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Additives, Modifiers and Compounding Conference Report.
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Addcon World is the leading Additives, Modifiers and Compounding Conference. It has run for the last nine years. The conference focused on the technical advances and issues facing the plastics additives and modifiers industry. Papers at this year?s event discussed the latest developments and the future of the additives business.
Addcon conferences are two-day meetings for people who are interested in knowing something about all the major ingredients of a modern plastics product, and not just the one they currently research, manufacture or sell. In this respect they are different from meetings where the focus is on a single type of additive, and where recent developments in related fields can easily be overlooked. Since additives can interact with each other, and even neutralise each other?s effects (as anyone combining certain light stabilisers with certain flame retardants knows) a conference that updates your appreciation of the wider technical scene is well worth considering.
Additives today play an essential role in enabling plastics to continue to compete with other materials such as wood, metals, paper and glass. The plastics industry has grown at a faster rate than the European GDP for several years, and there is still scope for further expansion, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, but this trend cannot simply be taken for granted. The industry faces challenging problems, including a steady increase in European regulatory directives, and the need to compete with low cost manufacturers in Asia and elsewhere. Several large producers in Western Europe have been struggling to maintain their position in the face of difficult market conditions.
Improved additives will be needed to produce end products economically, so that they comply with present and future regulations, and in sufficiently high quality to satisfy increasingly demanding customers.
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Report Index:
SESSION 1: FOOD CONTACT AND MEDICAL REGULATIONS: ANALYTICAL METHODS
Paper 1 Additive selection in food-contact and medical materials
John Sidwell, Rapra Technology Ltd, UK
Paper 2 New developments in additive analysis
Leon Coulier, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, The Netherlands
Paper 3 Oxidative stability ? How do you measure it?
Stanley P. Westphal, Westphal Beachside Consultants,Inc. USA
SESSION 2: A NEW MARKET: WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Paper 4 Natural fibre composites: A new market opens up in Europe
Steve Jones, Entek European Office, UK
Paper 5 A wood plastic composite for indoor applications
Harald Zodl, FA Fasalex GmbH, Austria
SESSION 3: BIOCIDES
Paper 6 Commonly used biocides in plastics and a variety of test methods available to demonstrate their efficacy
Dean Nichols, Thor, UK
SESSION 4: FLAME RETARDANTS
Paper 7 Nanocomposites ? a new nanotechnology concept for flame retardant polymers and cables
G?nter Beyer, Kabelwerk Eupen AG, Belgium
Paper 8 Flame retardant solutions for the electrical and electronic sector
Sheila Munro, Great Lakes Chemical Corp, UK
Paper 9 The flame retardants controversy: fire safety and environmental protection
Adrian Beard & Veronique Steukers, European Flame Retardants Association (EFRA), Belgium
Paper 10 Polymeric flame retardant systems for more performance and environmental care!
Luc Zonnenberg, Eurobrom /DSBG, The Netherlands
Paper 11 Expandable graphite as a flame retardant for polymers
Klaus Rathberger, Graphit Kropfmuehl AG, Germany
Paper 12 New ecological polyester resins with reduced flammability: Thermal studies
Ewa Kicko-Walczak, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Poland
SESSION 5: HEAT STABILISERS
Paper 13 New generation of PVC stabilisers ? Sustainability beyond 2010
Trupti Dave, ARTEMIS Research GmbH & Co KG, Germany
SESSION 6: PROCESS AIDS
Paper 14 A novel product concept?silicone gum pellets as additives for thermoplasts
Rudolf Hager, Wacker-Chemie GmbH, Germany
Paper 15 Innovation in anti-sticking process aid for PVC
St?phane Girois, ATOFINA, France
SESSION 7: PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
Paper 16 How to select the right feeding system for additives and base polymers in a continuous compounding process
Alfred Haeuptli, K-Tron (Schweiz) AG, Switzerland
Paper 17 Pelletising of compounds ? technical and economic aspects of process comparison
Horst M?ller, Rieter Automatik GmbH, Germany
Paper 18 Planetary roller extruder for compounding ? today and tomorrow
Michael Roth, Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH, Germany
SESSION 8: IMPACT MODIFIERS
Paper 19 Polyolefin elastomer as impact modifier for polyolefins
Yatish B Vasudeo, Reliance Industries Ltd, India
Paper 20 Novel stabilisation concepts for MBS impact modifiers
Alex Wegmann, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Switzerland
Paper 21 Aromatic diamines as cooperative compatibilisers and impact modifiers in LDPE-HIPS blends
Jan Posp??il, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Republic
SESSION 9: OTHER INNOVATIONS IN ADDITIVES
Paper 22 A new family of innovating high-value and high performance additives
Marie-Paule Collard, Solvay, Belgium
Paper 23 Microencapsules for technical applications
Jacqueline Lang, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Germany
Paper 24 Graphite as a conductive additive for polymers
Klaus Rathberger, Graphit Kropfmuehl AG, Germany
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