PVC Formulation 2012 - Conference Proceedings

Complete proceedings of AMI's PVC Formulation 2012 conference, held over 2 days in March 2012, including printed copy and CD. This unique business event was dedicated to the PVC processing industry and the programme covered many of the latest material and technology developments as well as providing a stimulating business forum. The conference provided an excellent forum for formulators of PVC industry and offered an opportunity to gain knowledge of new developments and future trends influencing the industry.

If your company has an interest in PVC Formulation then do not miss this opportunity to acquire these presentations provided by so many of the industry's leading players.

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MARKET OVERVIEW

VinylPlus - PVC on the road to sustainability - Dr. Josef Ertl, CEO VINNOLIT GmbH & Co KG, Germany and Chairman, VINYLPLUS, Belgium

US trends in rigid PVC Compounding - Mr. Mark Lavach, Manager Applications Research and Technical Services, ARKEMA Inc, USA

Trends in flexible vinyl: Rebirth in the 21 st century - Mr. Roger Avakian, VP Technology, POLYONE CORP, USA

SESSION 1 - SOFT PVC

Bio-based solutions for flexible PVC Formulaions: a new alternative to BBP and other high solvating plasticisers - Mr. Marcel Dartee, Global Marketing Director, Biomaterials, POLYONE CORP, Belgium

New generation of bio-based plasticisers - Dr. Patrick Morel, R & D Director, Chlorochemicals & PVC Business Unit, ARKEMA, France and Dr. Lee Rieth, Technical Leader, SEGETIS Inc. , USA

New dibenzoate blends for PVC applications - Mr. William Arendt, Research Fellow, EMERALS KALAMA CHEMICAL LLC, United States

PVC plasticizers: the bio-based alternative - Mr. Diego Garcia Touza, Project Manager, VARTECO QUIMICA IBERICA SL, Spain

The new soft PVC campaign: how to communicate the branch turnaround towards high-molecular plasticizers - Mrs. Maike Breypohl, Advisor Soft PVC campaign, PVC plus KOMMUNIKATIONS GmbH, Germany

SESSION 2 - PIGMENTS, LUBRICANTS and ANTIMICROBIALS 

White pigmentation of PVC- more than black magic - Dr. Joerg Hocken, Application Manager Plastics, SACHTLEBEN CHEMIE GmbH, Germany

Long-term colour retention in PVC applications - Mr. Howard Priest, Application Specialist - Technical Centre Specialty Polymers, BASF SCHWEIZ AG, Switzerland

Antimicrobials for the preservation of PVC - Mr David Ogden, Technical Developlment Manager, ARCH UK BIOCIDES Ltd, United Kingdom

Expect the unexpected from soya beans: a new sustainable lubcricant for PVC processing - Ms. Beate Treffler, Head of Technical Marketing Plastics, CLARIANT PRODUKTE (DEUTSCHLAND) GmbH, Germany

The REACH regulation and its consequences for PVC - Dr. Chris Howick, REACH Manager, INEOS CHLOROVINYLS, United Kingdom

SESSION 3 - STABILISATION

Further developments in PVC stabilisation to meet increasingly challenging regulatory, performance and commercial constraints - Dr. Stefan Hauck, Polymer scientist, GALATA CHEMICALS GmbH, Germany

Formulation trends in window profile extrusion - Mr. Harald Mitschke, Head of Technical Service, BAERLOCHER GmbH, Germany

New stabilisation systems for foamed sheets and profiles- Mr. Stephan Leisentritt, Business Manager Profiles, R & D Manager, REAGENS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Germany

Heavy-metal free PVC stabilisers supporting new innovative PVC applications - Dr. Bernhard Pelzl, Head of Group R&D, CHEMSON POLYMER-ADDITIVE, Austria

SESSION 4 - PVC BLOWING AGENTS

Liquid foam additives for PVC sheet - Mr. David Larson, Market Application Manager Extrusion - EMEA, COLORMATRIX / POLYONE, United Kingdom

Breakthrough in processing aid technology for foamed rigid PVC - Mr. Bernard Cora, Technical Director, THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, France

SESSION 5 -  NANOCOMPOSITES 

PVC nanocomposites - Results and possibilites - Prof. Kalman Marossy, Senior Researcher, BORSODCHEM ZRT, Hungary

Improving the toughness of PVC with sub-micron calcium carbonate - Dr. Noreen Thomas, Senior Lecturer, LOUGHBOROUGH UNI, UK