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SUMMARY:Los Angeles Rubber Group Golf Outing
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 2\, 2026\, at 11:00 AM \nBlack Gold\n1 Black Gold Dr.\nYorba Linda\, CA 92886 \nDetails & Register: www.tlargi.org 
URL:https://www.rubber.org/event/los-angeles-rubber-group-golf-outing-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T130000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Rubber Industry Supply Chains
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 5\, 2026; 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. ET \nWebinar Overview: Traditionally\, rubber industry supply chain actions are conducted by purchasing\, whereas RD\, engineering and customer service functions do not participate.  Meanwhile\, modern complexity of the rubber industry and its entangled global supply chains make our products vulnerable to the current volatility of political situations and economics. Disruptions of supply chains reverberate all the way down to rubber manufacturing and to customers\, and it could bring major national industries to standstill. \nWebinar Objective: The objective of this course is to promote awareness of supply chains effects on rubber processes\, quality of products and final costs. Based on her personal experience as a chemist\, plant engineer\, manager and global consultant working for the rubber industry and in academia in the USA\, Europe and Asia\, the instructor will review risks and pathways to ensure supply chains resilience\, manufacturing flexibility and cost control. \nWebinar Content: \n\nSupply chains components and functions\nSignificance of rubber products for the national economy\nRubber industry raw materials: types\, functions and sources\nSupply chain management:\n\nRisk management\nRaw materials multi-sourcing\nInventories resilience\nManagement of change: objectives\, layout and costs\n\n\n\nTo achieve production cost efficiency and rubber product quality\, the supply chain management team must include purchasing\, engineering and technical departments of committed and educated professionals. \nWho should attend:  Purchasing agents\, chemists\, product and process engineers\, quality professionals and managers will find this course useful. Participation of teams\, including purchasing\, engineering\, chemical\, processing\, quality and marketing/sales functions is encouraged. \nPrice: Free for Members / $149 Non-members \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nInstructor: Dr. Irene Yurovska \nIrene Yurovska was born and raised in Moscow\, Russia. After completing her BS in Chemistry\, MS in Chemical Engineering (Rubber Technology) and PhD in Physical Chemistry of Polymers\, she worked as a scientist for the Rubber Industry Institute and for the Institute of Aircraft Technology in Moscow. \nIrene moved with her family to the US in 1991. For ten years\, she lived in Rhode Island\, working as a plant rubber chemist for Teknor Apex and completing her MBA in Bryant University. Irene moved to Massachusetts to be employed for 14 years as a scientist\, technical service and applications specialist by Cabot Corporation in Billerica\, MA. In 2016-2017\, Dr. Yurovska worked as a Global Innovation Market Development Manager for Addivant Corporation (now SI Group) in CT. \nCurrently\, after completing the long and successful career as a global rubber industry professional; having hands-on experience with rubber compounding\, processing and technical service\, and with carbon black and antioxidants manufacturing and properties\, Dr. Irene Yurovska lives in TX\, recently being employed in India as VP of Himadri Specialty Chemicals (technical service in carbon black for rubbers) and currently developing a private consulting business for the global rubber industry. \nHer scientific interests include relationships between individual characteristics of ingredients and application properties of rubber products. Dr. Yurovska is the author and co-author of several patents and numerous articles in peer-reviewed and industrial publications. \nDr. Yurovska is an active member of the US rubber industry community\, being on several Rubber Division\, ACS committees\, she served as a Chair of the New England Rubber and Plastics Group and she is on the Board of NERPG and is also a member of the Energy Polymer Group. \nIrene has two children and one grandchild. She enjoys spending time with her family\, world travel\, swimming\, and classic opera.
URL:https://www.rubber.org/event/webinar-rubber-industry-supply-chains/
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SUMMARY:Michigan Rubber Group Technical Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Grand Rapids\, MI \nDetails: www.michiganrubbergroup.com
URL:https://www.rubber.org/event/michigan-rubber-group-technical-meeting-4/
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SUMMARY:Course: Rubber Extrusion Technology
DESCRIPTION:November 19\, 2026; 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET \nCEUs: 0.76 (To receive the CEUs\, attendees must attend the course live and promptly complete the survey evaluation after the course.) \nLocation: This course is available virtually only and can be taken from the comfort of your home or office – remotely from any tablet\, laptop or computer. \nDescription: This course was designed for rubber industry employees who currently extrude rubber and wish to expand their knowledge of the process or those wishing to gain insights into these processes and how they can be used. \nOverview: The course will offer an overview of the variety of commercially viable rubber extrusion processes and examine their strengths and weaknesses. Next\, we will go into a more in-depth look at the three most common rubber extrusion processes i.e. Liquid Curing Media (LCM)\, better known as the Salt Bath process\, Hot Air Vulcanization (HAV) and Microwave/Hot Air Vulcanization. The emphasis will be on practical knowledge that can be utilized in production. In all areas\, specific safety concerns will be highlighted and addressed. \nFirst\, the common elements to all extrusion processes\, namely the extruder and its components\, plus dies and other tooling will be reviewed. The course then will look at each of the three most common and important extrusion processes in more depth\, giving useful ideas for process improvements that the participants can apply in their own manufacturing. The course will conclude with a brief look at rubber compound development for the extrusion processes emphasizing important compound design features. \nPrice: $745 Members / $845 Non-members / Free for Undergraduate Student Members / $100 Other Student Members \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nInstructor: Richard D. Strong\, President\, Elastomeric Consulting Services LLC \nBio: Richard Strong is currently President and CEO of Elastomeric Consulting Services. He is a 1971 graduate of the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth where he received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and was awarded the Fred E. Busby award for outstanding work in Chemistry. \nStrong has over 50 years of experience in various aspects of rubber technology and has served as Chief Technical Officer for over 30 years of his career. His background includes raw material sourcing\, compound design\, processing and testing with organic elastomers and silicone\, including cellular rubber. He has broad expertise in process development\, documentation\, control and troubleshooting\, in addition to extensive experience in the review and analysis of test data from rubber compounds. \nStrong’s consulting business has been conducted both domestically and internationally. It includes development and presentation of educational programs for individual companies and for professional organizations\, colleges and universities. He also does hands on work with production companies to achieve improvements in their compounds and production processes. In addition\, he works with raw material suppliers to teach them how their products might be used in the rubber industry. \nIn March 2019\, his book Sponge Rubber\, An Introduction to Cellular Rubber was published by TechnoBiz as a companion reference for the course he also presents of the same name for the Rubber Division\, ACS and Akron Polymer Technical Services. He has also developed and presented two other courses\, An Introduction to Continuous Vulcanization and Rubber Extrusion Technology for these organizations. Strong developed a course on Sponge Rubber in cooperation with the University of Akron and the High Institute for Elastomer Industries to be presented in Saudi Arabia. He has recorded a four-segment video course on cellular rubber for Techno Biz. \nStrong is married (Roberta) and resides in Northeast Ohio. He has a daughter and a stepson and stepdaughter\, plus 3 grandchildren. In his spare time\, he enjoys walking\, reading\, working with his wife in their flower beds/gardens and fostering senior rescue dogs.
URL:https://www.rubber.org/event/course-rubber-extrusion-technology/
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SUMMARY:Mexico Rubber Group Course: How to Improve Rubber Compounds Part III
DESCRIPTION:Course: How to Improve Rubber Compounds Part III \nInstructor: Jose Gazano \nRubber Chamber Facilities Location:\nHegel 153-101 Col. Polanco CP 11560\nMiguel Hidalgo\, CDMX \nMore Information:\nMiguel Bernal miguelbernals@cnih.org.mx\nJose Gazano antogua@prodigy.net.mx
URL:https://www.rubber.org/event/mexico-rubber-group-course-how-to-improve-rubber-compounds-part-iii-2/
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