Addcon World 2003

Addcon World 2003

Author: Conference Proceedings
ISBN 978-1-85957-370-9 

Vienna, Austria, 21-22 October 2003

pages 243
$195.00
Addcon World 2003 was the 9th international conference on additives for plastics. The two-day conference focused on the technical advances and issues facing the plastics additives and modifiers industry. Papers consider value creation in the additives business and various aspects of additive technology, including flame retardants, stabilisers, process aids, compatibilisers, impact modifiers, and new pigments
List of Papers

SESSION ONE - ADDITIVE MARKET TRENDS
Markets for Plastics Additives
Geoff Pritchard, Hallow Plastics/Rapra, UK Plastics Additives Market in China
Robert Constable, Fred Gastrock & Louis Kattas, BRG Townsend Inc, USA End Users and Additives Suppliers: Where are the Fields of Understanding and Mutual Value Creation?
Raphael Mestanza, SpecialChem, France
SESSION TWO - COMPATIBILISERS/ FORMULATION SOFTWARE
Compatibilisation of Polypropylene/Polystyrene Blends by Aromatic-Grafted Polypropylene
Syed Mustafa Syed Jamaludin, R Nor Azlan, MY Ahmad Fuad, ZA Mohd Ishak & H Azanam Shah, SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia Modeling and Informatics for the Development of Additives and Formulations
David Nicolaides, Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood, Klaus Stark & Antoine Schlijper, Accelrys, UK
SESSION THREE - FLAME RETARDANTS AND MODIFIERS
New Developments in Flame Retarded PBT
2Ronald Wilmer, 2Rudi Borms, 1Yoav Bar Yaakov & 1Pierre Georlette, DSBG Eurobrom BV, 1 Israel, 2The Netherlands Studies on the Mechanism of Thermal Decomposition of Unsaturates Polyester Resins with Reduced Flammability
Ewa Kicko-Walczak, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Poland A New MBS Impact Modifier for Tailor-Made ABS
Didier Debier, Fabrizio Trinchero, Rohm & Haas France SAS, France Functionalised Ethylene Acrylate Polymers as Polymer Modifiers
Karlheinz Hausmann, Richard T Chou & Coreen Y Lee, DuPont de Nemours International SA, Switzerland
SESSION FOUR - PROTECTING PLASTICS
Environmental and Micro-Environmental Influences Affecting Performance of Polymer Stabilisers
1Jan Pospí?il, 1Jan Pilar, 1Antonín Marek, 2Norman C. Billingham, 1Zdenek Horák & 1Stanislav Ne?purek, 1Inst of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Republic & 2Sussex University, UK Hindered Benzoates and HALS: High Performance Combinations for Polyolefin Light Stabilisation
Vincenzo Malatesta, L Davis, I Vulic, J Eng & G Vitarelli, Cytec Industries, USA Responding to the Consumers Desire for Improved Hygiene with Antibacterial Plastics
John Payne, Avecia Protection and Hygiene, UK Liquid Stabilisers ? New Approach to Address Current and Future Issues Facing PVC
C Carraz, Akcros Chemicals, UK
SESSION FIVE -PROCESS AIDS/PACKAGING
Polymer Processing Additives: New Products and New Applications
Patrizia Brasioli, Dyneon GmbH & Co KG, Italy Evaluation of Performance of Additives Used in Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Films for Active Packaging Applications
Vivek Kale, Kalpesh Jani, R Rangaprasad & Yatish Vasudeo, Reliance Industries Ltd, India Improved Antiblocks for High Clarity Polyethylene Film
1Daniel Swartz & 2Daniel Davidson, 1Eagle-Picher Minerals Inc & 2Plastiscience LLC, USA Additive Masterbatches to Promote Biodegradability in Polymers
Andrew Barclay, Wells Plastics Ltd, UK
SESSION SIX - PIGMENTS AND CARBON BLACKS
Novel Pigment Preparations
Michael Bauer & Martin Kunz, Inprotec Inc, Germany Weld Lines? What Weld Lines? Getting Better Appearance From Metallic Pigmented Mouldings
Ian Wheeler, Silberline Ltd, UK Conductive Carbon Blacks for Plastics Applications
Christine Van Bellingen, Nicolas Probst & Eusebiu Grivei, Erachem Comilog SA, Belgium
SESSION SEVEN - NANO-PARTICLES AND FILLERS

Polymer Nanocomposites: A New Additive Concept for Polymer Materials
Thomas Engelhardt, Sud-Chemie AG, Germany Synthesis of Organically-Modified Silica Particles for use as Fillers in Polymer Systems
Anna Arkhireeva & John Hay, Surrey University, UK New Formulations for Syndiotactic Polystyrene
Ewa Kowalska, W Skupinski & Z Wielgosz, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Poland Carbon Nanofibres for Innovative Masterbatch Applications
Andreas Eder, Gabriel-Chemie, Austria