Lehigh Technologies, a leading specialty materials company that produces micronized rubber powders (MRP), announced today that Dr. Tom Rosenmayer, vice president of technology, will speak at the annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting on January 11 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Rosenmayer will join a workshop titled “Innovative Materials for Asphalt Materials,” where he will provide an overview of recent advances in sustainable MRP technology that have enabled key improvements for elastic properties and storage capacity for asphalt.
The workshop focuses on how recent changes in performance-graded (PG) binder specifications, including multiple stress-creep recovery, elastic recovery, and a new emphasis on sustainability, are changing the asphalt binder additive marketplace.
TRB meets once a year to discuss all transportation modes and address topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, government officials and influential industry representatives. Attracting over 12,000 professionals from around the world, the annual meeting features over 5,000 presentations in the form of sessions and workshops. The theme for this year’s meeting is ‘Corridors to the Future: Transportation and Technology.’
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WHO: Dr. Tom Rosenmayer, vice president of technology of Lehigh Technologies. Lehigh Technologies produces high-performance MRP from end-of-life-tires, which can be incorporated into a variety of applications, including asphalt, plastic goods, coatings and tires, to achieve high performance while improving sustainability and reducing costs.
Experts from Kraton Polymers, the Florida Department of Transportation, Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will also participate in the workshop.
WHAT: An overview of how sustainable MRP technology improves elastic properties and storage stability for asphalt.
WHERE: Workshop 126, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
WHEN: Sunday, January 11 from 9:00am-12:00pm EST
About Lehigh Technologies
Lehigh Technologies is a leading specialty materials company that produces high-performance micronized rubber powders (MRP), a lower cost, high-performance, sustainable specialty material that replaces oil-based materials to reduce costs and cut waste. Lehigh's cryogenic turbo mill technology breaks down end-of-life tires and other post-industrial rubber into micron-scale powders used in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. Customers include more than 60 leading tire, asphalt and plastics companies around the world. To learn more, visit www.lehightechnologies.com.
