POLYMER FOAM EUROPE | EVENT PREVIEW


AMI’s Polymer Foam conference takes place in Hamburg in November, bringing together leading specialists to explore the challenges and benefits of foaming technology


Exploring opportunities for foamed polymers


Foamed polymers offer a whole raft of potential benefits, ranging from weight, material and energy savings to improved performance and cost effectiveness. But maximising the gains means understanding and successfully implementing the very best technologies. AMI’s seventh European Polymer Foam conference brings together key technical experts and decision makers from end-users, foam manufacturers, testing companies and universities, as well as leading materials and technology providers, to discuss and explore the latest innovations and end-use applications involving polymer foam. Taking place in Hamburg, Germany, on 26-27 November, the Polymer Foam conference will explore new opportunities for polymer foams in end-use markets, will examine regulatory develop- ments and how they may impact on the use of foamed materials and blowing agents, and will identify end-use requirements, innovative produc- tion techniques and new material combinations. Covering all foaming solutions, a key attraction of this well-established event is the opportunity it


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provides attendees to find out more about their own business sector as well as learning from ideas being successfully applied in other foaming areas. This article previews the event and takes a look at the line-up of expert speakers.


Aerospace ideas Polymer Foam will be opened by Ingo Roth, who is responsible for Research & Technology Cabin and Cargo Interior and Materials at Airbus in Germany. He will explain how foam is being used to reduce weight and increase functional integration in aerospace applications. He will be followed by Norbert Hessenberger, Head of Innovation & Development at Greiner Aerospace in Austria, who will detail some innovative foam solutions for aircraft interior and seating applications. The focus will then turn to processing


innovations. Yuxiao Zhang, Research Associate at the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, will take a detailed look at available foam injection moulding processes for packaging applications. Then


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Main image: The newest foam production and development innovations will be


discussed at AMI’s seventh European Polymer Foam conference in Hamburg in November


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