Addcon World 2006

Softcover  24 papers  ISBN 9781847350039      £100.00

Now in its 12th year, this leading additives, modifiers and compounding conference saw papers presented on the latest additives, including stabilisers and research on the stability of plastics, antistatic and antifogging agents, nanocomposites, flame retardants, fillers, slip, repellents and biocides. There were also papers on innovative masterbatch technology.

Contents

SESSION 1. THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - MARKETS AND LEGISLATION

• Paper 1 Polyolefin additives - the looming supply shift Ron Babinsky, Townsend Polymer Services & Information, USA
• Paper 2 Legislation and testing of food contact plastics - an update with respect to additives John Sidwell, Rapra Technology, UK
• Paper 3 REACH regulations - issues going forwards Dr Hector Galicia, Springborn Smithers Laboratories (Europe), Switzerland
• Paper 4 Distribution from the point of view of a strategic portfolio additive provider/manufacturer Pascal Brocard, Patrik Edström & Ulf Kratz, Omya Distribution Services, Switzerland

SESSION 2. STABILITY OF PLASTICS

• Paper 5 The ester thiol technology for the stabilization of PVC Dr William H. Starnes, Jr, B. Du, S. Kim, V.G. Zaikov, X. Ge, E.K. Culyba & P.M. Krai, College of William and Mary, USA
• Paper 6 Stabilization of photosensitive colorants by nano-sized UV-absorbers Dr Boris Gorelik, I. Baumberg, O. Berezin, V. Voskobojnik & A. Drabkin, Elam EL Industries Ltd, Israel
• Paper 7 Stability study on polypropylene nanocomposites Kshama Motha & Johannes Wolfschwenger, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH, Austria

SESSION 3. FLAME RETARDANTS

• Paper 8 Update of flame retardancy by nanocomposites for EVA, PVC and PE Dr Günter Beyer, Kabelwerk EUPEN AG, Belgium
• Paper 9 New development in PTFE-based anti-dripping additives Dr Joris Briers, 3M Belgium NV, Dyneon Specialty Additives, Belgium

SESSION 4. ANTISTATIC AND ANTIFOG AGENTS

• Paper 10 New innovative antistat and antifog additives for PE and PP film Bjarne Nielsen, Danisco Emulsifiers, Denmark
• Paper 11 A novel permanent antistatic agent Dr Karlheinz Hausmann, DuPont de Nemours Intl SA, Switzerland and Toshihisa Toyoda, Daisuke Matsuzaki & Kenji Miharu, DuPont-Mitsui Polychemicals Co Ltd, Japan

SESSION 5. FILLERS

• Paper 12 Spherical glass microspheres used as functional fillers for performances enhancement Jean-Philippe Curdy, Potters Europe, UK
• Paper 13 Titanate and zirconate coupling agents Salvatore J. Monte, Kenrich Petrochemicals, Inc, USA

SESSION 6. NUCLEATING AGENTS

• Paper 14 A new beta nucleant masterbatch for use in producing unique film, thermoformed, and injection molded polypropylene products Philip Jacoby, Mayzo, Inc, USA
• Paper 15 Recent developments in nucleation of polypropylene Estibaliz Santamaria, Liam Killough & Hieu-Dinh Phan, RiKA International Ltd, UK
• Paper 16 Design of clarified polypropylene with a novel clarifier Dr Naoshi Kawamoto, Dr Mitsuru Fukushima & Toshinori Yukino, ADEKA Corporation, Japan

SESSION 7. SLIP AND LUBRICANT ADDITIVES

• Paper 17 Recent advances in slip additives Adam Maltby, Croda Chemicals, UK
• Paper 18 Room temperature ionic liquids as new lubricant additives of polymers and polymer nanocomposites M.D. Bermúdez, F.J. Carrión, J. Sanes & G Martínez-Nicolás, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

SESSION 8. REPELLANTS AND BIOCIDES

• Paper 19 Environment friendly animal repellents masterbatches Bruno Jalenques, C-Tech Europe, France
• Paper 20 Tetra-substituted dithiooxamides and p-phenylene diamine as additives for biofilm resistant plastic materials Svoboda V. Tabakova & Vera V. Mircheva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

SESSION 9. MASTERBATCHES

• Paper 21 Innovative anti-counterfeit solutions for plastics Marc Leifer & Dan Lewitus, Kafrit Industries-Alqemia Group, Israel
• Paper 22 Plastics additives super concentrates made with porous polymer carriers Dr Hartmut Stenzel, Membrana GmbH/Accurel Systems, Germany

SESSION 10. STABILISERS AND ANTIOXIDANTS

• Paper 23 Exploitation of the complex chemistry of HAS in effective plastics stabilization Dr J. Pospísil, J. Pilar, S. Nespurek & A. Marek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
• Paper 24 Addition of natural antioxidants to polyolefins formulations Dr José López Vilariño, C. Noguerol, M. Villaverde, J. Sabín & M.V. González, Universidade da Coruña, Spain