NH Laguna Palace Mestre (Venice), Italy

22-24 March 2017

10th European Additives & Colors

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Hotel Info & Conference Schedule

NH Laguna Palace

Viale Ancona, 230172 MestreVenice, Italy P: +39 041 8296111 | nhlagunapalace@nh-hotels.com

Pre-Conference Seminar Day/Location Time

Registration: Wednesday, March 22 08:30 - 09:30Seminar: Wednesday, March 22 09:30 - 13:00Location: Spazio 3+4

Conference Day/Location Time

Registration & Welcome Coffee: Wednesday, March 22 13:00 - 14:00Conference Start: Wednesday, March 22 14:00Conference End: Friday, March 24 14:00Registration Location: Foyer Spazio LagunaConference Meeting Room: Spazio 3+4Coffee Breaks & Buffet Lunches: Laguna Gallery

Table Top Exhibition Day/Location Time

Location Table Top Exhibition: Laguna GalleryExhibition Hours: Wednesday, March 22 13:00 – 19:30 Thursday, March 23 09:00 – 17:30 Friday, March 24 09:00 – 14:00

Networking ReceptionWednesday, March 22 at 18:00 at the Laguna Gallery

Boat Trip & Conference DinnerThursday, March 23 at 18:00

The evening begins with a boat trip to Venice, followed by a conference dinner at the Westin Europa & Regina (19:30). Pick-up at the conference hotel - NH Laguna Palace - at 18:00. Return trip to the hotel is on your own.

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2017 Conference Sponsors

The Society of Plastics Engineers would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of the Additives & Colors Conference 2017, including all of our speaker and moderators.

A special thanks to all of this year's conference sponsors.

Headquartered in Pratteln near Basel, Switzerland, Clariant is represented by more than 110 group companies and employs more than 17,000 people globally. The Clariant Group has 4 business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy, Natural Resources and Plastics & Coatings. The sales in 2015 were approximately 5.8 billion CHF. The Business Unit Masterbatches, as part of the Plastics & Coatings business area, is one of the leading providers of color and additive concentrates, and technical compounds for the plastics industry. The combination of a global presence and strong local partnerships makes Clariant a preferred supplier for the sector. The business operates more than 50 full-service manufacturing facilities worldwide and supplies products and services to the Packaging, Consumer Goods, Automotive, Textile and Medical industries.

www.clariant.com

More Expertise, Better Performance & Best Value. The Shepherd Color Company is a world leading producer of high-performance Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (also known as CICP’s). CICP’s offer unbeatable weatherability, excellent heat and chemical resistance, are 100 % non-warping & easy to disperse in any polymer. We Brighten Lives!

www.shepherdcolor.com

Ferro Corporation is a leading global functional coatings and color solutions company that supplies technology-based performance materials, including glass-based coatings, pigments and colors, and polishing materials. Ferro products are sold into the building and construction, automotive, appliances, electronics, household furnishings, and industrial products markets. Headquartered in Mayfield Heights, OH, the Company has approximately 5,125 employees globally and reported 2016 sales of $1.15 billion.

www.ferropigments.com

GOLD Sponsors

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2017 Conference Sponsors

Dyneon GmbH, a 3M Company and part of the Advanced Materials Division, is focusing on the development, production and sales of fluoropolymers sold under the Dyneon™ and Dynamar™ brands. 3M™ Dynamar™ Polymer Processing Additives are widely used in masterbatches and as a direct processing aid to cure problems in extrusion processes like melt fracture, product defects, die head wear, die build-up, frequent maintenance time, and inconsistent production.

www.dyneon.eu

Since 1937 development, production and worldwide distribution of extrusion lines have been the main objectives of Leistritz Extrusion Technology. Today, Leistritz is one of the leading companies in the field of compounding technology, lab-extrusion as well as pharmaceutical extrusion. Leistritz Extrusion Technology has sales and service branch offices in the main markets of Europe (France and Italy), the USA and Asia (China and Singapore), while all machinery is exclusively manufactured in Germany. The headquarters of Leistritz in Nuremberg, Germany, accommodate administration, development and production facilities as well as a completely equipped laboratory for process technology. Another laboratory for the development of formulations and products is at hand in Somerville, NJ/US. Our motivated staff is ready to find solutions to applications that are beyond the ordinary. The ability to provide turnkey production lines as well as especially designed extrusion lines is another strong point of the renown supplier of plastics machinery.

www.leistritz-extrusion.de

SILVER Sponsors

SEVAR is an independent family-owned provider of Weathering Services both Natural and Accelerated, and a developer and manufacturer of innovative accelerated UV-Weathering technology. The company operates two natural weathering sites in Bandol and Guadeloupe, France, offering aging conditions in both Mediterranean and tropical humid climate. It deals with every material with a polymer base such as Plastics, Thermosets, Composites, Coatings and Sealants. The Bandol Laboratory for accelerated UV weathering and materials evaluation is ISO 17025 certified.

http://web.lerelaisinternet.com/stationdebandol/english/index_english.htm

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2017 Conference Sponsors

EUKEM is an independent supplier of high quality Additives and Pigments from a selection of global Chemical Specialty Producers. The company operates across the Polymer, Adhesives and Coating Industries in Europe. Key offerings include HALS light stabilizers, UV absorbers, antioxydants, antistatics, permanent antistatics, high temperature-fluid resistant heat stabilizers, flame retardants, organic pigments, weathering services and equipment, renewable-source polymers.

www.eukem.com

IonPhasE, a Finnish technology company, is a leading manufacturer of static dissipative polymer additives, commonly known as permanent antistatic additives. These additives are used to control static electricity in plastics. IonPhasE has R&D, manufacturing and sales operations in Finland, sales & technical service offices in China and South-Korea, and distribution partner network in selected areas. High performing products, continuous product development and unique customer service model make IonPhasE your preferred partner when static electricity needs to be controlled. This is why the world’s market-leading companies turn to IonPhasE.

www.ionphase.fi

SILVER Sponsors

Kuncai Europe B.V. was founded in April 2015 as a joint venture agreement between Fujian Kuncai Material Technology Co, China and Peak B.V.. Kuncai Europe is a marketing & sales office headquartered in Vaassen, The Netherlands, responsible for Europe and Turkey. The formation of the European branch coupled with the formation of Kuncai Americas advances the global supply capabilities of the Kuncai brand to better serve our multinational customers. With warehousing centrally located in the Netherlands, Kuncai Europe B.V. is able to supply customers within a matter of days. Furthermore, a well-equipped lab is installed for quality control and technical service. Fujian Kuncai Material Technology Co., Ltd is a world leading producer of pearlescent pigments located in the South region of Fujian Province in Fuqing City.

www.kuncaieurope.com

Merck is one of the world’s leading suppliers of effect pigments for the coatings, plastics, printing, cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical industries. Effect pigments underscore the emotional impact of color and are an important design element when creating surfaces with special impressions or qualities. Application possibilities range from cars to packaging and high-tech products up to building facades. In addition to decorative effect pigments, Merck offers functional materials, such as heat-reflecting and laser marking pigments.

www.merckgroup.com

BRONZE Sponsors

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2017 Conference Sponsors

Campine, funded in 1912, benefits of 100 years of experience in pyro-metallurgical processing, with specific focus on Antimony and its derivatives. As the leading European group in the production of Sb2O3-, we offer a full range of Sb2O3-variants - in different dust-free solutions - as flame retardant synergist. Our Masterbatch division offers a range of halogen and halogen-free flame retardant masterbatch solutions. Campine has an active sales team in Europe & is represented by selected distributors in USA, Asia & South America, and the rest of the world.

www.campine.be

Coming from the world of polymer additives (formerly known as CIBA Expert Services) with decades of experience in stabilization of polymers, Intertek (Schweiz) AG has become one of the leading service and solution providers for the plastics industry worldwide. Our labs in Reinach, Switzerland provide services to a multitude of industries including automotive, packaging, electronics, textile, coating, agriculture, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products. Our expertise in weathering and testing of polymers includes advice in selecting appropriated norms and tests, the weathering and testing as well as interpretation of the results. Our specialists in analytics provide comprehensive analyses of additives in all kind of polymer matrix; dealing with quality control of polymer formulations or analysis of unknown polymer additives formulations.

www.intertek.com

Milliken & Company is one of the largest privately held textile and chemical manufacturers in the world. Milliken’s strategy is focused on combining textile and chemical technologies in unique ways to serve a vast array of markets. Milliken specializes in developing and producing additives for plastics, detergents, and many other applications. Milliken’s Chemicals are found almost anywhere, in diverse applications, all over the globe.

www.milliken.com

LIAD has been a pioneer in plastic manufacturing technologies for over 35 years, and is today the leading developer of innovative feeders, blenders and quality control equipment. LIAD's technological-ly advanced feeders and blenders are complemented by a team with many years of expertise in plastics and building industry partnerships. This winning combination of technology and business understanding enables new opportunities for plastic manufacturers worldwide, and opens the door to unlimited possibilities in plastic production.

www.liad.co.il

LIADWeighing and Control Systems Ltd.

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Programme

WEDNESDAY, March 22 - AM (08:30 - 13:00)

08:30 - 09:30 Seminar Registration

09:30 - 10:30 Seminar Part 1: Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers, Roberto Todesco, R.V.T. Consulting

10:30 - 11:30 Seminar Part 2: Flame Retardants, Wiebke Wunderlich, Adeka-Palmarole

Coffee Break 11:30 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00 Seminar Part 3: Pigments, Katia Arlati, Clariant

WEDNESDAY, March 22 - PM (13:00 - 19:30)

13:00 - 14:00 Conference Registration & Welcome Coffee

14:00 - 14:10 Welcome & Introduction Opening Remarks, Roberto Todesco, Chair ACE Division

14:10 - 14:30 Novel Stabilization for Polyolefins Hayder Zahalka, Addivant Global Technology, USA

14:30 - 14:50 Visual Aspects of Degradation Niall Marshall, Everspring, Bahrain

14:50 - 15:10 Stabilization of Plastics - A Journey From Weathering Methods to Thermal and UV Stabilizer Solutions Ivan Vulic, Solvay, The Netherlands

15:10 - 15:25 Q&A Session

Coffee Break 15:25 - 16:10

16:10 - 16:30 Colors & Effects for Plastics Industries: An Evergreen Quest for Efficiency and Performance Marc Dumont, BASF, Switzerland

16:30 - 16:50 Metamerism Eric Ferry, A. Schulman, France

16:50 - 17:10 Investigation of the Influence of Color Batches on the Extrusion Process Michael Burgfeld, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

17:10 - 17:40 KEYNOTE - Artifical Turf : A History of Success Manuel Testa/Ermanno Traietta, MONDO/ULTRABATCH, Italy

17:40 - 17:55 Q&A Session

Networking Reception @ NH Laguna Palace Hotel (18:00 - 19:30)

THURSDAY, March 23 - AM (09:00 - 14:00)

09:00 - 09:40 KEYNOTE - The LEGO Group’s Ambition and the Journey Towards Sustainable Materials Søren Kristiansen, LEGO SYSTEMS A/S, Denmark

09:40 - 10:00 Permanent Slowly Dissipative Polymeric Additive – New Innovative Applications for Various Industries Tapio Hietaranta, IonPhase Oy, Finland

10:00 - 10:20 Latest Developments on Cool Bluish Blacks Alex Capuz, Ferro, Spain

10:20 - 10:35 Q&A Session

Coffee Break 10:35 - 11:15

11:15 - 11:35 Recent Aspects of Polypropylene and Polyethylene Stabilization Klaus Keck, Songwon, Korea

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Programme

11:35 - 11:55 Advanced Flame Retardants Based on Radical Generator Chemistry Rudolf Pfaendner, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

11:55 - 12:15 The Future of Highly Efficient Flame Retardant Additives for Engineered Thermoplastics Karen Janssens, Campine, Belgium

12:15 - 12:30 Q&A Session

Buffet Lunch 12:30 - 14:00

THURSDAY, March 23 - PM (14:00 - 18:00)

Silver & Gold Sponsor Infomercials 14:00 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:00 KEYNOTE - Impact of Chemical Control Legislation on Polymer Additives and Pigments Dieter Drohmann, CHEMSERVICE, Luxemburg

15:00 - 15:20 Innovations in Pigment Chemistry to Address Regulatory, Performance and Sustainability Marc Ryan, Shepherd Color International, USA

15:20 - 15:40 New Design Opportunities with Effect Pigments: IM3D- and WAY-Technologies Laurent Deloux, Merck, Germany

15:40 - 16:00 HiFormer: Liquid Technology for Plastics Coloration Marco Sinigaglia, Clariant, Italy

16:00 - 16:15 Q&A Session

Coffee Break 16:15 - 16:45

16:45 - 17:05 Advanced Weathering Test Cycles Improve Accuracy and Reduce Risk Andy Francis, Q-Lab Corporation/Q-Lab Deutschland, USA

17:05 - 17:25 Advances in Ultra-Accelerated Weathering® Bruno Sallé de Chou, SEVAR, France

17:25 - 17:30 Q&A Session

Boat Trip to Venice & Conference Dinner @ The Westin Europa & Regina (18:00)

FRIDAY, March 24 - AM (09:00 - 14:00)

09:00 - 09:40 KEYNOTE - Plastic Packaging Innovation Enabled by Masterbatches: From Today to Tomorrow Philippe Reutenauer, DANONE, France

09:40 - 10:00 Odour and VOC Emissions of Packaging Materials: Methodology for the Selection of Suitable Additive for Removal of Undesirable Odour / VOC from Plastic Tiphaine Pacary, Certech, Belgium

10:00 - 10:20 New Functional Filler Based Masterbatch for the Challenges of 3D Printing Péter Sebö , Quarzwerke, Germany

10:20 - 10:35 Q&A Session

Coffee Break 10:35 - 11:15

11:15 - 11:35 Advantages of a Unique Additive to Produce Branched Polyamides with High RV Ashok M. Adur, Vertellus Specialties Inc., USA

11:35 - 11:55 Optimal Flow Management of Raw Materials in Plastics Dan Regelman, LIAD, Israel

11:55 - 12:10 Q&A Session

12:10 - 12:30 Closing Remarks, Roberto Todesco, Chair ACE Division

Buffet Lunch & Raffle of a Surface Resistivity Measurement Device (12:30 - 14:00)End of Conference

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Keynote Speakers

Ermanno Traietta

• 1995 - Diploma, Chemistry• 1996 - Lab Technician (Colorist & Flame Retardant expert), VIBA• 2004 - Sales Department (Domestic), VIBA• 2007 - Ultrabatch, Sales Area Manager, New Product Development

Presentation:An overview on the technical challenges faced as a producer and supplier of artifcial turf.

March 22 - 17:10

Artificial Turf: A History of SuccessManuel Testa/Ermanno Traietta, MONDO/ULTRABATCH, Italy

March 23 - 09:00

The LEGO Group’s Ambition and the Journey Towards Sustainable Materials

Søren Kristiansen, LEGO SYSTEMS A/S, Denmark

Søren Kristansen holds the position as Senior Director of Technology, in the Sustainable Materials organization. The LEGO Group is family-owned and privately held. Søren joined the LEGO Group in 1988. Materials have been the focal point the positions he has held within R&D, Quality, Procurement, product development, and now sustainable materials. Being Sr., Director of Technology Søren is responsible for the materials platform used for LEGO products and identification of potential materials to be introduced. In the transition towards a sustainable materials

platform, Søren sets direction for material requirements and related analytical methods in order to secure a fit to products and production processes. The extensive experience and deep expertise is the basis for his role of internal capability building and in the selection innovation partners. In 1988 Søren joined the LEGO group after graduating from Faculty of Engineering at University of Southern Denmark (Odense Teknikum). He is educated in mechanical engineering, machine building, polymers, statistical methods and engineering business administration.

Presentation:The LEGO Group is committed to finding and implementing sustainable materials for all our core products and packaging by 2030. Today, LEGO bricks are made from oil-based plastics. Yet, oil is not a long-term solution – not for the planet, not for the LEGO Group. We need to find sustainable alternatives. It is a tremendous challenge, and we are excited to take it on. The LEGO Group will drive the search for sustainable materials, but we cannot do it alone. We reach out to likeminded people and organizations and together we make the journey to a more sustainable future.

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Dr. Dieter Drohmann is a Ph.D in Geoscience and has more than 20 years´ experience in Regulatory Affairs and International Chemical Control Legislation. Since 2007 he founded the CHEMSERVICE group of companies, a rapidly growing Regulatory Affairs consulting business acting to the chemical industry and their value chain as a technical consultant, Third-Party Representative and Only Representative. CHEMSERVICE is a founding member of the Only Representative Organization (ORO), with Dr. Dieter Drohmann being elected president. He participated in several REACH implementation groups, chaired various chemical sector groups and was involved in cross-industrial panels related to chemicals in products and articles. Dr. Dieter Drohmann is editor and co-author of the “REACH Best practice guide to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006” (C.H. Beck, Drohmann/Townsend, 2013), author of more than 40 peer reviewed papers and is a presenter at seminars, workshops and conferences in Europe, Asia and the US.

Presentation:REACH and GHS have globally stipulated a political spirit of “need for action” regarding chemicals. The result is fast developing chemicals control legislation around the globe. Requirements do not stop on substances, but are additionally focusing on degradation or reaction products. Good examples are polymer additives like Flame Retardants, Plasticizers, Pigments, AOs and UVs, currently under scrutiny due to their intrinsic properties. However, it needs to be understood that the mode of action of many polymer additives (incl. pigments) are generally designed in a way that might provide problems along the PBT (Persistent, Bioac-cumulative, Toxic) property definition. In order to protect a polymer, they need to be kind of persistent (P), otherwise the polymer degrades. Moreover, they should not be water soluble but dispersible in the polymer, so the likelihood of fat solubility increases (B). Finally, they need to be reactive molecules to function, which could lead to interference with biological systems (T). PBT properties or toxicological profiles should be made on a substance base and not on a chemical category.

March 23 - 14:30

Impact of Chemical Control Legislation on Polymer Additives and Pigments

Dieter Drohmann, CHEMSERVICE, Luxemburg

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I was born in Alsace and I grew up in this area at the border between France and Germany. I soon felt attracted by Chemistry and followed my interest to graduate from Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux in Strasbourg in 2003 with major in organic chemistry. Then I had the marvellous opportunity to follow my studies with a Ph.D under the direct supervision of Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate in 1987 in the university of Strasbourg. The climax was the synthesis and observation of polymers able of self-healing at room temperature in a matter of seconds. A very

futuristic feature. This experience is source of inspiration for the rest of my life, a school of curiosity, openmindness and excellence. In 2007, I then spent one year in ETH Zürich as post-doctoral student under the supervision of Prof. François Diederich, which completed my formation in chemistry and passion for research.

My first experience out of the academic world was working for a start-up that was transferring ideas and concepts from molecular gastronomy to cooks (professionals or general audience). The topic was at that time very hot!

In 2011 I was hired by Danone to strengthen the R&D team to help Danone fullfill its vision of biobased plastics for packaging. My principal task was to work on developing the use of PEF (PolyEthylenFu-ranoate) in collaboration with Avantium and Coca-Cola for bottle applications. I was also scouting for innovations in the field of bioplastics and second generation feedstock to make them. This work allowed the identification of a new technology to produce 100% biobased terephthalic acid, the missing link to make 100% biobased PET. In March 2017, Danone and Nestlé announced they create an alliance to develop this technology with Origin Materials, a Californian start-up.

Since March 2016, my task, within a new organisation dedicated to plastics for packaging within Danone’s R&D, is to use my knowledge of chemistry to understand and possibly solve the issues and risks linked to what is added to plastic to improve its performance. This is done in multilateral conversations with various actors in plastic packaging production value chain. This is very enriching personally, but proves also a fruitful source of innovation.

Presentation:The presentation will focus on how a global brand owner can change its R&D organisation to better connect with various tiers in the supply chain to benefit first of all to the consumers, meaning yourself. In the context of plastic packaging, in a world instant exchange of information, how to secure quality, food saftey, preserve from media risks and catch opportunities when it deals with masterbatches for additives and colorants? By improved openness and collaboration to co-build tomorrow’s success and secure sustainable business and co-build with its suppliers to respond to today’s risk and opportunities.

March 24 - 09:00

Plastic Packaging Innovation Enabled by Masterbatches: From Today to Tomorrow

Philippe Reutenauer, DANONE, France

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Conference Speakers

Roberto Todesco, R.V.T. Consulting, Italy

Roberto V. Todesco obtained his Master Degree at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 1975, followed in 1981 by a Ph.D at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) with a doctoral thesis on “ The Photo Behaviour of bi-chromophores” and finalized his research work with a postdoc on “The Photo Behaviour of Polymers” at the Radiation Laboratory (University of Notre Dame/

South Bend in Indiana (USA). Subsequently, Roberto worked for 2 years at DSM (the Netherlands) in the “Additives for Polymer Group”, dealing with the stabilization of polymers (PO and Engineering Plastics) and joined Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Basel/Switzerland) in 1988, taking care of the stabilization (process, thermal and light stability) of polymers as resp. technical service engineer, head of analytics and finally as WW head of the application laboratories. In 2004, Roberto joined Sabo International (Basel/Switzerland) as Technical Director, being responsible for all technical aspects of stabilizers and surfactants (antistats, antifogs and dispersing agents) produced at Sabo SPA (Levate/Italy). Since 2016, Roberto started his own consulting company RVT Consulting (Allschwil/Switzerland) in the field of additives for polymers

Factors Influencing the Performance of Hindered Amine Light StabilizersIn the field of the outdoor stabilization of thermoplastics e.g. polyolefins, styrenics, ABS, polyamide, PVC, a.o. HALS (Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers) play an utmost important role. Without the existence of the HALS, all these thermoplastics would have not expanded successfully in all kinds of applications as we know today. In this seminar the fundamentals of the stabilization mechanism of HALS is revisited. The influence of the structure, the kind of backbone, the molecular weight and the substitution on the piperidyl N is shown on the stability of the final article. Moreover, the importance of the interaction with other additives e.g. phenolic antioxidants, processing stabilizers, thio-synergists, UV absorbers as well as co-additives and pigments is highlighted.

Wiebke Wunderlich, Adeka-Palmarole, France

Studied Chemistry at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz (Germany) and University of Massachusetts at Amherst (US), Ph.D in Organic Chemistry at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz (Germany) (advisor Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen). From 1998-2013 working for Ciba Specialty Chemicals (later Ciba), then BASF, in the Plastic Additives Segment in R&D,

Application Development and Technical Service in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In January 2014 joined ADEKA Palmarole SAS in Mulhouse (France), the European subsidiary of Japan-based ADEKA Corporation, one of the world’s leading polymer additives suppliers, currently holding the position of Technical Director.

Flame RetardantsFlame retardants have been given significant attention in the last decades and the trend to replace traditional systems for alternatives continues. In this presentation, an overview of flame retardancy mechanisms is given alongside with a summary of the most diffused flame retardant systems in today’s plastics and applications. All major FR classes are being presented and their different ways of actions are shared.

Katia Arlati, Clariant, Italy

Katia Arlati is the Technology Manager at Clariant Plastics & Coatings in Italy and has a solid background as head of laboratory and technology in Europe.

PigmentsFundamentals of plastics coloration with masterbatches. A brief introduction to color science and coloration systems for thermoplastics. Details about production of solid masterbatches, main raw materials, applications and potential uses. Also a short chapter on best practices will be included.

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Hayder Zahalka, Addivant Global Technology, USA

Dr. Hayder Zahalka is Addivant’s Global Technology Manager for Antioxidants, Light Stabilizers and Polymer Modifiers. He is leading global introduction and positioning of Addivant’s new and novel phosphites as well as other novel formulated solutions for Polyolefins and Elastomers. Dr. Zahalka is leading collaborative projects globally with key Polyolefin & Elastomer customers and technology licensors. Dr. Zahalka is the inventor/author of 120 patents, papers and presentations.

Novel Stabilization for Polyolefins In this presentation we will review classical polyolefin stabilization and will focus on recent developments in polyethylene stabilization for high temperature extrusion processing, enhanced polymer stability and improved productivity. The performance of a new and novel high activity liquid phosphite with well-balanced structure-properties for enhanced solubility in polymer matrix, reduced gel and overall better efficacy will be compared to traditional solid stabilization systems. Also, the performance of a new class of stabilizer derived from renewable resources for product differentiation and outstanding stabilization of Polyolefins will be discussed.

Niall Marshall, Everspring, Bahrain

Dr. Niall Marshall has spent almost twenty-four years making, modifying and processing plastics. He started his professional life working in the R&D Group of Sasol Polymers where he worked on the development of poly(propylene-co-1-pentene) polymers, a family of polymers that he continued to work with as they were commercialized. From R&D he moved

to Product Development and Process Optimization responsible for additivation of polyolefins while also establishing the thermal analysis and spectroscopy groups. He then joined Sasol Wax where he was the Market Development Manager for the Plastics Industry for Europe, Asia and North America. In this role he worked not only with waxes used as lubricants in the PVC industry but also with FT waxes as non-polar processing aids in polyolefins and engineering polymers. From making and processing polymers he moved to Bahrain to modify and stabilize plastics, accepting a position with Ciba (later BASF) as Regional Technical Manager for the Plastics Industry in the Middle East and Africa. In 2010 he joined Everspring Middle East as Technical Director, a role which also includes providing application support globally, and he continues to support the South African market. Niall has BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Chemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and a DPhil from the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) where he studied the “Physical and Morphological Aspects of Polymer Stability”. He has presented technical papers at conferences in USA, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia and South Africa and has authored and co-authored a number of scientific papers related to additive behavior, polymer processing and the effect of morphology on polymer properties.

Visual Aspects of DegradationThe purpose of stabilization is to protect the polymer from degradation and so extend its “service life”. Polymer producers and converters follow the recommendations of additive suppliers to ensure that their polymer will retain its mechanical and physical properties for many years, or decades, even in demanding applications. But, for many durable products which are carefully designed and manufactured to enhance the aesthetics of the article, the “service life” as judged by the end-user is not mechanical failure, it is visual failure. Visual failure is not the result of a bulk-failure of the polymer which is easily prevented by the use of combinations of antioxidants, UV absorbers and light stabilizers. It is a more complex situation that needs to also consider the long-term performance and impact of various individual (non-stabilizer) additives, the stability of the pigments and dyes used to colour the polymer and the influence of the environment. And it is only by also considering these factors, and in the case of blends of polymers the stabilization requirements of each individual polymer, that an appropriate visual-stabilization strategy can be put in place.

Conference Speakers

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Ivan Vulic, Solvay, The Netherlands

Dr Ir. Ivan Vulic was born in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on September 1, 1960. He graduated with a degree in Materials Science from the University of Twente in Enschede (the Netherlands) in beginning 1985. After finishing his Ph.D. work in polymer chemistry at the same University, he started his career at DSM Research B.V. in Geleen (the Netherlands) as a polymer chemist

working in the field of polymeric materials. Over a time period of almost 7 years, he dealt with liquid crystalline polymers, engineering plastics (polyesters and polyamides), and the development of new engineering plastics applications (thermoplastic elastomers).

In beginning 1996, he joined Cytec Industries B.V. in Botlek-Rotterdam (the Netherlands) as a polymer scientist in the function of Regional Applications Manager followed by Application/Sales Development Manager. In his present function as Senior Application/Sales Development Manager in the New Business Development group, he acts as technical liaison for the Polymer Additives product group (Sales & Marketing) between resin manufacturers, masterbatch producers, and compounders in Europe (including Africa and Middle East) and Solvay’s Technology Solutions global Technical Service and Research & Innovation groups, which are centrally based in Stamford, CT (USA).

Stabilization of Plastics - A Journey From Weathering Methods to Thermal and UV Stabilizer SolutionsCompounders, extruders, and molders are constantly demanding extended UV durability and looking for competitive advantages in polymer applications. To start this presentation, some background on the sun-light-induced polymer degradation process will be shared, along with a sampling of accelerated and natural weathering methods, as well as a review of quantitative methods of testing polymer properties. In addition, Solvay’s track record in light stabilization technology, from the days of American Cyanamid and Cytec, will be reviewed. Additionally, this presentation will highlight Polymer Additives’ latest product innovations for three rapidly-expanding market segments: agricultural films, automotive interior & exterior parts, and building & construction.

Solvay demonstrates its commitment to the polymer industry by providing stabilizers that deliver exceptional performance and cost-in-use. Two new stabilizers have been developed specifically for greenhouse films; the first one provides outstanding UV protection for use in 3 and 4 years+ greenhouse film covers exposed to aggressive agrochemical environments, and a second new stabilizer has been developed for use in both greenhouse (for 2 years+ films) and in mulch (up to 15 months protection) applications. For automotive applications, Solvay’s latest state-of-the-art stabilizer will be presented, which provides exceptional UV durability in interior and exterior parts without issues of blooming, fogging, VOC, paint adhesion, etc. Our innovative stabilizers for building & construction provide outstanding UV and combined UV/thermal stability for rugged applications.

This presentation will share the many advantages these new stabilizers deliver, including the ability to meet extended requirements on agricultural films and roofing materials, and retain mechanical and visual integrity for automotive interior & exterior parts.

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Marc Dumont, BASF, Switzerland

Marc Dumont holds a “Polymer Engineer” Diploma from Strasbourg University that he complemented by a Business Administration degree from Pau University. Since 1993 he has been working in field of Colors & Additives for plastics, starting in Ciba Specialty Chemicals that was finally acquired in 2009 by BASF. He started as head of R&D and Technical Service

of Ciba-Geigy Masterbatch subsidiary SNCI in France and afterwards held various positions in Pigment business of Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Basel, Switzerland, first as Laboratory Application Manager, then as Regional Business Manager for Americas and lately Global Marketing Head of Pigments for Plastics & Fibers business at Ciba SC. In 2007-2009, he took over the Marketing responsibility for Polymerization Solutions business of Ciba SC within newly formed Industry Platform Plastics, Colors & Additives. Since integration of Pigments business within BASF group, he got various responsibilities in pigments for plastics business, heading successively the global product management group and later the business management for EMEA. Since July 1, 2016, he is heading the Global Industry Management group for Plastics Industry within the newly formed “BASF Colors & Effects” company.

Colors & Effects for Plastics Industries: An Evergreen Quest for Efficiency and PerformanceAltogether, needs for efficiency and performance are driving Plastics industry. Efficiency is required with regards to processing of plastics as convertors systematically strive to increase throughput or reduce cycle times while keeping quality constant. Efficiency is also relevant when developing compound for-mulations that deliver desired aesthetics and function but at optimized economics, avoiding over-design. Performance is driven by broadening use of plastics e.g. replacing traditional materials or by the emer-gence of new polymer types (e.g. biopolymers, high heat plastics). Additionally, new performance re-quirements are triggered by novel market or technology approaches e.g. 3D printing or new decoration techniques. Efficiency and performance requirements are regularly evolving but can also suddenly be challenged by e.g. enforcement of new regulations or new industry facts that may require total re-design of solutions that have worked well for decades but cannot be used anymore. In this paper BASF will present several plastics application areas and examples where its Colors (Pig-ments, Dyes and Pigment Preparations) & Effects (Effect pigments and functional pigments) are sup-porting industry in meeting its efficiency and performance needs, be either via new developments or through solution redesign after specific challenges.

Eric Ferry, A. Schulman, France

Eric Ferry works for more than 25 years in the Masterbatch industry. He begin his carrier in the French Plastic Vallée,, working in the Lab for color development. Familiar with most of the equipment needed to develop a color,he put in place a specific IT tool to increase the understanding of the customer need. He joined A.Schulman company in 2012 and participate to

the European Database for the Spectrophotometers used by eight sites in EMEA. As European Lab Manager, he is coordinating the work in color labs EMEA and ensure there is a good information flow between different locations and departments. A.Schulman produce more than 14 000 colormatches per year.

Metamerism• Why do we see a color?• Metamerism: definition and several examples• Metamerism: impact on the color development• Customer relationship

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Michael Burgfeld, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2007-2012 - Mechanical Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, majoring in Product Engineering/Polymer Processing. 2014 - Research Assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of Product Engineering, Chair of Engineering Design and Plastics Machinery, Germany. Member of the extrusion division working on Ph.D. Thesis dealing with

“color and material changes and surface-melt-interaction”

Investigation of the Influence of Color Batches on the Extrusion ProcessThe influence of organic and inorganic color pigments on the extrusion process is investigated. The main target is to analyze the behavior of the pigments in the boundary layer during a material change process. Especially the boundary layer determines the needed changing time. Therefore, color change experiments are made with low density polyethylene while adding an inorganic respectively an organic color batch. Two extrusion dies with different flow channel surfaces, which are polished and corundum blasted, are used for the experimental procedure. The color batch amount is varied between the different experimental constellations. Furthermore, an investigation concerning the color pigments of the respective color batch is done. REM photographies are taken to get an optical impression of the pigments. DSC measures are performed to describe the behavior of the pigments under thermal influences. In addition, an analysis of the surface topology of the respective flow channel is made. The description of the surface topology of flow channels is done by microscope images and by the roughness parameter Rz. Apart from analyzing the fluid mechanical situation in the boundary layer, a possible supported material composition by using the pigments is investigated. This viscosity change, based on a chemical reaction, is measured with a rotational rheometer. The measurements are performed by a plate/plate measuring system. The change of the rheological property of the polymer melt is measured with a time sweep at two different temperatures. The results of the thermo- rheological investigation are used for the continuous continuation of an existing material model. To consider the supported material composition into the calculation of the viscosity.

Tapio Hietaranta, IonPhase Oy, Finland

Tapio Hietaranta graduated 2001 from the Tampere University of Technology with receiving M.Sc. degree in Polymer Engineering. He has 15+ years of experience on plastics engineering. During his career Tapio has worked as University researcher, project engineer and plastics technology trainer in Adult Education Center. Last 6 years Tapio has worked for IonPhasE starting

as R&D Engineer developing Inherently Dissipative Polymer (IDP) additives. Currently he works as Customer Service Manager assisting customers with processing, product design and static control measurements of IDP based products.

Permanent Slowly Dissipative Polymeric Additive – New Innovative Applications for Various IndustriesPermanent Inherently Dissipative Polymers (IDP) has been traditionally used to prevent ESD phenomena causing electrical component damages or explosions. In this paper is demonstrated how slowly dissipative polymer materials having surface resistivity between 10^11 and 10^14 ohms can be characterized and how such materials can be used in industry. Results of controlled laboratory measurements are presented together with some practical real world studies. Plastic articles showing slowly dissipative properties can be used in various applications to prevent electrostatic attraction (ESA). By using low concentration IDP additive ESA effect causing dust attraction of plastic surface can be diminished drastically. Dust prevention can be used for aesthetics and easy cleaning reasons but less dust attraction may solve issues when painting or coating insulative plastic article. Industries producing plastics packing for consumers, manufacturing consumer appliances or automotive interior parts may find less dusty plastic applications advantageous. This study is done by IonPhasE Oy in co-operation with Cascade Metrology Oy.

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Alex Capuz, Ferro, Spain

Alex Capuz holds a Chemical Engineering degree from Institut Químic de Sarrià (Barcelona, Spain) and a MBA from ESADE Business School (Barcelona, Spain). He started his professional career as a researcher in the R&D department of Uriach, a leading pharmaceutical lab in Spain. 3 years later he moved to the Surface Sciences Division of Huntsman International, where he

occupied several Sales & Marketing posts for 5 years until becoming European Market Manager for Industrial markets. He joined Nubiola in June 2003 to become the Global Product Manager of Ultramarine Pigments. 1st of July of 2006 he was appointed Global Marketing Manager of Nubiola. In July of 2015 Nubiola was acquired by Ferro Corporation. October 2015 he became Marketing Manager for Ferro’s pigments business in EMEA. He is also member of the Board and past Chairman of SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers)’s Additives & Color Europe Division and Academic Collaborator for B2B Marketing programs in ESADE Business School (Barcelona, Spain).

Latest Developments on Cool Bluish BlacksBlack plastic parts/surfaces colored with Carbon Black pigments absorb NIR (Near Infrared) wavelengths from the sun leading to heat build-up. Depending on the substrate and the use of those black plastic parts, such heat build-up can contribute to:

1. increase energy consumption in cases like exterior building;2. reduce service life of heat-sensitive polymers e.g PVC, PS;3. put at risk the health and safety of consumers in contact with those parts because of their exposure

to potential burnings e.g. PP auto dashboards.

High NIR reflectance black Complex Inorganic Color Pigments (CICP) are the pigments of choice to prevent this from happening. However their use in the plastics industry is highly conditioned by 2 factors:

1. the brownish undertone they provide, that might negatively affect the black plastic parts’ aesthetics;2. the higher cost of coloration resulting from their use.

This paper presents the latest findings in the field of making more aesthetically attractive, black plastic parts/surfaces at a more affordable cost whilst maintaining the requested “cool” performance.

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Klaus Keck, Songwon, Korea

Recent Aspects of Polypropylene and Polyethylene StabilizationPolypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) in general must be stabilized during compounding, processing, storage, and service life due to their inherently limited stability against auto-oxidation. The stabilization of those substrates during compounding and conversion is rather complex, as the following performance criteria need to be fulfilled:

• Good protection of molecular weight during melt conversion• Low initial color• Low color development during melt conversion• Low gasfading• Reasonable contribution to thermal stability• Easily adjustable Long Term Thermal Stability (LTTS)

As processing stabilizer, liquid phosphites like tris-nonylphenylphosphite (TNPP) are one of successful stabilizers for polyethylene due to its excellent price/performance balance and its good compatibility in PE. In replacing liquid phosphite (TNPP) a fundamental decision needs to be made, whether to remain with a liquid stabilizer or to convert to a completely solid stabilization package.

The advantages and disadvantages of both approaches will be highlighted in this paper.In addition, for cases where a pronounced service life of a plastic part is needed, high end stabilization strategies (Low VOC and gasfading) for PP are discussed.

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Rudolf Pfaendner, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Rudolf Pfaendner studied chemistry at the University of Bayreuth in Germany and received his Ph.D in 1985 with a thesis on electrically conductive polymers. During 25 years he held different positions in R&D at the specialty chemicals company “Ciba” inter alia as Global Head of Research for the business segment “Plastic Additives” and as Senior Research Fellow. In 2010

Rudolf joined the “German Institute for Polymers” (Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut) in Darmstadt, which is now the division “Plastics” of the Fraunhofer Institute of Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF. In 2015 he was appointed Division Director Plastics. He has over thirty years of experience in polymer synthesis, plastics and coatings additives, stabilizers, recycling, reactive extrusion, nanocomposites, flame retardants and innovation management including numerous patents and publications.

Advanced Flame Retardants Based on Radical Generator ChemistryThe need to find efficient halogen free flame retardants resulted inter alia in the discovery and commercial-ization of alkoxyamines (NOR-HALS). NOR-HALS provide flame retardancy of polypropylene and polyolefin fibers, non-wovens and films (1, 2). Through formation of radicals a fast degradation of the polymer chain is induced and flame retardancy is achieved by removing the substrate from the flame. Moreover alkoxy amines can act as synergists with brominated flame retardants (3, 4). However, due to the chemical structure alkoxy amines show only limited thermal stability during usual processing steps and the often requested UL 94 V-0 classification is difficult to achieve.

The performance gap to provide advanced halogen free flame retardants and flame retardant synergists for polyolefins has been closed through the discovery of a new class of nitrogen based radical generators with oxyimide structure (5). In combination with selected phosphorus derivatives, e.g. aliphatic phosphonates, flame retarded polypropylene with UL 94 V-0 classification is accessible at loadings below 10 %, a major breakthrough in flame retardancy. Similar synergistic combinations offer UL 94 V-0 classification for polyethylenes and other polymers. Thermal stability and degradation of the novel oxyimides into radicals is correlated to the molecular structure and can be adjusted in line with the degradation of the polymer and the synergist. Moreover polymeric structures and oxyimides with additional flame retardant functions are accessible synthetically. For the further development of the technology an industrial partnership is established.

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Karen Janssens, Campine, Belgium

Karen Janssens graduated in 1989 as an Industrial Engineer in Chemistry at Groep T Hogeschool Leuven, Belgium. She further specialized in Polymer Chemistry at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. She has over 28 years of experience in the thermo-plastics industry in both technical and commercial positions.

The Future of Highly Efficient Flame Retardant Additives for Engineered ThermoplasticsConventional flame retardant masterbatches are based on halogenated substances. These are effective in low doses and have a good price / performance ratio. Some brominated flame retardants have been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic to both humans and the environment.

In Europe, brominated flame retardants have gone through Reach and when risks were identified, appropriate risk management options or alternative flame retardants were put in place e.g. the use of high molecular weight flame retardants reduce significantly the impact on health and environment. In most of the halogenated flame retardant formulations, antimony trioxide is used as a synergist. It functions as a radical stabilizer and delays the ignition. OEMs have been looking for replacing halogen-antimony based fire retardant systems by equivalent non-halogenated systems for the past two decades. The resulting intensive R&D programs, so far did not yield an economic nor technical solution to replace halogen-antimo-ny systems for all applications. Our work will provide evidence that halogen-antimony systems are still of the highest efficiency today and for at least the next decade, with a minimal impact on the physical properties of today’s engineered thermoplastics. Our study also gives an overview on a broad range of synergists that are available for formulating with halogenated flame retardants , allowing to boost their performance and minimize addition levels.

Campine produces flame retardant masterbatches and offers both: a range of halogen and halogen-free products. Campine produces antimony trioxide and offers it in an advanced format to avoid the inhalation risk during the handling at customers. Campine participates in several recycling initiatives to support a circular economy.

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Marc Ryan, Shepherd Color International, USA

Mr. Mark Ryan is the Marketing Manager for the Shepherd Color Co. Mark is responsible for market and product development for key technologies such as IR reflective pigments, the NTP Yellow and RTZ Orange high-performance pigments along with Shepherd Color’s highly-durable and heat-stable standard pigments. Mark has spoken and been published around the world

on the use of these problem-solving pigments for paints, coatings, plastics and other materials. He is a Board Member of the SPE-Color and Appearance (CAD) division and the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition. Mark earned the CAD-RETEC ‘Outstanding Paper’ award in 2014 for his “Inorganic Pigments: From Caveman to the 21st Century”. He has been in the involved in high performance materials with various technical, sales and marketing roles for over 23 years and has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Saint Louis University and an MBA from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. His favorite color is blue.

Innovations in Pigment Chemistry to Address Regulatory, Performance and SustainabilityYou face challenges in coloring plastics because of regulatory, performance and sustainability requirements and pressure. Inorganic pigments, specifically Complex Inorganic Colored Pigments (CICPs) can address these issues because of their inherent inertness, excellent performance properties and long service life. Three CICP innovations are at the forefront of this push for pigments that are colorful but also have functionality.

While the number of chemicals and their various forms are under scrutiny from regulatory agencies and users, there are a number or technological avenues to address these concerns. The first is by using elements in new and novel ways to make new colorants. The Niobium Tin Pyrochlore (NTP) Yellow and Rutile Tin Zinc (RTZ) pigments are highly engineered pigments with bright chromatic masstone, excellent coloring strength, high inertness for use in the most demanding engineering polymers and high durability applications. Together they make a high-performance alternative to lead chromate and what some users call a ‘bullet-proof’ alternative to colorant packages based on Bismuth Vanadate yellow. A new blue pigment based on Yttrium, Indium and manganese has a aesthetically pleasing color properties and advantageous n-IR properties. Dark blue colors can be formulated that stay cooler in the sun and help meet building code regulations and requirements. The second way is to re-evaluate current pigment chemistries. To address the challenges with the Pigment Green 50 (PG50) chemistry two approaches can be effective. One way is optimizing the current pigment formulation and processing to meet requirements. The other way is new combinations of elements to make PG50 so that they do not contain nickel or chrome, while having color properties closer to standard PG50 color space.

CICP pigments are highly engineered colorants for the most demanding applications and make an excellent tool to help you meet performance, regulatory and sustainability targets.

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Laurent Deloux, Merck, Germany

After receiving his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1995, Laurent moved to Germany to work in the plastic industry. Laurent has over twenty years’ experience working in various R&D positions in the plastic industry (BASF, Lucobit, RPC-Promens). Laurent joined Merck KGaA Headquarters in Darmstadt in January 2016 as Lab Manager for effect pigments in plastic applications in Europe.

New Design Opportunities with Effect Pigments: IM3D- and WAY-TechnologiesMerck has developed two new technologies* (IM3D and WAY) that allow innovation in application for effect pigments. Both technologies will be presented in this paper. Based on the VE3D (Virtually Embossing 3D) technology, which provides striking 3D effect for printing, Merck has now developed a new process for plastic parts. This new method called IM3D is based on in-mold decoration, where extruded films that contain pearl luster pigments are over-molded with a transparent synthetic resin. The mold needs to have a 3D structure on the backside, so that during the overmolding process the plastic film automatically takes on this shape. As a result, the injection molded parts reveal a strong 3D imaging effect that provides unique appearance and ultimately innovative styling possibilities. The paper will describe the technology and will show examples providing unique design opportunities.

The WAY technology (Weathering and Anti-Yellowing) has been developed for layer substrate pearlescent effect pigments. Due to the inherent stabilization, WAY technology exhibits anti-yellowing properties for effect pigments greater than any other technology on the market and superior weathering resistance and chemical resistance for application various areas.

The paper will outline the “yellowing in the dark” problem and weatherability. Some simple tests results and possible market application areas will be shown from Automotive through to construction and packaging.

Marco Sinigaglia, Clariant, Italy

Degree in industrial chemistry. More than 30 years in masterbatch development and application. Experience in Color Matching, Technical Assistance, solid and liquid color masterbatches development. Current position, Product Manager Liquid Europe

HiFormer: Liquid Technology for Plastics ColorationThe topic of the presentation is to introduce the auditors to the liquid technology to color thermoplastic polymers. Presentation will illustrate all the process from formulation development to final application of liquid, including dosing technology and benefit of liquid colors.

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Andy Francis, Q-Lab Corporation/Q-Lab Deutschland, USA

Dr. Andy Francis is Weathering and Corrosion Projects Manager at Q-Lab Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Q-Lab is a world leader in weathering test technology. Dr. Francis is a materials scientist with over 10 years of experience in R&D for new products and applications in diverse fields including synthetic graphite, commercial lighting, polymers, steel,

and thin film coatings.

Advanced Weathering Test Cycles Improve Accuracy and Reduce RiskStandard test methods have been used to perform accelerated weathering testing of plastics and other materials for over 100 years. One of the earliest major xenon-arc weathering standards involves the use of the so-called “102/18” cycle, where specimens are exposed to repeated cycles of 102 minutes of light followed by 18 minutes of light plus water spray. These standards, most notably ISO 4892-2, are still in wide use and do offer value as screening tests for quality control, qualification and validation testing, and in researching new materials. However, accelerated weathering testing can offer even more powerful data when it can be correlated to natural outdoor exposures, and 102/18 cycles do not offer very good correlation. Extensive research and development in to weathering tests has resulted in modern weathering test standards like ASTM D7869 that provide a way for users to correlate their accelerated laboratory data with outdoor weathering data collected in realistic service environments. Additionally, control of specimen environment in fluorescent UV and xenon weathering test chambers ensures that polymer degradation and failure observed during testing is realistic and reproducible. This presentation will compare and contrast some legacy standards with modern standards and outline how precise control of test parameters increases the value of accelerated testing.

Bruno Sallé de Chou, SEVAR, France

Diplomed Chemical Engineer, INSCIR, Rouen, FRANCE, 1980, complemented by INSEAD Industrial Marketing , IMD and CIBA Finance and Quality Management. Bruno spent his career in R&D, sales, marketing, and business management, always in an international environment as he held positions in France, USA, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany. CIBA-GEIGY, and thereafter CIBA

Specialty Chemical contributed to Bruno’s passion for technology allied with sharp marketing management skills. In 2010 he founded EUKEM S.A.S., based in Paris as provider of Business Development for the Chemical Specialties sector in Europe.

Advances in Ultra-Accelerated Weathering®

SEVAR is a provider of Weathering Services both Natural and Accelerated, and a developer and manufacturer of innovative accelerated UV-Weathering technology. Building-up on the initial success with its Bandol Wheel H 400, SEVAR has recently engaged into the field of Ultra Accelerated Weathering©.

UV and weathering testing has always been part of the product development for all recipes that may be altered by sun, light, weather, natural or urban outdoors conditions. This applies not only to plastic materials, but also to coating, cosmetic, hygiene, food etc. Furthermore the compliance to Chemical Regulations more and more often forces the formulators to substitute certain components and therefore to test again the UV and weathering resistance. Natural weathering takes years, whereas accelerated weathering usually delivers results within months. Testing time is highly critical in this context, and therefore any progress in faster and reliable protocols is welcomed by the industry. This presentation will briefly review the reality of UV testing, and will reveal the recent advances in SEVAR’s Ultra Accelerated Weathering©. This will consist in a series of experimental results generated in a prototype equipment in various polymeric substrates.

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Tiphaine Pacary, Certech, Belgium

Tiphaine Pacary studied materials engineering at the European School for Material Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine in France where she obtained her master in 2001. She joined Certech the same year as Project Manager for the environment team specialised in air quality analysis. Certech (Centre of Technological Resources in Chemistry ) is a

contract research organisation, offering a wide range of services to industries. Certech mission is to provide help, support and services to small and large industrial enterprises by offering analysis and measurements, problem-solving, contract research, product and process development capabilities. Certech activities are organised according to three axes, namely environment, material science and process intensification.

Odour and VOC Emissions of Packaging Materials: Methodology for the Selection of Suitable Additive for Removal of Undesirable Odour / VOC from PlasticIncreasing environmental concern about the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during and following the production of industrial and consumer goods has stimulated efforts within the chemical industry to reduce and /or control the ways in which these emissions may occur. Volatile compounds may consist of residual monomers and solvents, additives, modifiers, moisture, residual catalysts, resins decomposition products and additives. The concentration of those pollutants in the environment is influenced by many factors including temperature, humidity, exposure conditions, time. These pollutants may be associated with odour and ‘off-taste’ in packed goods and are often linked by the consumer not only to an unacceptable quality but also to an unsafe product.

In order to understand the contribution of any volatile compound to odour quality, sensory evaluations have to be combined with chemical analysis. Odorous compounds are very often composed of VOCs at extremely low levels due to the very low human detection thresholds. In order to increase the sensitivity, preconcen-tration techniques have to be used to allow chemical detection and identification by mass spectrometry. A case study of packaging-related off-odour is presented.

To avoid the occurrence of packaging related off-odours, some additives can be added to the formulations. The decrease of the odour intensity of the materials has then to be evaluated by dynamic olfactometry or intensity rating, as well as the impact of the additive on the specific compounds of interest by GC-MS-Olfactometry.

Some examples are presented, illustrating the complementarity of both sensorial and chemical analysis to evaluate the migration of volatile packaging components and the impact on sensory properties of packed products.

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Péter Sebö, Quarzwerke, Germany

Péter Sebö, born in 1978, lived several years in Teheran and Budapest before he moved to Germany in 1994. After school, he studied Mechanical Engineering and finally graduated with a diploma in Plastics Engineering in Darmstadt. After over ten years in the plastics industry, very dedicated in the automotive area with fluid systems and with high performance plastics

amongst others, he joined the High Performance Fillers division at Quarzwerke GmbH middle of 2015. In his active position as Market Development Manager, he is in charge of new products within the HPF Division. Among the new products he has the product responsibility for the SILATHERM® product portfolio worldwide. Péter Sebö currently lives in Cologne.

New Functional Filler Based Masterbatch for the Challenges of 3D PrintingFor a couple of years the 3D-Printing technique is on the rise. These days, several companies in the production chain are engaged with one of the 3D-processing methods. Starting with the material supplier, over the printer manufacturer and the end-user, all of them are about to develop more and better products to get the right and commercial best upscale from the prototyping level to a real industrial series production.

There are a lot of efforts going on and a few AM (Additive Manufacturing) techniques turned out to be the preferred ones but currently there is still a preproduction status. As ever more technical articles are going to be produced in future in preproduction series and small batches by means of AM techniques, it is expected that there will be a trend towards functionally additive compounds, because the known problems - differing in shrinkage of the successive layers, after-shrinkage when there is temperature stress in the component and delamination from the platform due to deformation - can be reduced.

For that reason HPF The Mineral Engineers / A division of Quarzwerke Group faced this challenge and developed a new masterbatch product portfolio, with functional fillers under the product name of FILAFORCE®, FILASMART® and FILACOOL®. The most important printing processes in which these products can be used are stereo lithography, the laser sintering process and the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process. The presentation will give an overview about the above mentioned conflicts and point out how the HPF products can solve these issues, supported by investigation results. The focus will be on the Fused Filament Fabrication and on the Stereo lithography 3D-printing methods.

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Ashok M. Adur, Vertellus Specialties Inc., USA

Ashok M. Adur earned a Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering and completed a mini-MBA course on Executive Entrepreneurship. He has over 30 years of success in technical and commercial management positions at companies such as Chemplex Co. (now part of Lyon-dell-Basell), Air Products & Chemicals, BP Chemicals, International Paper, PolyOne and Crane

Plastics. He has published 13 papers in professional journals and presented over 70 papers at regional, national and international professional conferences. Also moderated and organized some conferences. He has developed several new proprietary inventions with over 70 patents applied resulting in commercializing numerous value-added products to meet specific customer needs and in new annual business of well over $1.5 billion. He has been operating a consulting business called Everest International Consulting (LLC) off and on since 1992. He is considered an expert in polymer compounding, adhesion of multi-layer structures and compatibilization of multi-component systems as well as in developing strategies for patenting and intellectual property issues in polymers and plastics. Dr. Adur has been active in SPE since 1976 and has held several positions with 3 different Divisions in the past. He is now Global Commercial Development Director for Plastics at Vertellus Specialties Inc., a global US-based specialty chemicals company, where he has responsibility for strategic positioning, marketing and development and introduction of products for the plastics industry.

Advantages of a Unique Additive to Produce Branched Polyamides with High RVAlternating copolymers of ethylene and maleic anhydride are produced as ZeMac® product line includes a powder grade as well as two pelletized masterbatch grades that provide special advantages in engineering plastics. The paper will cover how these products can be used in compounding to modify low RV polyamides to form branched high RV polyamides at low dosages. He will also discuss performance and cost advantages of such branched polyamides over conventional SSP produced linear polyamides for several high performance applications.

Dan Regelman, LIAD, Israel

Dr. Dan Regelman is an expert in physics and electro-optical systems with more than 20 years’ experience in both industry and academic research. He received his Ph.D. from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2001, and since then has worked at senior technical lead positions in leading technological companies. Dr. Regelman has authored more than 40 scientific

publications in the field of basic and applied optical physics, in addition to having been granted multiple patents. Dr. Regelman has also co-founded several medical device start-up companies which developed novel technologies. Dr. Regelman collaborated with LIAD Weighing and Control Systems Ltd. to bring his expertise into the plastic additives dosing control field and to develop a new spectrometric technology to enable conceptually novel in-line systems for plastics production lines.

Optimal Flow Management of Raw Materials in PlasticsQuality and properties of plastic products depends heavily on the additives used with the base resin. For many products, one of the most important properties is color shade, which is created by mixing one or several pigment additives with the base resin. Due to extreme sensitivity of the human eye to color shades, the required dosing accuracy of color additives is very high. Several existing technologies for accurate dosing will be briefly reviewed, and a novel spectrometric method for in-line color measurement and additive dosing control based directly on the part color will be presented. In addition, a new batch compounding technology for automated generation of required mixtures will be discussed. The discussion will demonstrate how these new technologies operate, and how they can enable plastics manufacturers and mono-masterbatch compounders to optimize their raw material flow management.

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10th European Additives & Colors Conference | 22-24 March 2017 | Venice, Italy

Alex Capuz (Ferro Corporation) Laura Carrillo (Clariant Masterbatch Ibérica) Paco Garulo ( Plastia Consulting)

Kathrin Lehmann (Evonik Industries)Sami T.K. Palanisami (Milliken Europe)Bert Vanhaecht (Shepherd Color International)

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