conference preview | Compounding World Asia 2016
The impressive speaker line-up for Compounding World Asia 2016 includes (from top left to bottom right): John Nash, AMI; Derek Bristow, A. Schulman; Péter Sebö, Quarzwerke; Dr Daisy Li, ICL; Dr Oliver Frey, Ensinger; Dr Rajeev Ba- sargekar, APPL Industries; Ryuichiro Sugimoto, PTT MCC Biochem; and Jeremy Warnes, SCION
Opening the session will be Jukka Hillberg, chief
technology offi cer of IonPhasE, the Finland-based producer of inherently dissipative polymers. His presentation will look at the main characteristics of such materials and discuss how they can be used in plastics for static control applications. Péter Sebö, market development manager at
Quarzwerke, Germany, will then focus on mineral fi llers for increasing the thermal conductivity of plastics materials. He will present a new generation of additives for increasing the thermal conductivity of plastics while maintaining good mechanical and fl ow properties. The fi nal paper before lunch will be on the critically
important topic of fl ame retardants. It will be presented by Dr Daisy Li, who is technical manager at ICL, based at the Chinese offi ces of the global fl ame retardants producer. She will talk about a new methodology for the systematic assessment of fl ame retardants.
Developing compounds for new applications The afternoon sessions on the fi rst day of the Com- pounding World Asia conference will focus on formulat- ing compounds for new applications and markets, including new developments for the automotive and electronic industries. Dr Oliver Frey, head of the compounding department at the German technical compounder Ensinger, will start the session with a paper on new high-temperature compound materials for moulded interconnected devices. He will discuss the challenges and solutions in designing compound materials for this type of applica- tion which involves the injection moulding of compo- nents with integrated electronic circuit traces. Dr Rajeev Basargekar, technical director at the
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Indian technical compounder APPL Industries will then give a presentation on developing high-performance compounds and alloys for automotive applications. He has spent 18 years in the automotive industry, focusing on R&D and business development of polymers and compounds. The fi nal paper of the session will shift attention to
the growing market opportunities for bio-based materials. It will be presented by Ryuichiro Sugimoto, president of PTT MCC Biochem of Thailand. He will cover the use of BioPBS to improve the service tempera- ture and impact strength of bioplastic compounds.
Optimising reinforced compounds The fi nal session on the fi rst day of the conference will feature three presentations on different aspects of fi bre-reinforced plastics compounds. The fi rst talk will focus on the growing market for
natural fi bre reinforcements. It will be given by Jeremy Warnes, who is business development manager at SCION, the New Zealand Crown Research Institute that specialises in the research and development of wood-derived materials. His paper will focus on how compounders can unlock the potential of natural fi bre reinforcements. The next presentation will switch attention to
high-performance carbon fi bre reinforcements which are becoming more cost-effective for thermoplastics applications. Philip Chu, a lead chemist at Zoltek/Toray in the United States, will deliver an in-depth analysis of the effects that different fi bre loadings can have in carbon-fi bre-reinforced polypropylene compounds. The fi nal paper of the fi rst day will examine the production of medium-length-fi bre-reinforced polypro-
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