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Rubber meets Science – Organic and Silicone Rubber Processing
IKV Conference on October 14 and 15, 2013, in Aachen
Aachen, July 2013 – The Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and the Skilled
Crafts at RWTH Aachen University organises the conference entitled "Rubber meets
Science – Organic and Silicone Rubber Processing” on October 14 and 15, 2013, in Aachen.
The program covers in two parallel sessions current trends, innovations and challenges in
both organic and silicone elastomers. Professor Andreas Limper from HarburgFreudenberger Maschinenbau will be chairman for the organic rubber session. The chairman
for the silicone rubber session Oliver Franssen comes from Momentive Performance
Materials.
The IKV conference aims to show how high performance elastomeric components can be
manufactured using innovative materials, new compounding techniques and revolutionary
processing methods. Raw material suppliers will present their latest approaches and
developments in new elastomeric material technology and manufacturing. Material
processors will share how to overcome problems in producing high quality elastomeric parts
economically. End users of high performance elastomeric components will show new
application trends based on current research projects and their approaches.
This international conference is primarily aimed at engineers, chemists and physicists from
the rubber industry who work in the area of development, part and tool design, simulation,
production planning, process improvement and quality assurance.
Speakers come from DuPont, Switzerland, Hexpol Compounding, Luxembourg, Hutchinson,
France, LANXESS, the Netherlands, ELMET and STARLIM Spritzguss, both Austria, and
from companies in Germany which are Bode, B.Braun, Dow Corning, Freudenberg
Forschungsdienste, HJG Consulting, Momentive, Robert Bosch, Scarabaeus and Sigmasoft.
Speakers from IKV will contribute their latest research topics in the field of rubber technology.
The conference will be held in English.
Program and registration:
Dipl.-Ing. Jan Peter Dering
Dipl.-Ing. Ulf Recht
Telephone: +49 (0) 241 80-28353/-28355
E-mail: dering@ikv.rwth-aachen.de/recht@ikv.rwth-aachen.de
www.ikv-aachen.de/rubber
www.ikv-aachen.de
INSTITUT FÜR KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNG · LEITER: PROF. DR.-ING. CHRISTIAN HOPMANN
RWTH Aachen · 52056 Aachen · Germany · Telefon +49 (0) 241 80-93806 · Fax +49 (0) 241 80-92262 · www.ikv-aachen.de
About IKV
IKV, the Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University, is Europe-wide the biggest research and
education institute engaged in the field of plastics processing enjoying outstanding reputation. More than 300 staff
are employed in finding solutions to problems connected with processing, materials technology and part design in
the plastics and rubber industries. IKV's close contacts with industry and science, together with its outstanding
facilities, enable cutting-edge research in plastics technology and ensure that students benefit from a
comprehensive, practically oriented course of study. Plastics engineering graduates from IKV are thus soughtafter experts in industry. In organisational terms, IKV is divided up into the four specialist departments of Injection
Moulding, Extrusion and Rubber Technology, Part Design and Materials Technology, and Composites and PU
Technology. The Institute also takes in the Centre for Analysis and Testing of Plastics, and the Training and
Further Education department. IKV is run by an Association of Sponsors, which currently has a membership of
more than 230 plastics companies from all over the world. Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Hopmann is Head of the
Institute and Managing Director of the Association of Sponsors. He also holds the Chair of Plastics Processing at
the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.
Contact program and registration:
Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV)
in Industrie und Handwerk an der RWTH Aachen
Dipl.-Ing. Jan Peter Dering
Rubber technology
Seffenter Weg 201
52074 Aachen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 241 80-28353
Telefax: +49 (0) 241 80-22316
E-mail: dering@ikv.rwth-aachen.de
www.ikv-aachen.de
Press contact:
Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV)
in Industrie und Handwerk an der RWTH Aachen
Ulla Köhne
Public relations
Pontstr. 49
52062 Aachen
Telephone: +49 (0) 241 80-93672
Telefax: +49 (0) 241 80-92660
E-mail: koehne@ikv.rwth-aachen.de
www.ikv-aachen.de
(Photo: IKV)
INSTITUT FÜR KUNSTSTOFFVERARBEITUNG · LEITER: PROF. DR.-ING. CHRISTIAN HOPMANN
RWTH Aachen · 52056 Aachen · Germany · Telefon +49 (0) 241 80-93806 · Fax +49 (0) 241 80-92262 · www.ikv-aachen.de