March 8th - March 12th
Embassy Suites Greenville
670 Verdae Blvd
Greenville, SC 29607
864.676.9090
Southern Rubber Group is returning back to Greenville South Carolina for the 2026 Winter Meeting. Early check in is Sunday the 9th, and departure is Thursday the 12th . We have a block of rooms under the SRG. Rooms are $156.60 a night, you can either all Embassy suites to make your reservation (make sure you mention the Southern Rubber Group to get the room rate), or you can reserve your room online.
Note: The deadline for our room rates is February 13th, or is good until we sell out. Make your accommodations soon so you don’t miss our block.
Technical Program
Technical Session & Rubber Course
Event Schedule
Sunday, March 8
- Early Arrival
Monday, March 9
- 9:00 am – 10:00 am – Program Planning Meeting
- 10:00 am – 11:00 am – Board Meeting
- 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Early Arrival & Registration (Table top exhibitors may set up)
- 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Supplier Reception
Tuesday, March 10
- 8:00 am – 9:00 am – Registration for Technical Meetings & Rubber Course
- 9:00 am – 4:00 pm – Technical Meeting Session
- Technical Session Presentations:
- Kevin Brown – Orion – “Sustainable Carbon Black: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Increasing Recycled Content in Tires”
- Michael Schmitz Molyneux – ARDL – “Case Studies in Failure Analysis”
- Anthony Mariniello – Nordmann – “Process Aid for Vulcanization Stabilization and Factice (VVO) as a sustainable additive”
- Kylie Knipp – Ace Laboratories – “Energy Impact of Fillers in Wall Coatings”
- Dan Roadcap – Redaly Innovating Chemistries and Thomas Swan – “Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes”
- Brian Howard – G3 Machinery – “Internal Mixing”
- Jeff Hurd – Unimatec – “High-Performance ACM Elastomers for Heat- and Oil-Resistant Applications”
- Tim Eromomene – Akrochem – “Color in Rubber”
- Technical Session Presentations:
- 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Golf Outing (TopGolf, 201 Clifton Ct, Greenville, SC 29615)
Wednesday, March 11
- 7:30 am – Registration opens
- 8:00 am – Rubber Course AM
- Polymers for Rubber Applications
- Carbon Black for Rubber Applications
- Non-black fillers for Rubber Applications
- Anti-degradant/Anti-ozonant overview and usage
- Overview & Usage
- 12:00 pm – Lunch
- 1:00 pm – Rubber Course PM
- Curative & Cure Systems
- Mixing Technology for Rubber Applications
- Rubber Testing for Rubber Applications
- Vulcanization Overview for Rubber Applications
- Presenters for these Rubber Course topics include industry experts from Vanderbilt, Orion, Smithers, Ace Laboratories, Redaly Innovating Chemistries, and G3 Machinery
- Vanderbilt Rubber Handbooks will be raffled off during the course.
Thursday, March 12
- Departure