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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 May 2006
Plastics additives conference scheduled
There will be some unusual papers in the twelfth annual conference on developments in plastics additives, notably one on how additives combat methods used by 'pirates' who copy merchandise.
Rapra Technology will hold its twelfth annual conference on developments in plastics additives on 17-18 October 2006 at the Renaissance Hotel in Cologne, Germany These meetings have proved popular because the additives business is a rapidly changing one
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The two-day programmes are usually very well filled and with twenty-four half-hour presentations, the 2006 meeting will be no exception.
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In addition to Rapra's own paper on EU food contact legislation, Dr Hector Galicia of Springborn Smithers Laboratories (Europe), will outline the latest developments with REACH.
Omya will describe how additive chemicals are distributed in practice for sale and use; and Townsend, making its eleventh appearance at Addcon, will bring delegates up to date on additives for the polyolefin sector.
Three companies (Mayzo, RiKA International and Adeka of Japan) will focus on nucleating and clarifying agents for polypropylene.
RiKA claims the first non-sorbitol compound to exhibit excellent clarity in both homo-PP and random copolymer resins.
Mayzo's product is a beta nucleating masterbatch and Adeka says that its new product accelerates the crystallisation rate significantly, resulting in a product with improved haze, stiffness, processability, and productivity in moulding.
Denmark's Danisco will discuss antistatic and antifog additives, while DuPont will introduce a new permanent antistatic agent that is claimed not to suffer from the usual compatibility problems in polyolefin formulations intended for flexible film, bottles and injection mouldings.
Croda will present a paper about developments in slip agents and a Spanish university will discuss the use of room temperature ionic liquids as lubricants for polymers and nanocomposites.
Membrana/Accurel Systems will disclose how the company's porous, sponge- like polymer based carriers can turn difficult- to- handle additives into dry, free-flowing additive super concentrates.
Potters Europe will update delegates on microspheres, the hollow versions of which can reduce product weight; and Kenrich Petrochemicals will explain titanate and zirconate coupling agents for fillers.
Flame retardants are not forgotten; PTFE-based anti-dripping additives are discussed by 3M Belgium, and the flame retardant potential of nanoclays in PVC, EVA and polyethylene will be highlighted by Kabelwerk Eupen.
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