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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:00
3:00 3:30
2:40
Golf tournament hosted by: (Additional registration required)
Registration and welcome coffee Opening announcements
MARKET OVERVIEW 3:40
Easy pour and improved evacuation: Enhancing performance of liquid packaging Mr. Kent O’Neill, R&D Engineer, A. SCHULMAN INC., United States
3:10-3:40 Coffee break 3:40
An outlook for the North American plastics industry from trade to end use demand Mr. Andrew Reynolds, Research Director, AMI CONSULTING, United States
SESSION 1 - MATERIAL INNOVATIONS 4:10
New LDPE developments featuring improved clarity and proess-ability Dr. Maged Botros, PE Product and Application Development, LYONDELLBASELL, United States
4:40 5:10
Innovations in film stiffness/toughness balance Dr. Rajen Patel, Fellow, THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, United States
Afternoon wrap up and questions
5:30 – 7:00 Cocktail reception Wednesday, February 1, 2017 8:30
9:00
BUSINESS FORUM 9:10
Registration and welcome coffee Opening announcements
9:40
SESSION 1 - MATERIAL INNOVATIONS CONTINUED… 9:10
New material developments for extreme film performance Mr. Tyler Baran, Engineer, EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL, United States
10:10
9:40 Multilayer polyethylene films for food service packaging applications Mr. Dan Falla, Technical Service Specialist – Flexible Products, NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION, United States
10:10 New standard for measuring plastic film- what this means for the industry Mr. Robert Lawrence, VP of Sales and Marketing, SOLVETECH, INC., United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break sponsored by: SESSION 2 - MACHINERY/TECHNOLOGY 11:10
Sustainability: A converter’s perspective Mr. David McLain, Market Development Manager, PRINTPACK, INC., United States
Trends in the polyethylene conversion industry – observations on industry structure and technology investment Mr. Timothy Lewis, Vice President of Global Sales, CMD, United States
Case study: Minimization of packaging waste from raw materials for plastics compounding Ms. Sandra Davis, Senior Technical Marketing Consultant, CHEMOURS COMPANY, United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break 11:10
Clear barrier packaging and PE’s role - trends, uses, synergy of materials Mr. Brian K. Muehl, National Accounts Technical Manager, AMERICAN PACKAGING CORPORATION, United States
Foam in films & blown microlayer technology Mr. Mark Wodrich, US Sales Manager, MACRO ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Canada
11:40 New instruments and methods for the detection of trace level contaminants in polymer grade ethylene Mr. George Gonzalez, Global Segment Marketing Manager, AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., United States
12:10-1:40 Lunch 1:40
Technical solutions for today and tomorrow's PE film production Mr. Steven DeSpain, Vice President, REIFENHAUSER INC., United States
SESSION 3 - ADDITIVES 2:10
Balancing the properties and performance of polyolefin stabilizer packages Mr. Jacob Lance, Technical Manager – Polymer Additives, DOVER CHEMICAL CORP., United States
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11:40 DATA - It's the future! Mr. Mike Rasner, President/CEO, ADVANCED BLENDING SOLUTIONS, United States
12:10
The NAFTA polyethylene film industry – change and market opportunity Mr. Andrew Reynolds, Research Director, AMI CONSULTING, United States
12:45-2:00 Lunch 2:00
Conference ends
Advancement in high clarity antiblock products for high clarity films Dr. Thomas Dombrowski, Sr. Research Scientist, SPECIALTY MINERALS INC., United States
4:10
Broad permanent UV absorbance of polyolefin films & overview of hyperchromisity plasmonic mechanisms Dr. Joseph R. Webster, President/CTO, STABILIZATION TEHCNOLOGIES LLC, United States
4:40 5:10
Antimicrobial/antifungal additives for food packaging Mr. Nivaldo Bosio, Director of Technology, SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL, United States
Afternoon wrap up and questions Thursday, February 2, 2017
8:30 Welcome coffee 9:00
Opening announcements
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