Welcome!
Crain Communications Ltd welcomes you to its web site for the rubber and polyurethanes industries...
The icons to the right lead to the main locations on our site. The rest of this page gives short descriptions and links for new features on the site and for the main permanent items of interest.Check our site map (9KB) for a fuller reference to the locations available.
If you have any problems or queries you can contact us by eMail, or conventionally.
Recent and new features on this site include:
European Rubber Journal, jointly with Rapra Technology, is organising a two day conference on Rubber Bonding. It will be held on December 7th and 8th this year in Frankfurt.
This web site is currently undergoing a complete redesign. If you have any comments or ideas on what you would like to see, or on any ways in which we could make it easier to use, please contact us.
The features list for European Rubber Journal has now been updated to December 1999. Advertisers and contributers can now look here to find the most appropriate issues for their requirements.
The September edition of European Rubber Journal is now published. The June/July edition of Urethanes Technology is also currently available. You can also view details of the next edition.
Urethanes Technology is launching a regular advertisers' product showcase feature in its August/September edition. This will allow advertisers to target specific products and marketing data at the polyurethanes industry. Click here for details.
The Book of Conference Papers from PU China '98 is now published. Email us for details, or have a look at the conference report on this site.
We now have a page containing email links to the main staff at Crain Communications London. If you have a general enquiry you can still contact us via enquiries@crain.demon.co.uk or conventionally through the address at the foot of this page.
Our parent company, Crain Communications, Inc., has launched a corporate web site (www.crain.com) from which you can access details of the company's entire range of publications and activities.
We aim to make this site helpful to as broad a spectrum of users as possible, and we are planning a major overhaul for it later this year. If you have any comments on how any aspect of the site could be improved, please eMail us, or contact us at the address below.
Information pages
An important function of this web site is to provide information. We currently have the following unique sources of information on-line:
- Three tables offering details of raw materials suppliers for the polyurethane industry. The tables list suppliers for:
- MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) (10KB)
- TDI (toluene diisocyanate) (11KB), and
- PO (propylene oxide) and polyether polyols (20KB).
- A table of theTop 50 worldwide tyre makers is now on-line, using information from the 1996 Global Tyre report. An updated table is available in this year's edition. (17KB).
- A diary listing essential events for the rubber and polyurethane industries, together with some of more general interest. This is more comprehensive than the diaries that appear in the magazines, and is able to include notices that reach us after our print deadlines. (size varies - approx 22KB)
- A contact list of tyre manufacturers. This doesn't list every tyre plant in the world, but does contain details for every manufacturer we know of. (48KB)
- A list of DOT codes for the world's tyre manufacturing plants. (65KB)
These pages are updated regularly, as new information is received. Suggestions for new pages are welcome.
We are also looking at the possibility of making Acrobat PDF files available, and would appreciate feedback as to how useful these might be. As well as the kinds of free general information pages listed above, these might also include a 'subscribers-only' database of articles from the magazines.
Our whole site is currently being redesigned, so if you have any comments and suggestions on subjects you would like to see covered, or on any other aspect of this web site, please email us, or contact us at the address below.
Using this site
We are always looking for ways to make this site easier to navigate. Our site map lists most of our pages, and breaks them down into groups, with individual links to take you straight to what you're looking for.Our pages and navigation buttons should work with any browser that recognises tables, but if you experience problems with any aspect of this site, please send us an e-mail stating briefly what the problem is, with as much detail as possible about the type and version of browser you use, your system software, monitor size and computer type, etc. This kind of information helps us to anticipate the kinds of bugs that may arise, and to plan our pages for maximum ease of use for all visitors.
Highlights of the Crain web site
European Rubber Journal is the monthly first point of reference for anyone interested in the world's rubber industry. It carries information on the tyre industry and other applications for natural and synthetic rubber as well as information and market intelligence aimed at the supply sector, including manufacturers of rubber, carbon black, additives and machinery.Urethanes Technology provides a monthly focus on the world's polyurethanes business. It covers technical and commercial developments in polyurethane processing from around the world. Its range of information and market intelligence published is unrivalled in the world. We also publish a twice yearly Chinese language edition.
Automotive News Europe, published fortnightly, is the leading source of news and factual information on the European auto industry.
The Global Polyurethane Industry Directory provides a unique source for names, addresses and contact details for all companies involved in supplying the global polyurethane business. It lists all local and regional offices and subsidiaries, so that you can easily locate your nearest supplier, customer or competitor.
The Global Tyre Report has become established as the best-value source of information on the world's tyre industry, with strategic analyses, many detailed tables comparing company performance and explanations of current events in the industry.
Crain also organises and promotes a range of other conferences, including TyreTech '98, the UTECH conferences, and the International Rubber Exhibition & Conference (1999).
A comprehensive listing of events relevant to the rubber and polyurethanes industries is maintained on our diary page.
We hope you find this site useful. We aim to update it regularly, so if you have any comments, corrections or suggestions please send us an eMail or contact us at:
Telephone +44 171 457 1400
Facsimile +44 171 457 1440
Crain Communications Ltd
New Garden House
78 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8JQ
UK
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