Tire reinforcement conference held.An international business development conference, Tire Fillers and Reinforcements 2001, sponsored by Intertech, will be held January 29-31 at the Wyndham Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , FL. This conference will bring rubber filler and reinforcement manufacturers together with tire industry executives and technologists to explore the changing roles of carbon black, surface treated precipitated silica, other tire filler reinforcements and the outlook for growth, supply and demand of these materials and applications. In addition, two optional pre-conference workshops are planned and will discuss market drivers for green tires and the latest innovative technology. Pioneered by Michelin, RhonePoulenc (Rhodia) and Degussa in Europe, the green tire is said to have created a boom for silica and silane silane or silicon hydride Any of a series of inorganic compounds of silicon and hydrogen with covalent bonds and the general chemical formula SinH(2n + 2). producers. Other new technologies are being developed using alumina alumina (əl  `mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0. , ATH
and Kevlar, as well as starch, zeolites and clays.
The extent to which these trends show a potential crisis for carbon black producers will be discussed. If EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. legislation mandates higher MPGs for SUVs and light trucks, then the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market could also increase significantly, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the sponsor. However, threats to the green tire are said to include California's proposed ban on BFGoodrich's colored tires because of gang use to mark their territories, according to Intertech. Speaker recruitment for this conference is now underway. Information on submitting a topic for consideration and on registration for this conference is available from Scott Stephenson (207) 781-9800. |
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