NEWS
PFAS issues to be covered at Cleveland Expos
The implications of future PFAS regulations will be addressed during conference sessions at the AMI Plastics World Expos, held in Cleve- land, USA on 13-14 November. Attendees will hear an overview of global PFAS challenges from Ruxan- dra Cana, partner at leading legal firm Steptoe, in a keynote talk on Wednes- day 13 November in the Compound- ing Theatre. In addition, leading experts on
PFAS regulations will come together for a panel discussion on the topic on Thursday 14 November 14 in the Extrusion Theatre. The panelists include: Jay West, senior director for chemical products and technology at the American Chemistry Council; Kathryn Skaggs, partner at Keller and Heckman; and Tom Lee, PFAS team leader at BCLP Law. The event will also provide oppor- tunities to discover the latest develop- ments in alternatives to PFAS polymer processing aids (PPAs). For example, Frank Neuber, technical field specialist at Clariant, will introduce organic, PFAS-free processing aids in his talk on Wednesday 13 November in the Testing and Technology Theatre. Later
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Panel discussions – such as the one on PFAS – form a key part of the two-day conference programme
that day, BYK’s latest work on develop- ing and applying PFAS-free PPAs will be presented by Tom Inch, the company’s market manager for thermoplastic additives. These presentations are part of a two-day conference program featuring over 100 speakers across the four theatres. In addition, attend- ees can visit the focused expos featuring more than 370 companies, providing an opportunity to discover and compare new materials and processing technologies. �
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Efficiency, sustainability and circularity
Efficient lines for a low specific energy consumption
Decreasing use of raw materials & “zero waste” in film production
Solutions for bio-based and bio-degradable packaging films
Mono-material solutions to close the life cycle of BOPP, BOPET and BOPE
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