HOUSTON, TEXAS 28 March 2008—The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published the 17th edition of The Synthetic Rubber Manual, the world's leading source for synthetic rubber product grade information worldwide. The manual also includes detailed contact information of global synthetic rubber producers and summaries of the major elastomers including ESBR, SSBR, BR, EPDM, NBR, CR, IR, IIR, SBC (SBS/ SEBS/ SIS), POE and FKM.

The book, widely used by the elastomer downstream customers and marketing planners, has been published once every three years for the past 40+ years, according to James L. McGraw, IISRP's Managing Director & CEO. It is recognized internationally as the standard reference in the synthetic rubber industry. The soft-cover 8 1/2" x 11" book , with 128 pages, lists more than 2,000 individual polymers, elastomers and latices manufactured globally. Each individual product grade, listed in the 50+ separate tables, is shown with technical and quality specifications.

The book is available at the IISRP yahoo-online store for $450 for the general public, $225 for IISRP members and $5,000 for non-member producers at:

http://store.yahoo.com/iisrpstore/regpub.html.

The IISRP is an international not-for-profit association with 50+ corporate members domiciled in 20+ countries who produce 95 percent of the world's supply of synthetic rubber. Incorporated in 1960 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, the Institute supports regional offices in Milan and Tokyo.