Nikolay Dishovsky, Mihail Mihaylov, 1st ed., Apple Academic Press, Oakville, ON, Canada, 2018, 486 p., hardcover, ISBN 978-1-77188620-8, GBP 104.80

Peter Schwarzmann, ed. by Adolf Illig, 2nd ed. 2018, Carl Hanser Publ., Munich, Germany, 520 p., hardcover ISBN 978-1-56990-709-2, e-book ISBN 978-1-56990-708-5, EUR 179.00

Reza Taherian, Ayesha Kausar, William Andrew Publishing/Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2018, 1st ed., 432 p., hardcover ISBN 978-0-128-12541-0, eBook ISBN 978-0-128-12542-7, USD 160

The new issue of RFP is out! Find out how the ICCA developed at Coesfeld enables quantitative characterization of the chip and cut behavior of rubber for tire applications without field testing and how serinol derivatives can be employed for the sustainable vulcanization of diene elastomers. A study carried out by scientists at Bosch and Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) Aachen shows how thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) and EPDM differ in their gas permeation behavior towards hydrogen. The University of Twente and the Polymer Science Park in Zwolle have established a link between research and education by cooperating in the newly founded Elastomer Competence Centre. Sigmasoft describes a virtual DoE for the improvement of part properties and Arburg presented its solutions for digitalization during the Arburg Technology Days 2019.

Chris Rauwendaal, Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany, 3rd edition 2018, 263 p., hardcover, EUR 99.00, ISBN 978-1-56990-698-9; e‑book, EUR 79.99, ISBN 978-1-56990-698-9

International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc. (IISRP), Houston, TX, USA, 2018, 85 p., USD 2,500

Smithers Rapra has published a brochure on latest automotive industry trends. It focusses on key trends and challenges facing the automotive industry today, and how testing will change as the market evolves. It looks at the core trends in the automotive industry, including:

In response to the European Plastics Strategy, the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry SusChem and its partners – the European Chemical Industry Council Cefic, PlasticsEurope, the European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and the European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform (ECP4) – have issued the new report Plastics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in a Circular Economy.

John M., Dealy, Daniel J. Read, Ronald G. Larson, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, Germany, 2018, 610 p., hardcover (incl. ebook), EUR 250.00, ISBN 978-1-56990-611-8

Richard Hawkins, Knut Blind, Robert Page (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2017, 456 p., hardcover, GBP 140.00, ISBN 978-1-78347-007-5, ebook, eISBN 978-1-78347-008-2