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Globalisation was a key theme of the opening panel session, which included (from left to right): A. Schulman Presi- dent and CEO Bernard Rzepka,


Ametek’s Chemical Products Division VP Sales and Marketing Glenn Rasberry, Teknor Apex Senior VP Suresh Swaminathan, and Infi nity LTL Engineered Compounds President Carlos Carreno


Allison Howard Yeske, global marketing manager at Momentive Performance Materials, said that thermal management is increasingly important for electronic devices, which are becoming smaller and more powerful. Boron nitride improves heat transfer and, unlike some alternative thermal management products, is electrically insulating. Ivan Ong, vice-president of research and develop-


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ment at Microban Products Company, presented an overview of microbiology and the test methods com- monly used to measure the effectiveness of antimicro- bials. He said that it is important to get advice on the most appropriate method for a particular application. New areas for antimicrobial-containing polymers include inhibiting biofi lms on medical devices and next-generation silver antimicrobials that mimic disinfectants by acting quickly. Joseph Johnson, principal scientist at Nanocomp


Technologies, described the company’s work with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in polymer composites. One recent application uses CNTs to change the electrical surface resistance for electrostatic dissipation and electromagnetic shielding applications. In such applications, he said CNTs can be used at much lower levels than other conductive additives. Gabriel Vilchis, consultant and distributor for Palsgaard, discussed antifogs and antistats and


introduced the company’s new Einar PolyDispers 101, a vegetable-based dispersion agent for pigments and fi llers. The additive increases colour yield so that a lower amount of colour can be used to get the same effect.


Improving impact performance Jason Lyons, R&D manager of Plastic Additives within the Arkema Coatings Resins division at Arkema, presented development work looking ahead to next- generation impact modifi ers for PC/PET blends. In PC/ PET blend systems, traditional impact modifi ers are miscible with the PC phase but have low miscibility and poor interfacial adhesion in the PET phase. His research examined the addition of reactive monomers to the shell of an acrylic impact modifi er (AIM) to improve miscibility in PET. The resulting impact modifi er toughened both the PC and PET phases, and also provided cold-temper- ature properties similar to that of a methacrylate butadiene styrene (MBS) impact modifi er while main- taining the weatherability properties inherent to AIM. Martin Fahr, R&D expert at Polysecure, described


how the company’s fl uorescent material markers are being used for anticounterfeiting applications and explained how they can also be used for sorting of recycled materials. Compounds for window frames, for example, are marked when they are produced and the markers can be detected after used frames are


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