PVC FORMULATION EUROPE | EVENT PREVIEW
AMI’s 11th
PVC Formulation conference
takes place in Cologne in April, providing a meeting point for the European PVC industry. We preview the event
Formulating ideas for PVC
PVC may be one of the longest established polymers but it is also one of the most versatile, with material and technological innovations ensuring that it continues to adapt to changes in regulation and new performance demands. AMI’s 11th
PVC Formulation conference, which takes
place in Cologne in Germany on 1-3 April 2019, will once again provide the forum to learn more about the latest market, material and technological developments impacting the European flexible and rigid PVC industry. PVC Formulation 2019 brings together industry-
elite speakers from across the entire supply chain with the aim of identifying opportunities and overcoming obstacles in the international PVC industry. The two-day agenda includes develop- ments in plasticisers, innovation in additives, strategies for cost-reduction and performance improvement, as well as an update on PVC industry regulation and the latest sustainability initiatives. This article takes a more detailed look at the speaker line-up and topics. PVC Formulation 2019 will be opened by
Thomas Hülsmann, Managing Director at industry association AGPU in Germany, who will look at the latest market trends and key applications with a focus on plastics strategy and current status of regulations. He will also share the results of the
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German 2019 PVC survey and look at the achieve- ments of the vinyl industry in the context of markets, political debate and regulation. He will be followed by Yves Heroes, Director Market Intelli- gence at Kem One in France, who will discuss the impact of the current trade wars on the supply and price development of PVC resin as part of a rounded market overview. The conference will then move on to discuss plasticisers. Perry Walters, Technical Manager at European Plasticisers (part of CEFIC) in Belgium, will give an overview on the safe and sustainable use of the wide range of plasticisers which are available on the market today, touching also on regulatory developments. Then Megan Kravec, Business Development Manager at Valtris Spe- cialty Chemicals in the US, will present a detailed examination of the properties of a novel low-vola- tile cyclohexanoate fast-fusing
plasticiser.Matheus Oliveira Loyola de Souza, Technical PVC Engineer at Unipar in Brazil, will provide a performance comparison between phthalate and non-phthalate plasticisers in PVC applications. And the final presentation in the session will be given by Anders Magnusson, Technical Market Development Manager at Perstorp in Sweden, who will discuss the sustainability, performance and safety charac- teristics of polyolester plasticisers.
Main image: PVC Formula- tion 2019 will explore market, regulatory and technology developments affecting the PVC industry
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