The Rubber Society
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THE RUBBER SOCIETY OF KOREA

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History

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The Rubber Society of Korea This is the path of the Korean Rubber Society.

1966 04.03. Foundation meeting for "The Korean Rubber Engineer's Association (KREA)"
06.26. Foundation of Busan Regional Association
10. Participation in The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST)
12.01 First issue of “Rubber Technology” Magazine
1971 10.22. Renaming to Korean Institute of Rubber Engineer’s
1978 08.29. Registered as an Incorporated Association from Ministry of Science and ICT, S. Korea
09.05. Renaming to "The Korean Institute of Rubber Industry"
10.28. Foundation of Gyeongbuk Regional Association
1992 10.23. Participation in International Rubber Consortium Limited (IRCO) as an associated member
1999 02.13. Foundation of Joongbu, Kyungin, Honam Regional Association
04.25 - 29 International Rubber Conference 1999, Seoul, Korea
2000 05. Participation in International Rubber Consortium Limited (IRCO) as a regular member
2004 10.22. Relocation of office
2005 12.29. Citation of "Elastomer" as a NCI journal
2006 12.29. Celebration of 40th Anniversary
2009 03.30. Renaming to "Elastomers and Composites" Journal
2012 5.21 - 24 International Rubber Conference, 2012, Jeju, Korea
2016 05.20 Celebration of 50th Anniversary
2021 11.17 - 18 RubberCon 2021, Korea​

Major Activities and Awards

Regular meetings - 58 Spring meetings, 57 Fall meetings Winter Rubber Technology Seminar - 6
Rubber Technology Contribution Award - 26 awardees “Elastomers and Composites” - Vol. 1 ~ Vol. 59 (total 211 issues)
Best Paper Award - 37 awardees Rubber Technology Magazine - Vol. 1 - Vol. 25 (total 56 issues)
Paper Academic Award - 16 awardees KS standard - 212
Academic Contribution Award - 13 awardees Books - Rubber Materials and Processing Technology (2008) Glossary of Rubber Words and Terminology (2017)
Best Poster Award - 16 awards/spring, 18 Fall awards/fall Number of members - Special corporate members 81, Institute members 4, Life members 653, Regular members 253, Student members 138
Rubber Technology Advancement Award - 19 awardees Student Scholarship Beneficiary - Shinyang Scholarship: 167, Kangshin Rubber Scholarship:31
Rubber Technology Short Course - 80 Shinyang Rubber Technology Award - 2 awardees
Summer Rubber Technology Seminar - 54 Dae Kuyng Korea Rubber Engineer Award - 7 awardees
Rubber Analysis Technology Short Course - 15 International Conference - 3
Advanced​ Elastic Composites Technology Symposium - 4
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