CANAOPT (2011 > 2016)
Objectives:
> Understanding natural rubber’s (NR) sources of variability;
> Controlling NR variability
> Developing plasticizing methods;
> Improving our knowledge of NR-based formulations.
Project partners:
> Hutchinson
> Michelin
> Metaldyne
> Anvis
> The Laboratoire de Recherches et de Contrôle du Caoutchouc et des Plastiques (LRCCP), French Rubber and Plastics Research and Testing Laboratory
> Université du Maine
> The CIRAD
Labelling: Elastopole
Funds: FUI 12 and Institutional Regional Organisations