Turn page for booking details ➤ HEADLINE SPONSOR C ONFERENCE Monday 18th April 2016
13.00-17.00 Site visit to HPF The Mineral Engineers, a division of Quarzwerke Group Delegates will be taken by coaches to and from the HPF facility in nearby Frechen. There will be a tour of the R&D laboratories and a company presentation followed by a networking break.
17.00-19.30 Registration 18.00-19.30 Welcome Cocktail Reception
There are no conference sessions on this day Tuesday 19th April 2016 08.00
09.00
Registration welcome coffee Opening announcements
SESSION 1 – MARKET TRENDS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS 09.10
09.40 09.40
Analysing trends in the global thermoplastics compounding industry Mr. Andy Beevers, Publisher, Compounding World magazine, APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION Ltd., United Kingdom
Strategies for growing a profitable compounding business in an increasingly competitive global marketplace - panel discussion with: Mr. Massimo Pavin, CEO, SIRMAX SPA, Italy Mr. Murat Cansever, Managing Partner (Technical), EUROTEC ENGINEERING PLASTICS, Turkey
More panelists to be confirmed 10.40-11.10 Morning coffee sponsored by:
SESSION 2 – SCALING UP YOUR COMPOUNDING BUSINESS 11.10
11.40 12.10
Realising lab scale R&D innovations on a complex global manufacturing environment – challenges & approach Dr. Shyam Sathyanarayana, Polymer Processing Expert, BASF CORPORATION, United States
Industry 4.0 for PP-large scale compounding – an example of an inline MFI – closed loop control measurement
Dipl.Ing. Sven Wolf, Managing Director, LEISTRITZ EXTRUSIONSTECHNIK GmbH, Germany
Advances in polyolefin and polyamide compounds for automotive components: effects of raw materials & processing Dr. Abdullah Al-Mamun, Material & Process Development, Corporate Research & Development, ADLER PELZER GROUP, Germany
12.40-14.10 Lunch sponsored by: SESSION 3 – EXPLORING RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES 14.10
14.40 11.40 PR OGR AMME
Wednesday 20th April 2016 08.00
08.30
Registration and welcome coffee Opening announcements
SESSION 6 – OPTIMISING FILLED AND REINFORCED COMPOUNDS 08.40
09.10
Specifying and processing functional minerals to increase scratch resistance, reduce warpage and add reinforcement Dl. Veronica Mayer, Application Manager, KAERNTNER MONTANINDUSTRIE GmbH, Austria
Enhancing the mechanical properties of thermoplastic composites with innovative coupling agents Ms. Elisa Conte, Technical Development Manager Polymer Additives, AKZONOBEL, Netherlands
Optimisation of emission behaviour of PP-talc compounds Ms. Shilpa Khare, Research Engineer, FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY LBF, Germany
10.10-10.40 Morning coffee sponsored by:
SESSION 7 – NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CONDUCTIVE COMPOUNDS 10.40
11.10
Thermally conductive polycarbonates – a product class for the electronic industry Dr. Klaus S. Reinartz, Director Marketing LED EMEA, COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG, Germany
Developing a new generation of material additives for increasing the thermal conductivity of plastics while maintaining good mechanical and flow properties Mr. Péter Sebö, Market Development Manager, HPF THE MINERAL ENGINEERS / A DIVISION OF QUARZWERKE GROUP, Germany
Exploring a new porous carbon material developed at Delft University of Technology for thermally and electrically conductive plastics Ms. Daniela Sordi, Chief Technology Officer, CARBON X, Netherlands
12.10-13.20 Lunch SESSION 8 – MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR COMPOUNDING LINES 13.20
How to improve the energy efficiency of plastics compounding operations Ing. Corrado Moneta, Technical Sales Manager, ICMA SAN GIORGIO S.p.A., Italy
13.50 14.20
Re-compounding: The up-cycling approach that enables a second life for plastics waste Pd.Dr. Manica Ulcnik-Krump, Head of R&D BU Recycled Resource, ALBA GROUP / INTERSEROH DIENSTLEISTUNGS GmbH, Germany
Should recyclers compound or will compounders recycle? Mr. Michael Heinzlreiter, Head of Marketing & Business Development, NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GmbH, Germany
SESSION 4 – NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPOUNDERS 15.10
The return of polyketones: developing new compounds and applications including long-fibre grades and tribological components Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Thilo Stier, Sales Director, Innovation Manager, AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, Germany
15.40-16.10 Afternoon tea sponsored by: 16.10
Using reactive extrusion to produce polyamides – how compounders can become polymer manufacturers Mr. Quentin Huck, Commercial Manager, SETUP PERFORMANCE, France
SESSION 5 – BOOSTING POLYMER PERFORMANCE 16.40
Compatibilisation of styrene based engineering plastics Mr. Ardy Doelen, Sales and Business Development Manager, POLYSCOPE POLYMERS B.V., Netherlands and Mr. Michael Sommer, Business Development Manager Plastics, GUSTAV GROLMAN GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
17.10
17.50 20.00
New developments in processing additives for polyolefins and engineering plastics Mr. Juan Bravo, International Technical Manager – Plastics, STRUKTOL CO. OF AMERICA, United States
End of Tuesday’s conference sessions Conference Dinner sponsored by:
Reducing VOC levels of automotive compounds by optimising devolatilisation in twin-screw extrusion process Mr. Kenji Inagawa, Process Engineer, JAPAN STEEL WORKS EUROPE GmbH, Germany
Advanced plant solutions for compounding industry: four concepts based on practical examples Mr. Thomas Stegmeier, Sales Manager AZO®POLY, AZO GmbH + Co. KG, Germany
14.50-15.20 Afternoon tea sponsored by: 15.20
15.50 16.20 16.50
Sustainable material handling solutions for a modern compounding process Mr. Pierluigi Mondati, General Manager, PENTA Srl, Italy
More torque or more volume? Which is more important? Dr.-Ing. Thomas Winkelmann, Head of Development Plastics Technology, KRAUSSMAFFEI BERSTORFF, Germany
Process optimisation - Techniques and options for more profitable twin-screw compounding Mr. Frank Lechner, Head of Process Technology Compounding & Extrusion, COPERION GmbH, Germany
Closing announcements and conference ends Conference signage sponsored by: Conference bag sponsored by: Conference lanyard sponsored by: Conference agenda sponsored by: Conference CD & download sponsored by: Conference gifts sponsored by:
AMI reserves the right to alter the programme without notice. See the latest programme and confirmed speakers at:
www.amiconferences.com
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