News
| ARTIS awarded Anaconda development contract
ARTIS, have recently been awarded a development contract from the Carbon Trust supporting the development of the Anaconda sea energy device.
The Anaconda is a new concept for the generation of electricity from sea energy and is currently being developed by Melksham based Checkmate Sea Energy. | |
| ARTIS awarded Development Contract with US RDECOM
ARTIS has been awarded a $270,000 development contract with the US Army, Research Development of Engineering Command (RDECOM) through the Technology Support working Group (TSWG) for the development of an integral pass through protective patch for level A protective garments. | |
| Sevalco Closure Re-Approval and Re-Sourcing
It is with great sadness that ARTIS learns of the closure of the Sevalco carbon black plant at
Avonmouth, Bristol. ARTIS has long links with the team at Sevalco plant and Columbian
European Central Laboratory (ECL) and has great respect for the team at ECL. | |
| Artis offers engineering expertise
ARTIS offers engineering expertise article from the European Rubber Journal - 17 December 2008 | |
| ARTIS to work with Gammadot Rheology
Gammadot Rheology and ARTIS, (the commercialised research arm of Avon Rubber p.l.c),
are investigating potential projects & services the two companies can co-operatively offer
to the polymer industry. | |
| Chamber of Commerce - Site Visit to Artis
Members of the Wessex Association and Westbury Chamber of Commerce recently had the opportunity
to have a look around ARTIS, which is an advanced laboratory supporting the innovation, development
and testing needs of the European Polymer Industry. | |
| ARTIS in consortium offered £1.2 million grant
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (“Symphony”), the degradable plastics and wasteto-energy Group, announces that it’s wholly owned subsidiary, Symphony Energy Ltd (the “Company”) has now been officially advised by the Technology Strategy Board that the
Company and its consortium partners have been offered a £1.19m grant for collaborative research and development in the area of High Value Manufacturing, for the consortium’s Rubber Product Enhanced Recovery Technology project (“RìPERT”).
The Company is the lead partner; the other members of the consortium are ARTIS (a
business of Avon Rubber P.l.c.), Imperial College London, ABB Limited (Robotics Division),
Hughes Pumps Limited and Credowan Limited (Subsidiary of Cobham Plc).
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| ARTIS presents at TAC 2008 - Practical Use of Thermal Methods for Problem Solving
The Presentation will look at the combined use of TGA and DMTA and other analytical techniques, to look at
changes in elastomeric materials that occur as a result of contact with cleaning chemicals used in dairy applications. | |
| AVON Rubber plc announces ARTIS
Avon is delighted to announce the launch of ARTIS, an acronym for Avon Rubber Technology Innovation and Science to the commercial market. ARTIS is an advanced laboratory in Westbury, Wiltshire, England dedicated to material testing, research and development,
training, legislative support including expert witness capability. ARTIS will offer cost effective expertise in all of these specialist areas. | |