Working to make Polyolefins Perform
The next AMI international conference on Polyolefin Additives and compounding 2015, which will be taking place from 20-22 October 2015 at the Maritim Hotel, in Cologne, Germany. Noru Tsalic, of AMI Consulting, will be outlining the market trends.
The different properties of polyethylene and polypropylene (PP) materials are obtained by careful selection of resin, additives, reinforcement and processing methods.
A. Schulman is reviewing how to compound polypropylene to tailor properties and Lummus Novolen Technology has studied how to obtain advanced features in PP.
AMI’s Polyolefin Additives 2015 conference brings together industry experts to debate the optimal compounds and resins for a wide range of applications from cables to packaging films.
Kabelwerk Eupen will be describing the latest developments in flame retardants and Cytec will be looking at stabilisers, which are critical in construction products.
Borealis Polyolefin will be examining how to manage the optical properties of transparent films by careful compounding.
Polymeric additives like ionomers can improve compounds, such as the products from Cray Valley and Arkema.
There is a particular focus this year on stabilisation, which ensures durability and extended performance: BASF has reviewed stabilisers for specific uses, Dover Chemical Corporation has new advanced alkylphenol-free polymeric phosphite stabilisers and Addivant has new solutions for LLDPE materials.
Sustainability is key to the future of the plastics industry and this year there is a paper on the compounding and performance of recyclate from Quality Circular Polymers (QCP), which is a new polyolefin recycling start up company in the Netherlands.
A highly focused networking forum will be provided at AMI’s Polyolefin Additives 2015 conference for polyolefin compounders and specifiers, industry experts, researchers and suppliers who are willing to discuss the formulations to optimise the performance and economics of a wide range for plastics products.
This provides a chance to keep updates with the latest developments and to enhance personal and professional connections.