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	MRB Bags Six Awards at ITEX-2008 Congratulations to MRB officers whose inventions won awards at the recent 19th International, Invention and Technology Exhibition (I-TEX) 2008 held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 9-11 May 2008. MRB won 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze, as described below. The awards were given away to the winners by YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of the Plantation Industries and Commodities, at the recent Ministry's Monthly Assembly held at Malaysian Rubber Board's RRIM Research Station in Sungai Buloh, Selangor. AWARD   INNOVATION Gold Microwave Rapid Method for Determining Dry Rubber Content of Coagulated Rubbers by Dr Zairossani Mohd Nor, Mr Ahmad Khairul Muhamad and Mr Zameri Muhamad Silver Natural Rubber Composite with Enhanced Environmental Decomposition Features by Mr Asrul Mustafa, Mrs Nik Intan Nik Ismail, Mr Shamsul Kamaruddin, Mrs Aziana Abu Hassan, Ms Kartini Abdol Rahim and Dr Amir Hashim Md Yatim Silver NRESTdb: An Interactive Database for Rubber Genomics by Dr Chow Keng See and Dato' Dr Yeang Hoong Yeet (MRB) Assoc Prof Dr Wan Kiew Lian (UKM/ Malaysia Genome Institute) Mohd Noor Mat Isa, Ahmad Fuad Hilmi Muhammad, Mohd Rashdi Mohd Amin and Khairil Anuar Zainal (Malaysia Genome Institute) Bronze A New High Performance Glow in the Dark TPV Blends by Mrs Nik Intan Nik Ismail, Dr Md Aris Ahmad, Mrs Dayang Habibah Abang Ismawi and Mr Ahmad Nazir Kamarudin Bronze DRC-eLiMS by Dr Faridah Hanim Ab Hanan, Mrs Mimi Safinaz Jamaluddin, Mr Sudirman Hassan and Mr Muhd Hairul Azman Abas Bronze NR Composite for Noise & Vibration Insulator by Dr Mohamad Asri Ahmad, Mr Shamsul Kamarudin, Mr Asrul Mustafa and Dr Md Aris Ahmad back
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