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It was a remarkable debut that the Asian Tyre and Rubber Conference made in 2011, its inaugural year. In terms of participation, organisation and the positive response it evoked from the high profile gathering, the ATRC set a benchmark of quality excellence.By the time the two day conference concluded on December 3, 2011, it had marked itself as an important event in the industry calendar....

Gopalkrishna Gandhi to address ATRC 2013

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and former Governor of West Bengal and Bihar, will address the Inaugural Session of the second Asian Tyre & Rubber Conference (ATRC 2013) organised by Polymers & Tyre Asia, which will be held in Chennai on June 21-22. Gandhi is currently Chairman of the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai.

ATRC 2013 gets into shape

Final preparations and fine-tuning are in full swing for the Asian Tyre And Rubber Conference (ATRC 2013), Asia’s biggest conference organised by Polymers & Tyre Asia exclusively devoted to tyres and rubber. The two-day event will be held at Hyatt Regency Chennai, India, on June 21-22, 2013.
The theme of the conference, “Technology Advancement and Innovations: Road to a Green Planet,” has caught the attention of an array of top industry leaders and technical experts, as reflected in the list of speakers. “The response has been very impressive and we are happy to say that ATRC 2013 will host the best in the industry,” said renowned rubber technology consultant Zachariah Geroge, Chairman of the ATRC Organising Committee.
The topic for the Panel Discussion part of the conference will be “Innovations in Business: Road to a Greener Plant.”

Speakers

The line-up of speakers includes Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor, West Bengal (Presidential Address), Harm J Voortman, Michael Norman, VMI Group, Netherlands, Surender Kandhari, Al Dobowi Group, Dubai, Colin Clarke, Schill and Seilacher, Germany, Jacob Peled, Pelmar, Israel, Harvey Brodsky, RTA, USA,Michael Stops, A-Z Formen und Maschinenbau, GmbH, Germany, David Stevens, TRIB, USA, William Mars, Endurica LLC, USA, Jan Bambuch, Pneufoam, Czech Republic. Atanu Banerjee, Tata Steel, Renato Lualdi, Comerio Ercole SpA, Italy, Abdulnizar Kakkuzhi – Sabic, Vasant Bhat, MicroPoise, John Dick, Dynisco USA and Karan Chechi, TechSci Research, India. VG Ramakrishnan, Frost and Sullivan. India