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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
High performance fillers to be discussed
Rapra Technology is pleased to announce the Second 2-day International Conference on High Performance Fillers to take place in Cologne, Germany from 21-22 March 2006.
Rapra Technology is pleased to announce the Second 2-day International Conference on High Performance Fillers to take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Cologne City Centre, Germany from 21-22 March 2006 Rapra has been working with polymers for over 85 years
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Current projects include: SUREFIRE on polyester/nanoclay compounds; POLYCOND looking at surface modification of carbon nanotubes and polyaniline fillers; Flaretpol on magnesium hydroxide and nanoclays as flame retardants in polypropylene; NANORUB on nanoclays in rubbers; and BIOCOMP on fillers and polymers/resins derived from natural materials.
This conference focuses on developments in High Performance Fillers from established materials to the latest innovations.
There are presentations on many different types of fillers from flash calcined clays (Imerys), diatomaceous earths and perlites (World Minerals), aluminas (Sasol), natural fibres (Queen's University Belfast), titanium oxides (Oxonica), mica (Quartzwerke), wollastonite (RT Vanderbilt), pigments (Eckart) and glass foam (Trovotech) to nanographite (State University of Michigan), POSS (Hybrid Plastics and Prof Camino) and other nanocomposites (, Prof Kenig, S Dunger).
BASF AG and Electrolux will discuss filler interactions with other compounding ingredients, whilst surface modification with silanes will be presented by Dow Corning.
The filler market in Europe and NAFTA is estimated at about 7.5 million tonnes, with a value of about EUR 3 to 4 billion.
The size of the high-performance filler market is estimated at between 0.5 and 1 million tonnes with a value between EUR 400 and 600 million.
Filler surface modifiers are important in many applications and are dominated by fatty acids and organosilanes.
Significant market growth is taking place in several areas, particularly in composites using nanofillers, natural fibres or fire-retardant fillers.
High Performance Fillers 2006 will appeal to compounders, moulders, processors, materials specialists, polymer engineers and researchers in polymer science, together with end users of polymer materials.
Come and update your knowledge and discuss the issues with experts in this field.
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