Guide to Rubber Technology on the Web

All of the links below go to External Web Sites.

Career and Salary Information

1. 2005 ACS Employment Outlook
2. 2005 ACS Salary Survey of Chemists
3. Rubber Division Career Center

Rubber and Elastomer Fundamentals

1. About.com's History of Rubber
2. Bouncing Balls: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Rubber
3. eFunda: Polymers
4. Hands of Plastics
5. IRRDB History of Rubber
6. Macrogalleria - A Cyberland of Polymer Fun
7. MatWeb Plastics Abbreviations and Acronyms
8. Plastics: The Basics
9. Polymer Science Learning Center - The Story of Rubber

Tires

1. 2004 Tire Ratings
2. CIWMB Report - Consumers' Tire-Buying Habits and Their Knowledge of Tire Maintenance, Recycling, and Disposal
3. How Stuff Works - How Tires Work
4. NHTSA Tire Safety Information
5. Tire Review - Buyer's Guide
6. Tire Industry of Japan 2004 (PDF)
7. Tires and Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy: Informing Consumers, Improving Performance

Manufacturer Listings, Ranking and Data Production

1. American Plastics Council - Industry Statistics
2. EPA Profile of the Rubber & Plastics Industry
3. International Rubber Study Group (Rubber Consumption, Production & Pricing)
4. Modern Tire Dealer Statistics
5. Plastics News - Rankings & Lists
6. Rubber Goods Manufacturers Database (Thomas Register)
7. Rubber and Plastics News - Rubber Industry Rankings (subscription required)
8. Rubbicana Europe - supply-side European directory of rubber suppliers
9. Tire Business - Statistics (subscription required)

Databases

1. Dupont Dow Elastomers Chemical Resistance Guide (free registration required)
2. Polymer Library (Rapra Abstracts)
3. STNEasy
4. Dialog Corporation
5. Questel/Orbit
6. PubMed
7. MatWeb - Material Property Data
8. Chemfinder
9. Plastics Technology Materials Selection Database
10. PSI - Polymer Search on the Internet

JobSpectrum is the total career resource Web site for the chemical community and the place for chemistry-related career development resources. JobSpectrum is a comprehensive online recruitment and career site from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific organization.

PlasticsRecruiters.Com specializes in recruiting for professional positions related to the materials, machinery and processes of plastic, rubber and allied industries.

Publications

1. British Plastics & Rubber
2. Chemical Market Reporter
3. e-Polymers
4. European Rubber Journal
5. GAK Gummi Fasern Kunststoffe
6. KGK Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe
7. Rubber Asia
8. Rubber & Plastics News
9. Rubber World
10. Modern Plastics
11. Natuurrubber
12. Tire Business
13. Indian Rubber Journal

Patents

1. Delphion (IBM) Intellectual Property Network
2. Guide to Downloading Patent Copies on the Internet
3. Patent Information Users Group
4. US Patent and Trademark Office
5. MicroPatent
6. QPAT, Questel-Orbit
7. Derwent
8. European Patent Office

Standards Organizations

1. ASTM
2. ANSI
3. ANSI - NSSN
4. British Standards Online
5. DIN
6. Global Engineering Documents
7. ISO
8. US Dept. of Defense (Mil Specs) & Federal Standards

Rubber Recycling

1. Recycler's World Tire and Rubber Recycling Section
2. Scrap Tire Management Council
3. Scrap Tire News - Recycling Research Institute
4. Rubber Pavements Association
5. Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
6. Tire Retread Information Bureau
7. Ohio DNR - Recycling Tires

Organizations and Other Sources

1. American Chemical Society (ACS)
2. SAE International
3. Latex Allergy Links
4. Rubber-Stichting Information Center
5. International Rubber Study Group
6. International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc.
7. Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA)
8. Rubber Roller Group
9. The College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron
10. PolymerOhio, Inc.
11. Polymer Science Learning Center - The Story of Rubber
12. Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association
13. International Rubber Conference Organization
14. International Rubber Research and Development Board
15. Malaysian Rubber Board
16. Tire Industry Association
17. The Tire Society, Inc
18. Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC)

Polysort is an online community for the plastics and rubber industries providing news, links and networking opportunities.

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