CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS 2019 | EVENT PREVIEW


AMI’s sixth Conductive Plastics conference takes place in Vienna in November, providing the latest insight into formulation and application of electrically and thermally conductive compounds


Exploring opportunities for conductive plastics


New technologies such as electric vehicles, energy efficient LED luminaires and the increasing penetration of electronics into all sorts of devices to add “smart” capabilities are placing new demands on plastics materials. AMI’s Conductive Plastics conference provides the opportunity to learn what end users require, to understand what can be achieved, to manage the formulation and processing challenges, and to gain insight into performance prediction. The fourth European edition of this established


international event – and the sixth globally – takes place in Vienna in Austria on 5-6 November and will bring together a line-up of expert speakers to cover the full range of additive technologies available to manage static charge, provide EMI and RFI shielding, and control heat build-up in plastic parts. Importantly, presentations will explain how to optimise the design and production of conductive plastic components and address the critical influence of processing on the properties of finished parts. Conductive Plastics 2019 will be opened by


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Chris Smith, Editor-in-Chief at Compounding World publisher AMI Magazines in the UK, who will provide an update on current and potential markets for conductive plastics, identifying some of the key growth opportunity areas. He will be followed by Dr Frans Mercx and Dr Norberto Silvi, Chief Scientist and Staff Scientist respectively at LNP Compounds and Copolymers within SABIC in the Netherlands. They will speak about some current polymer-based solutions for e-mobility applications requiring characteristics such as radar absorption, thermal conductivity and EMI shielding. Turning attention to some of the additive


options, Roland Mittelhammer, Senior Manager Technical Sales Expanded Graphite at SGL Carbon in Germany, will look at the use of graphite to enhance electrical and thermal conductivity in plastics. Jérôme Crépin-Leblond, R&D Leader Conductive Polymers at Imerys Graphite and Carbon in France, will explain how high aspect ratio graphites can be used to formulate easily pro- cessed thermally conductive compounds. Then Dr Hans Miltner, Senior Consultant and Business


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Main image: Battery packs for electric vehicles are just one of the potential application areas for thermally conductive plastic


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