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C OMPOUNDING W ORLD C ONGRESS 2017 PLATINUM SPONSORS


Monday 24th April 2017 13.00-17.00


17.00-19.30 18.00-19.30


17.30


Site visit to HPF The Mineral Engineers, a division of Quarzwerke Group


Registration


Tuesday 25th April 2017 08.00


Networking Cocktail Reception There are no conference sessions on this day


09.00 Opening announcements SESSION 1: ANALYSING MARKET TRENDS 09.10


Registration and welcome coffee


The current status and future prospects for the world compounding industry Mr. Andy Beevers, Publisher/Editor, Compounding World Magazine, APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION Ltd., United Kingdom


09.40 Discussion panel: The future for compounding


Dr. Oliver Frey, Head of Compounding Department, ENSINGER GmbH, Germany


Mr. Holger Kronimus, Vice President EMEA and General Manager, Specialty Engineered Materials, EMEA for PolyOne, POLYONE, Germany


Dr. Adam Galambos, Director of Technology - Europe, AUDIA PLASTICS / WASHINGTON PENN PLASTICS COMPANY, Slovakia


10.40 Morning coffee sponsored by: SESSION 2: BUSINESS FORUM – PROVIDING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE


11.20 Developing speciality plastics technologies and applications for a changing world Mr. Heinrich Lingnau-Schneider, Senior Vice President & General Manager EMEA, A. SCHULMAN EUROPE GmbH & Co.KG, Germany


11.50 Globalisation of the plastics compounding industry and the growing importance of China Dr. Christof Krogmann, General Manager, KINGFA SCI & TECH. (EUROPE) GmbH, Germany


12.20 12.50


Reviewing the Indian compounding market – current status and future opportunities Mr. Shanmugam Srinivasan, Managing Director, XMOLD POLYMERS PVT LTD, India


Lunch sponsored by: SESSION 3: EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPOUNDERS


14.20 Compounding and Industry 4.0 Mr. Luis Roca, Head of Compounding Department, AIMPLAS, Spain


14.50 Developing new functional filler based masterbatches to meet the challenges of 3D printing Mr. Péter Sebö, Market Development Manager, QUARZWERKE GROUP, Germany


15.20


Optimising light-weight engineering materials for automotive applications Mr. Manfred Bär, Head of Product Management, AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, Germany


15.50 Afternoon tea SESSION 4: MAKING THE MOST OF FUNCTIONAL FILLERS


16.30 Case study: optimising process conditions for hydromagnesite huntite (HMH) on twin-screw extruders Dr. Johannes Krückel, Process Engineer, LEISTRITZ EXTRUSIONSTECHNIK GmbH, Germany and Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Viering, R&D Engineer Polymers, LKAB MINERALS GmbH, Germany


17.00


Improving the flowability of talc for more effective compounding Mr. Piergiovanni Ercoli Malacari, Product and Application Development, IMI FABI S.p.A., Italy


18.00 20.00


Functional fillers for enhancing polymer properties for automotive applications – focus on lightweighting and reducing odour and VOC emissions Mr. Jerome Crepin-Leblond, Development Manager, IMERYS, France


End of Tuesday’s conference sessions Conference Dinner


Wednesday 26th April 2017 08.30


09.00 Opening announcements SESSION 5: ENHANCING PROPERTIES AND ADDING VALUE 09.10


Registration and welcome coffee


Innovations in anti-scratch additives for engineering plastics Mr. Richard Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, TENASITECH, United States


09.40


Systematic study of the grafting of polypropylene with maleic anhydride via reactive compounding: understanding the structure/properties relationship Ms. Shilpa Khare, Research Engineer (Team Leader), FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY, Germany


10.10 Graphene – a multifunctional material to enhance mechanical and barrier properties, electrical and thermal conductivity and EMI shielding in polymers Mr. Michael Sommer, Business Development Manager Plastics, GUSTAV GROLMAN GmbH & Co. KG, Germany


10.40 Morning coffee sponsored by:


SESSION 6: OPTIMISING THE PRODUCTION OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDS


11.20 11.50 12.20 13.50


Improving filler dispersion in thermoplastic compounds by ultrasound systems in melt extrusion Mr. Germán Perez, Technical Researcher, FUNDACIÓ EURECAT, Spain


The importance of rheology in the optimisation of compouding processes Ing. Corrado Moneta, Technical Sales Manager, ICMA SAN GIORGIO S.p.A., Italy


Lunch sponsored by:


SESSION 7: IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY OF YOUR COMPOUNDING LINE


Highly efficient compounding – How overall equipment efficiency (OEE) will change the compounding industry Mr. Carl Philip Poepel, Head of Product Management Twin-Screw Extrusion, KRAUSSMAFFEI BERSTORFF GmbH, Germany


14.20 How the right configuration of screw profile can improve product quality and output Mr. Frank Lechner, Head of Process Technology, COPERION GmbH, Germany


14.50 Advances in pelletising technology – new ways to increase flexibility and cut changeover times Mr. Michael Eloo, Managing Director, GALA KUNSTSTOFF- UND KAUTSCHUKMASCHINEN GmbH, A MAAG COMPANY, Germany


15.30-16.10 Afternoon tea and conference ends Conference bag sponsored by: Conference lanyard sponsored by: Conference agenda sponsored by:


AMI reserves the right to alter the programme without notice.The latest programme can be viewed on our website www.amiconferences.com


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