MRPRA), Brickendonbury, [...]

Advanced Elastomer Systems launched into growing TPE marketplace Although TPEs are showing above-average growth, the international elastomer market as a whole is experiencing only a moderate growth rate. Monsanto Chemical [...]

Interplas '90 showcases innovative technology and environmental issues Interplas 90, the international plastics and rubber exhibition that took place Nov. 19-23 at the British National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, England, [...]

MRPRA wins PRI Prince Philip award for earthquake safety research The Malaysian Rubber Producer's Research Association (MRPRA), Brickendonbury, England, has been awarded the British Plastics and Rubber Institute's (PRI) coveted [...]

Tyretech highlights industry challenges in business and marketing in the '90s Technology will be directed at improving productivity and quality while meeting challenges from changes in customer requirements, liability legislation [...]

Concern over baby products has lead many countries to regulate these suspected carcinogens, and the rubber industry has had to move to eliminate them from their products. At the beginning [...]

Activity package based on a bicycle designed to interest children in science There would appear to be a major problem within British universities in recruiting scientists, particularly chemists. This is [...]

Papers, posters and lectures comprise International Rubber Conference Some 600 international delegates attended the French International Rubber Conference (IRC 90), which took place alongside Europlast 90 at the Paris Congress [...]

Europlast 90/IRC exhibition provide variety and innovation 'Possibly 95% of the visitors had a specific professional purpose.' This was the assessment of the attendance level at Europlast 90 and the [...]

Utech 90 emphasizes CFC issue and covers performance and transportation The problem of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) in both rigid and flexible polyurethane foams was kept in the forefront and expertly addressed [...]

British rubber manufacturers stay involved on the health and safety front 'Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, throughout the sensual world proclaim, one crowded hour of glorious life is [...]

Developments in rubber extrusion is focus of day-long seminar Recent developments in rubber extrusion was the topic of a one day seminar organized by Rapra Technology Ltd., Shawbury, and Crain [...]

Materials and equipment for elastomers highlighted at Dusseldorf's K'89 In January this column looked at the two-day international plastics and rubber planning conference that preceeded K'89 in Dusseldorf, West Germany, [...]

K'89'S halls host 2,174 exhibitors and 260,000 visitors from 112 countries The 11th International Plastics and Rubber Exhibition, K'89, which took place Nov. 2-9 in Dusseldorf, West Germany, once again [...]