TANTALUM-NIOBIUM INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTER
40 rue Washington, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Postal address: Chaussée de Louvain 490, 1380 Lasne, Belgium

Telephone: +32 2 649 51 58
Fax: +32 2 649 64 47
E-Mail: click here
Web Site: http://www.tanb.org

The association: T.I.C.

• An international, non-profit association founded in 1974 under Belgian law
• Over 90 members from 20 different countries involved with all aspects of the tantalum and niobium industry
• Managed by an Executive Committee representing all segments of the industry

Objectives

• Increase awareness and promote the remarkable properties of tantalum and niobium
• Organize a general assembly of the membership in October each year for business and technical presentations. The location is chosen so that a tour of a member company facility in the area can be included in the programme. Guests may attend
• Organize a week-long symposium in October about every five years for business and technical presentations, sometimes with tours of member company facilities in the area
• Publish a quarterly Bulletin, sent to the membership, also sent on request to others interested. Send us your postal address if you would like to receive this
• Collect from the members statistics on industry raw material production, processor receipts and product shipments for tantalum, and raw material production and processor product shipments for niobium – report consolidated data to the membership on a semi-annual basis
• Collect from the members which manufacture capacitors statistics on their receipts of tantalum powder and wire, on a quarterly basis – report consolidated data to the capacitor manufacturers quarterly, and the rest of the membership on a semi-annual basis

Membership

• Full membership - available to companies directly involved with the tantalum and/or niobium industry
• Associate membership - available to researchers, academics, authors, and governmental bodies