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Industry leaders set to debate the future of compounding
The line-up of panellists has been announced for a series of free-to- attend debates at the Compounding World Expo 2018, which is being held in Essen, Germany on 27-28 June. They include some of the most influential business leaders from international compounding companies and they will discuss key strategic issues facing different sectors of the market, includ- ing technical compounds, masterbatch, PVC and polyolefins. The first debate will focus on the technical compounds sector and the panellists will include Heinrich Lingnau, who is Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at the leading global compounder, A Schulman. He will be joined by Bernd Sparenberg, Vice President of the Technical Com- pounds Business Unit at Albis Plastic, the international plastics distributor and compounder which operates compounding plants in Germany, the UK, the US and China. Also on the panel will be Dr Oliver Frey, who is Head of the Compounding Depart- ment at Ensinger, the German com- pounder focusing on compounds with special functions, such as electrical or thermal conductivity and tailored tribological properties. Providing a different perspective will
be Dr Christof Krogmann, who is Gen- eral Manager of Kingfa’s European operations. Kingfa, which is headquar- tered in China, has grown to become one of the world’s largest compound- ers and opened its first plants in the US and Germany in 2016. The future of the masterbatch industry will be covered in a debate on the second day of the Compounding World Expo. The influential panel will include Yves Carette, who is President & CEO of leading global masterbatch specialist Ampacet Corporation, which operates 24 manufacturing sites in 17
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pounding industry will be discussed on 27 June by a panel that will feature Yves Heroes, who is Director of Marketing at Kem One, a major player in the European vinyl industry. He will be joined by representatives from the PVC compounding sector, including Fernando Amaral, who is General Manager of Portugal-based Automo- tive Compounding Industry and the Perplastic Group. The final Compounding World Expo
High level participants in the debates at Compounding World Expo 2018 include (top row l-r): Marco Cenisio, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Business Unit Masterbatches, Clariant; Mr. Heinrich Lingnau, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, A Schulman Europe; (bottom row l-r) Yves Carette, President & CEO, Ampacet Corporation; and Gary Fielding, Global Marketing Director – Color, Additives and Inks, PolyOne Corporation
countries. Clariant, another leading name in the global compounding industry, will be represented by Marco Cenisio, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Masterbatches Business Unit. Joining them on the panel will be Dr Martin Fabian, Managing Director of Lifocolor Farben, a major European producer with plants in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and France. One of the biggest names in compounding and masterbatch, PolyOne will be repre- sented by Gary Fielding, who is the company’s Global Marketing Director Color, Additives and Inks. The issues facing the PVC com-
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debate on the afternoon of 28 June will focus on polyolefins, and will feature senior representatives from leading compounders of polypropyl- ene. They will include Peter Torma, Managing Director of Inno-Comp, the major PP compounder with plants in Hungary and the Czech Republic. He will be joined by Massimo Veronelli, Director of Strategy & Marketing at Sirmax, the Italian headquartered company that also operates facilities in Poland, Brazil and the US. In addition, the panel will feature Dr Adam Galambos, Director of Technology in Europe at Washington Penn Plastic Company, which has PP compound- ing plants in the US, Mexico and the Czech Republic. If you wish to attend any of the industry debates at the Compounding World Expo, register for your free ticket here. This will give you free admission to the exhibition and its two conference theatres featuring technical presentations and educational seminars in addition to the strategic debates. It will also ensure free entry to the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition in the adjacent hall at Messe Essen. For more information on the
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