Compounding World Congress | event preview


Cologne plays host to the third Compounding World Congress


The third Compounding World Congress takes place in Cologne, Germany, on 24-26 April. Organised by Compounding World magazine and Applied Market Information (AMI), this high level, three-day event continues its focus on the latest market and technology trends impacting the technical compounding sector. For 2017, the two days of formal presentations will be


preceded with a site visit to HPF The Mineral Engineers, a division of Quarzwerke Group, where attendees will be able to learn more about the mining, processing, quality control and R&D involved in production of performance mineral additives. This visit takes place in the afternoon of 24 April and will be followed by an early evening registration and networking cocktail reception. This article previews the following two days of formal


presentations. These take place on 25-26 April and will provide attendees with an unmatched opportunity to learn first-hand about the latest compounding industry developments from more than 20 expert speakers and to discuss them with key players from throughout the plastics supply chain. The Compounding World Congress will be chaired by


Andy Beevers, Events and Magazine Director at Applied Market Information, who will also present the first paper focusing upon the current status and future prospects for the global compounding industry. This will be followed with a panel discussion debating ‘The Future for Compounding’. Participants in that session


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Congress takes place in Cologne in Germany on 24-26 April. We preview the expert presentations that will be given at Europe’s leading technical compounding event


will include Ensinger Head of Compounding Dr Oliver Frey and PolyOne Vice President EMEA and General Manager Holger Kronimus. Attention turns to the global business perspective for


the second session, which will be opened by Heinrich Lingnau-Schneider, Senior Vice President & General Manager EMEA at A Schulman. His paper ‘Developing speciality plastics technologies and applications for a changing world’ will help explain how to develop technologies and compounds for the challenges that compounders and their customers are likely to face in the coming years. Further developing the theme of thinking globally,


Kingfa Europe General Manager Dr Christof Krogmann will speak about ‘Globalisation of the plastics com- pounding industry and the growing importance of


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