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Coordinates: 52°20′46″N 9°47′12″E / 52.3462°N 9.7866°E / 52.3462; 9.7866
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Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e. V.
German Institute for Rubber Technology
Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e. V.
AbbreviationDIK
Formation1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Legal statusResearch center
FocusRubber technology
HeadquartersEupener Strasse 33
Location
Coordinates52°20′46″N 9°47′12″E / 52.3462°N 9.7866°E / 52.3462; 9.7866
Region served
Worldwide
MethodsResearch, publication
Head
Ulrich Giese
Staff (2010)
55
Websitewww.dikautschuk.de/en/

The German Institute for Rubber Technology.[1][2] is a publicly funded nonprofit organization, based in Hanover Germany, whose purpose is the advancement of applied research in rubber technology. The mission includes both the chemical and physical behavior of rubber, and the reduction to practice of applications. It has been noted for producing many of the scientists working in the German rubber industry.[3][4] It has been noted for its leadership in the tire industry on the topic of tire wear particles in the environment.[5]

History

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The institute was founded in 1981 on the initiative of the German rubber industry and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Transport (ADK) with Dr. Gottfried Pampus as its initial director.[6] The founding of the institute occurred during a period of expansion in Germany of 3rd party funding by means of institutionalized collaboration between academia and private industry.[7] In 2004, a 1.5 million Euro expansion was made to add seminar rooms and a library.[8] In 2010, a 3.6 Million Euro floor space expansion was opened.[9] It is a founding member of the European Research & Rubber Laboratories (ERRLAB) initiative.[10] In 2011, it established a Rubber Excellence Partnership with Lanxess and Qingdao University of Science and Technology.[11] It organizes a Fall Rubber Colloquium annually[12]

Notable researchers

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References

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  1. ^ "Institute Profile". dikautschuk.de. DiK. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "About Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie". chemeurope.com. LUMITOS. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ "125 people and innovations that shaped the rubber industry". Rubber World. Lippencott and Peto. October 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ GAFFRON, STEFANIE. "ADK 2015 FUNDING AWARD FOR EXCELLENT RUBBER RESEARCH". zukunft-inc.de. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Tyre industry CEOs review environmental research". European Rubber Journal. Crain. 12 Feb 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ Bechstedt, Martina (2004). "20 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie Im Focus Forschen und Ausbilden" (PDF). Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe. KGK. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ^ Schramm, Manuel; Fraunholz, Uwe (2012). "Between the Ivory Tower and the Industrial Laboratory: Universities in the West German Innovation System, 1945-1990, Political and Functional Elites in Post-Socialist Transformation: Central and East Europe since 1989/90". Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. 37 (2): 254–279. JSTOR 41636586. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ^ Reed, David (Jul–Aug 2004). "German rubber institute expands facilities". European Rubber Journal. No. 186 7/8. Crain. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ^ "German rubber institute in Euro3.6M expansion". European Rubber Journal. Crain. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ^ "ETRMA among groups to form research, testing network". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Lanxess to partner with DIK, Qingdao University". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. December 19, 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  12. ^ "14th Fall Rubber Colloquium (KHK)". wip-kunststoffe.de. wip-Kunststoffe e.V. Wissens- und Innovations-Netzwerk. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  13. ^ IGGULDEN, CHARLOTTE (8 December 2023). "Speaker interview: Anke Blume, University of Twente". tiretechnologyinternational.com. UKI. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Rubber Division announces five top award winners". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  15. ^ Kopfe des Kautschuk Heads of Hevea. Hamburg: KP Verlag. 2006. ISBN 9783000164125. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  16. ^ "People in the News". Rubber World. Lippencott and Peto. March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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