19-20 Nov, 2008 - Shanghai, CHINA
Sofitel Shanghai Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong
Sofitel Shanghai Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong
TPEs are gaining more acceptance amongst processors as a material of choice. Intelligent design trends and performance capabilities have helped deliver more superior cost-benefits. Aggressive inter-material competition is a reality producers must grapple with especially when margins are squeezed further amid rising energy and feedstock costs. The 5th Specialty Elastomers/TPEs is to meet these challenges.
China is the factory of the world across various industries like Auto, 3Cs, Personal Care, Footwear, etc. Global compounders have set up operations in China to be close to these customers. However, not all are successful in their foray into China. Sharing successful strategies is the focus of 5th Specialty Elastomers/TPEs Conference.
As consumers become more sophisticated and want more multiple-sensory perception in the products they use, how will these needs drive innovation of TPEs in the 3Cs, Auto, Personal Care, Footwear sectors? How can producers help in the product development process? Are the TPE capabilities in Asia able to support the rapidly growing customer base in Asia?
In their quest to alleviate their dependence on crude, producers have developed bio-based TPEs as an alternative. What are the performance, environmental-friendliness & cost economics of these materials? What role will they play in future applications? Evaluate these issues and gain fresh insights at CMT’s 5th Specialty Elastomers/TPEs Conference! We bring together a top panel of leading players in the TPEs industries to interact, share resources, network and provide future directions for the industries. Register early with your team to secure your seats and enjoy discounted fees.
Reasons to attend the 5th Specialty Elastomers/TPEs Conference:
• New insights on market development and growth potential of TPEs, TPV, TPU, Bio-based TPU and PEBA in China/Asia
• Gain expert opinion on crude price situation and how does it impact on TPEs industry
• Update on key M & A activities and assess the successful strategies to stay in Chinese market
• Outlook of TPE processing complexities and moulding challenges
• Find out how new TPEs materials and technologies can ensure the sustainability of profit margins
• Hear from your end users, Daimler Chrysler (Automotive Industry), Teams Design (3C industry), Motorola (Public Safety Equipment industry), etc to design a sustainable products
• Hear from Arkema and Merquinsa on latest innovation and development on bio-based elastomers
• Find out the plans and direction in the TPEs market
• Meet and network with various players in the TPEs production/manufacturing world.
YOU’LL NETWORK WITH
• CEOs • Presidents • MDs • VPs • GMs • Directors and Managers from Marketing / Business Development / Licensing / Operations / Sales; Applications Development Managers, Commercial Managers, Product Managers from Material Producers, Additive & Catalyst suppliers, Compounders, Molders, Converters, Machinery Suppliers, Producers in Consumer Goods, Medical equipment, Wire & Cable, Tubing, Electronic & Electrical, Automotive, Communications Equipment, etc
Known for its rubber elasticity, ‘soft-touch’ appeal, and plastics processing breakthroughs whereby new materials have surpassed plastics performances, Thermoplastics elastomer (TPE) now offers moulders yet another alternative in their choice of material.
But does this mean TPE related production will be spared from increasing overheads? Apparently no and that is the salient message that Mr. Roger Young, the Asia Pacific Vice President of Robert Eller Associate, will put forth in his presentation on `Global TPE market outlook’ which will also disclose successful strategies for competing in China market.
Mr Young, together with many other key industry players will convene in Shanghai on the 19-20 November 2008 to share their views at the` 5th Specialty Elastomers/ TPEs 2008’ conference organized by Centre for Management Technology.
The two day event will feature a key presentation from world leading thermoplastics polyurethane (TPUs) producer, Merquinsa, the innovator of the world’s first TPU derived from biological/agricultural sources rather than fossil hydrocarbons. In his paper on “Bio-based TPU development and commercialization” Mr. Davis Pascual, the Global Application Development Manager & Asia Pacific Area Manager for Merquinsa, will reveal how this vegetable oil and fatty acid-based TPU performance is on par with, and in some cases, even surpassed conventional TPU properties. To add on to new innovation related topics is Mr. Clint Raine, the Head Business Unit TPU Asia Pacific from Bayer MaterialScience, who will address Bayer’s latest innovations in TPU and their market prospects.
Speaking on behalf of yet another TPE producer that is going green by incorporating bio-based feedstock is Mr. Jerome Allanic, Asia Pacific Market Development Manager from Arkema, who will unveil their latest innovations that led to the launch of their first commercial ‘Bio-based Engineering TPE’, PEBAX TPE that boast excellent engineering properties.
In addition to gaining insights on production trends, sessions to discuss end-use applications will be spearheaded by French TPE compounder, that has developed TPV-S elastomer, based on Kraton's SEBS material and polypropylene. Mr. Gilbert Saillard, Sales & Marketing Director of CTS Cousin-Tessier , will contribute a case study analysis on how automotive producer, Peugeot, implemented TPV-S seals in place of EPDM seals in their latest Peugeot 308 thus exploring material selection issues and the emerging trends in high performance automotive seals. More on automotive seals will be presented by, Mr. Federico Rosa, Sales Manager from Dimontonate Floccati, when he addresses the evolution in technology with TPE in automotive seals applications, while Mr. Zhang Kun, Global Procurement and Supply Executive from Daimler Chrysler, will look into TPE application in the Automotive Industry and Dow Chemical will discuss elastomer technologies in the compounding industry.
Other confirmed panelists at 5th Specialty Elastomers/ TPEs 2008 include key executives from Team Design Shanghai, Ticona Engineering Polymers, Motorola Technology, Kuraray, GLS-PolyOne Company, and Kraiburg TPE.
Those hoping to network with these invited high-flyers should visit http://www.cmtevents.com/newevents.aspx?ev=081181& for further details.
26 Sep, 2008
5th Specialty Elastomers/ TPEs 2008 to take place in Shanghai-China, the popular manufacturing location in
26 Sep, 2008
