event preview | Compounding World Congress 2016
Speakers lined up for the fi rst day of confer- ence sessions at the Compound- ing World Congress 2016 include (from top to bottom): Andy Beevers; Massimo Pavin; Hanna Ristola; Murat Cansever; Dr Shyam Sathyanaraya- na; Sven Wolf; Dr Abdullah Al-Mamun; and Dr Manica Ulcnik-Krump
paper on changes in the global compounding industry. Using data from AMI Consulting, he will analyse global market trends and help to set the scene for the conference. Beevers has been writing, editing and publishing magazines about the international plastics industry for more than 25 years and he led the launch of Compounding World magazine seven years ago. He’s therefore well positioned to provide an overview of industry developments. The opening paper will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘strategies for growing a profi table compounding business in an increasingly competitive global market- place’. This will feature infl uential leaders at international compounding operations from across Europe.
One of the panellists will be Massimo
Pavin, CEO of Sirmax, the Italian-headquar- tered compounder that has been growing rapidly in recent years with a particular focus on high-performance polypropylene com- pounds. It now operates plants in Poland, Brazil and the USA, plus it has just acquired Nord Color which has expanded its existing capabilities in engineering plastics. Hanna Ristola, managing director of
Premix, will also be participating in the panel discussion providing her perspectives on growing a successful compounding business. Headquartered in Finland, Premix has built up a leading position in electrically conductive polymer technologies. They will be joined by Murat Cansever, who is managing partner (technical) at the Turkish compounder Eurotec, which produces engineering plastics compounds for markets such as the automotive, electrical and electronic, and home appli- ance sectors. These industry leaders will discuss a
range of strategic issues, such as: globalisa- tion; developing new markets; maximising margins; regulatory issues; improving sustainability; and the changing role of compounders in the plastics supply chain.
Scaling up operations The second session of the conference will focus on scaling up and growing compound- ing operations. Dr Shyam Sathyanarayana, who is polymer processing expert at BASF in
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the USA, will start the discussions with a talk on how to realise lab-scale R&D innovations in a complex global manufacturing environment. He will be followed by Sven Wolf, managing director of the German compounding line manufacturer Leistritz, who will give a paper of the hot topic of Industry 4.0. In particular, he will look at how digital manufacturing concepts can be applied to large-scale polypropylene manufacturing, including the use of inline monitoring of the melt fl ow index for closed loop control.
The session will conclude with a talk from the global automotive tier one supplier Adler Pelzer, which is a leading supplier of NVH and soft trim components via its HP Pelzer
subsidiary. The presentation will be given by Dr Abdullah Al-Mamun who works in material and process development in the company’s corporate R&D operations. He will discuss advances in polyolefi n and polyamide com- pounds for automotive components.
Exploring recycling opportunities Following lunch, the conference will resume with a session on plastics recycling opportuni- ties for compounders. It will be opened by Dr Manica Ulcnik-Krump, head of R&D for the Recycled Resource business units of the
international waste management and recycling company Alba Group / Interseroh Dienstleis- tungs. She will discuss “re-compounding” – the upcycling technique that gives plastics waste a second life.
The next presentation will examine the big question of whether recyclers should com- pound or will compounders recycle? It will be delivered by Michael Heinzlreiter, head of marketing and business development at Next Generation Recylingmaschinen (NGR), an innovative Austrian supplier of plastics recycling lines.
New opportunities for compounders Compounders are always on the lookout for new technologies that can differentiate their product offering. The next two talks at the conference will examine a couple of opportuni- ties for doing this. The fi rst will examine the return of aliphatic polyketone, an engineering polymer with some very special properties that has recently become available again in large-scale quantities. Thilo
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