EVENT PREVIEW | BREATHABLE FILMS
discussion includes Christoph Lentz, Sales Director, Hygiene Film Division at Trioplast in France and Dr Fatih Erguney from Hayat Kimya in Turkey.
Production innovations After lunch, the third session of the day begins with a presentation from Ralf Wiechmann, Senior Product Manager at Reifenhäuser Blown Film in Germany who discusses an innovative concept to optimise film properties during production of breathable blown film. This is followed by Jamie Costello, Head of Market - Packaging EMEA at Coherent-Rofin in the UK, exploring advances in laser perforation of breathable films for food packaging. The final paper of the session, by Markus Bauschulte, Technical Sales Director Business Unit Printing and Finishing from Wind- möller & Hölscher in Germany, looks at the challenges and solutions for processing extend- able substrates in flexible packaging.
Improving film quality The fourth and final session of the day starts by exploring a new approach to improving quality control and enhancing film production, presented by Thorsten Weidenfeller, Chief Technology Officer at R.A.M. – Realtime Application Meas- urement in Germany and Chris McGowan, Director of Sales, Film Extrusion & Converting for EMEA from NDC Technologies in the UK. Next, Andy Dickinson, Technical Sales Manager for Systech Instruments in the UK, discusses the importance of measuring MVTR (moisture vapour transmission rate) in breathable films. The final paper of the day is from Hans Oerley, Senior Manager Business Development at Dr Schenk in Germany, who focuses on automatic optical inspection systems and how this can save money and time in the production of breathable films. To end the day’s proceedings, a networking
drinks reception is held in the exhibition room, where delegates and speakers debate the confer- ence so far and attendees have the opportunity to network with industry peers.
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Exploring the trends and innovations driving the breathable films industry, creating value for products across multiple end-use applications
27-28 February 2019 Sofitel Hotel Kurfürstendamm, Berlin, Germany
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Expert speakers at the event include (left to right): Dr Fatih Erginey, Non-Woven and Flexible Packaging R&D and Hayat Innovation Manager from Hayat Kimya; Markus Bauschulte, Technical Sales Director Business Unit Printing and Finishing at Windmöller & Hölscher; and Thorsten Weidenfeller, Chief Technology Officer at R.A.M. – Realtime Application Measurement
Breathable film markets Day two of the conference begins with Bart Waterschoot, Group Sustainability & Scientific Affairs Manager at Ontex in Belgium, who address- es some of the key challenges facing breathable hygiene products including building consumer trust. Govind Periwal, CEO of Pioneer Hygiene Products in India then showcases the challenges and opportunities for the Indian PE breathable films market with a focus on the current and future trends in the absorbent hygiene industry.
Next generation materials The conference’s final session begins with a paper looking at solutions for breathable construction films giving improved aging from Dr David Whiteman, Technical Service and Development Manager - Films and Packaging at Imerys Minerals in the UK. This is followed by Eduardo Alvarez, Technical Service & Development, EMEAI Packaging & Specialty Plastics at Dow Chemical Ibérica in Spain who talks about an elastic and breathable backsheet development to optimise discreetness and comfort. Mark Falcó, TS&D Engineer at GCR Group in Spain then focuses on bringing environmental consciousness to the hygiene market with a cradle-to-gate analysis of raw materials for breathable film producers. The session continues after lunch with Dr Paola
Massari, Senior Researcher at Basell Poliolefine in Italy, who investigates how to extend food shelf life and meet packaging industry requirements through newly developed polypropylene families for non-perforated, transparent and breathable film. Closing the conference is Dr Clio Cocquet, Market Development Manager, Pebax, Rilsan, Orgalloy, Antistatic, Breathable and Industrial applications from Arkema in France exploring new high-performance solutions for monolithic breathable membranes.
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