RubberCon 2023

ARTIS is an ISO 9001 accredited testing and consultancy business having, along with its parent company, Avon Protection, over 130 years of experience in the rubber industry. Our specialist team of scientists and technicians delivers expert advice and support to clients both within Avon and externally from a broad range of industry sectors.

Our extensive compounding, mechanical and analytical testing, and environmental ageing facilities allow us to identify the links between chemical property modifications induced by the service environment and the physical property changes that eventually manifest as a component failure. Along with the extensive experience of the ARTIS team, this approach uniquely positions us to identify deficiencies within a rubber formulation, providing a route for targeted compound development and subsequent verification.

In addition, ARTIS has built a significant reputation in understanding the performance and characteristics of recovered fillers, such as rCB, and fillers from sustainable sources. We are able to support clients in characterising and benchmarking their products, assessing in-rubber performance, and advising on product optimisation and exploitation routes.

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As an innovative capability provider, Avon Protection understand the unique requirements of the modern warfighter and tactical operator. This depth of specialisation and understanding has ensured products are designed to protect users in the most extreme of environments.

Avon Protection are proud to have supplied protection solutions to the UK Ministry of Defence and other allies since the 1920’s and remain the primary supplier of integrated protective equipment to NATO and the United States Department of Defense Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Special Operations Forces.

Avon Protection are at the capability frontline of numerous national defense and tactical deployment strategies. Leveraging its Military pedigree, Avon Protection has brought the First Responder market field proven protection solutions that meet the complex needs of the tactical operator. Evolving protection capability to meet the operational needs has meant Avon Protection are recognised as a market leader among Law Enforcement and SWAT users around the world.

Their portfolio of life critical protection solutions include the design, development, test and manufacture of helmets, respirators, escape hoods, powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), closed circuit rebreathers and thermal imaging cameras.

For more information about the company’s products visit: www.avon-protection.com