| Workshop October 13, 2015 |
| 10/13/2015 | |||
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | PVC Suspension Resin: Producion, Properties and Products(Workshop) Bob Paradis, Formosa | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break | ||
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Overview of PVC Compounding(Workshop) Jim Summers, P3 Consultants | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | Stabilizers(Workshop) John Scott, Valerus | ||
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Processing Additives for PVC and Plastisols(Workshop) Stan Walzyk, BYK | ||
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break | ||
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm | Plasticizers-Adding Flexibility and Functionality to Plastics Emily McBride, Applications Lab Supervisor, Emerald Dick Koslowski, Emerald | ||
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Panel Q&A Dick Koslowski, Emerald Emily McBride, Applications Lab Supervisor, Emerald Bob Paradis, Formosa John Scott, Valerus Jim Summers, P3 Consultants Stan Walzyk, BYK | ||
| Conference Agenda October 14-15, 2015 |
| 10/14/2015 | |||
| 8:00 am - 8:10 am | Welcome comments and event introductions from Akron Division Vivian Malpass | ||
| 8:10 am - 8:20 am | Welcome, Introductory Comments Kasper Van Veen, Vice President of Research and Product Development, Vintex | ||
| 8:20 am - 9:00 am | Vinyl Market Dynamics – Are Past Changes Indicative of Future Developments? David Peters, Shawnee | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Plasticizer Market Overview Sandy Payne, BASF | ||
| 9:45 am - 10:05 am | Break | ||
| 10:05 am - 10:35 am | Gelation and Fusion of Suspension Resins with a Dynamic Shear Rheometer Dave Owen, Technical Service Specialist, BASF | ||
| 10:35 am - 11:05 pm | Using Fast-Fusion Benzoate Plasticizers to Optimize and Economize Vinyl Formulations Emily McBride, Applications Lab Supervisor, Emerald | ||
| 11:05 am - 11:50 am | The Current State of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development in the Northern Appalachians Jeffrey Daniels, The Ohio State University | ||
| 11:50 am - 1:15 pm | Lunch | ||
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | The Truth on Global Warming(Lunch Speaker) Jim Summers, P3 Consultants | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Recycled and Renewable Based Polymeric Plasticizers for Flexible PVC Applications Woo Sung Bae, Resinate Materials | ||
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Biobased PHA Copolymers as Multifunctional Additives for PVC Compound Mansoor Akhthar, Metabolix | ||
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | PVC Roofing Materials-Proven History & Performance John Greko, Carlisle | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Break | ||
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Advancements in Extrusion Grant Flaherty, Battenfeld | ||
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | A novel extrusion die design for PVC sheet and film applications Olivier Catherine, Cloeren | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Opportunities of PVC in the Credit Card Market Tim Wetherill, Klockner Pentaplast | ||
| 4:30 pm - 4:40 pm | General Questions & Closing Remarks | ||
| 10/15/2015 | |||
| 8:00 am - 8:10 am | Welcome- Opening Remarks Kasper Van Veen, Vice President of Research and Product Development, Vintex | ||
| 8:10 am - 8:40 am | Material Matters: Vinyl’s Role in Sustainability, Resilience and the Education of Design Professionals George Middleton, George Middleton & Associates | ||
| 8:40 am - 9:30 am | Recycling as a Sustainable Attribute of Vinyl Materials Rich Krock, Technical Director, Vinyl Institute | ||
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Analytical Tools to Predict Mechanical Performance Jason Lyons, R&D Manager of Acrylic Additives, Arkema | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Break | ||
| 10:20 am - 10:50 am | New Developments in Alkyl Phenol Free, Phenol Free, Low VOC Liquid Stabilizers for Flexible PVC Luiz Cruz, North American Business Manager, AM Stabilizers | ||
| 10:50 am - 11:20 am | Heat stabilizing flexible PVC with layered double hydroxide derivatives Dan Molefe, University of Pretoria | ||
| 11:20 am - 11:50 am | Weatherability of cast PVC Films Mark Alessandro, Avery Dennison | ||
| 11:50 am - 1:15 pm | Lunch | ||
| 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm | California's Proposition 65 Kevin Ott, Vinyl Institute | ||
| 12:40 pm - 1:05 pm | Vinyl Division Meeting Maryellen Cox, Teknor Apex | ||
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | PVC Raw Materials Perspective Paul Klitch, Avery Dennison | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Effect of Iron Content in Ground Calcium Carbonate on Accelerated Weathering Properties of Rigid PVC Compounds Lane Shaw, JM Huber | ||
| 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Plasticizer Induced Stress Cracking of Rigid PVC and Polycarbonate Paul Kroushl, Teknor Apex | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:05 pm | Break | ||
| 3:05 pm - 3:35 pm | SPE Communication and technology capabilities Kathy Schacht, Governance Liaison, SPE | ||
| 3:35 pm - 4:05 pm | PVC Property modification using styrenics based modifier systems Mohammed Abboud, Styrosolution | ||
| 4:05 pm - 4:15 pm | General questions, Closing remarks and Acknowledgements Kasper Van Veen, Vice President of Research and Product Development, Vintex | ||
