German Institute for Rubber Technology
{{Short description|German rubber industry research institute}}
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| full_name = German Institute for Rubber Technology
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| status = Research center
| purpose = Rubber research and development
| focus = Rubber technology
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| headquarters = Eupener Strasse 33
| location_city = Hanover
| location_country = Germany
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| leader_name = Ulrich Giese
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| staff_year = 2010
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The German Institute for Rubber Technology.{{cite web |title=Institute Profile |url=https://www.dikautschuk.de/en/introduction/institute-profile/ |website=dikautschuk.de |publisher=DiK |access-date=27 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=About Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie |url=https://www.chemeurope.com/en/research-institutes/44682/dik-deutsches-institut-fuer-kautschuktechnologie-e-v.html |website=chemeurope.com |publisher=LUMITOS |access-date=27 December 2023}} 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.{{cite news |title=125 people and innovations that shaped the rubber industry. |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=99148673&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Rubber World |publisher=Lippencott and Peto |date=October 2014}}{{cite web |last1=GAFFRON |first1=STEFANIE |title=ADK 2015 FUNDING AWARD FOR EXCELLENT RUBBER RESEARCH |url=https://www-zukunft--inc-de.translate.goog/aktuelles/2015/foerderpreis-adk-2015-fuer-exzellente-kautschukforschung/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp |website=zukunft-inc.de |access-date=28 December 2023}} It has been noted for its leadership in the tire industry on the topic of tire wear particles in the environment.{{cite news |title=Tyre industry CEOs review environmental research |url=https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2086106/tyre-industry-ceos-review-environmental-research |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=European Rubber Journal |publisher=Crain |date=12 Feb 2007}}
History
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.{{cite news |last1=Bechstedt |first1=Martina |title=20 Jahre Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie Im Focus Forschen und Ausbilden |url=https://www.kgk-rubberpoint.de/wp-content/uploads/migrated/docs/artikel/401.pdf |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe |publisher=KGK |date=2004}} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Schramm |first1=Manuel |last2=Fraunholz |first2=Uwe |title=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 |journal=Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung |date=2012 |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=254–279 |jstor=41636586 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41636586 |access-date=29 December 2023}} In 2004, a 1.5 million Euro expansion was made to add seminar rooms and a library.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=David |title=German rubber institute expands facilities |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=European Rubber Journal |issue=186 7/8 |publisher=Crain |date=Jul–Aug 2004 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=14316124&site=eds-live&scope=site}} In 2010, a 3.6 Million Euro floor space expansion was opened.{{cite news |title=German rubber institute in Euro3.6M expansion |url=https://www.european-rubber-journal.com/article/2078166/german-rubber-institute-in-euro3-6m-expansion |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=European Rubber Journal |publisher=Crain |date=8 November 2010}} It is a founding member of the European Research & Rubber Laboratories (ERRLAB) initiative.{{cite news |title=ETRMA among groups to form research, testing network |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/article/20150126/NEWS/150129954/etrma-among-groups-to-form-research-testing-network |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Rubber and Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=26 January 2015}} In 2011, it established a Rubber Excellence Partnership with Lanxess and Qingdao University of Science and Technology.{{cite news |title=Lanxess to partner with DIK, Qingdao University |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/article/20111219/NEWS/312199990/lanxess-to-partner-with-dik-qingdao-university |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Rubber and Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=December 19, 2011}} It organizes a Fall Rubber Colloquium annually{{cite web |title=14th Fall Rubber Colloquium (KHK) |url=https://wip-kunststoffe.de/14th-fall-rubber-colloquium-khk/ |website=wip-kunststoffe.de |publisher=wip-Kunststoffe e.V. Wissens- und Innovations-Netzwerk |access-date=28 December 2023}}
Notable researchers
- Anke Blume{{cite web |last1=IGGULDEN |first1=CHARLOTTE |title=Speaker interview: Anke Blume, University of Twente |url=https://www.tiretechnologyinternational.com/features/speaker-interview-anke-blume-university-of-twente.html |website=tiretechnologyinternational.com |date=8 December 2023 |publisher=UKI |access-date=28 December 2023}}
- Ulrich Giese - director of DIK from 2010-present{{cite news |title=Rubber Division announces five top award winners |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/article/20181009/NEWS/181009940/rubber-division-announces-five-top-award-winners |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Rubber and Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=9 October 2018}}
- Manfred Klüppel
- Robert Schuster - director of DIK from 1992-2010{{cite book |title=Kopfe des Kautschuk Heads of Hevea |date=2006 |publisher=KP Verlag |location=Hamburg |isbn=9783000164125 |url=https://www.abebooks.com/9783000164125/K%C3%B6pfe-Kautschuk-Heads-Hevea-Dierk-300016412X/plp |access-date=27 December 2023}}{{cite news |title=People in the News |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=74536693&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Rubber World |publisher=Lippencott and Peto |date=March 2012}}