Rubber machinery

• Desma Schuhmaschinen (Shoe making machines)
• Jing Day (Rubber moulding presses)
• Yi Tzung (Rubber mills and calenders)
• Ektrontek (Rubber testing equipment)

Information Sources

• Australian Plastics and Rubber Institute
• American Chemical Society – Rubber Division
• College of Polym. Sci and Polym. Eng., U. of Akron
• Rubber and Plastics Industry Online Resource
• Rapra Abstracts
• European Rubber Journal
• Rubber and Plastics News
• Rubber World
• Plastic News

Recommended journals and textbooks

Journals

• APRI News and Views. Published by the Australian Plastics and Rubber Institute.
• European Rubber Journal.
• Materials World. Published by the Institute of Materials, UK.
• Rubber Chemistry and Technology. Published by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society.
• Rubber World.

Textbooks

• Bhowmick, A. K. et al.: Rubber Products Manufacturing Technology, 1994.
• Bhowmick, A. K. and Stephens, H. L. (Eds): Handbook of Elastomers. New Developments and Technology, 1988.
• Blackley, D. C.: Synthetic Rubbers, their Chemistry and Technology, 1983.
• Blow, C. M. and Hepburn, C. M.: Rubber Technology and Manufacture, 1982.
• Brown, R. P.: Physical Testing of Rubber, Third Edition, 1996.
• Brysdon, J. A.: Rubbery Materials and their Compounds, 1988.
• Gent, A. N.: Engineering with Rubber, 1993.
• Hoffman, W.: Rubber Technology Handbook, 1988.
• Mark, J. E., Erman, B. and Eirich, F. R.: Science and Technolgy of Rubber, 1994.
• Nagdi, K.: Rubber as an Engineering Material, 1993.
• Smith, L. P.: The Language of Rubber, 1993.
• White, J. L.: Rubber Processing Technolgy, Materials, Principles, 1995.