Plastics Live 2024 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, UK | 12-13 June 2024
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Speakers at the conference will provide insight into the ways in which plastic manufacturers can embrace top-end traditional plastics processing technologies, additive manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 solutions, while all the time keeping an eagle eye on ever present sustainability issues.
The programme for 2024 will be released soon.
Take a look at the programme and speakers below from Plastics Live 2022.
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Developing and resourcing innovative projects for a more sustainable plastics sector | Dr Sally Beken, Knowledge Transfer Manager ‑ Polymers - KTN-UK | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies for Plastic Packaging Recycling and Recovery to 2030 | Dr. Terence A. Cooper, Chief Executive Officer - ARGO Group International Global Polymer Consultants | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Energy Management in Polymer Processing | Dr Robin Kent, Managing Director - Tangram Technology | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Collaborating to Find Circular Solutions to Global Packaging Challenges | Anna Brockhaus, Consultant - Anthesis Group | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Sustainable (and Cost Effective) Adhesion Pre-Treatment for the Modern Factory | Chris Howey, Managing Director - Tantec | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Fewer mold corrections while saving energy and material: Bye bye trial-and-error simulation, hello automated variant analysis | Bastiaan Oud, PhD, Head of Strategy - Simcon | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Digital Transformation, a story of people | Giorgio Pigozzo, Digital Production Manager - Wittmann Group | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | The challenges, evolutions, and technological solutions of the production floor in 2022 | Zacchary Couldrick, Consulting Managing Director UK&Eire - Matics | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | How Greenwashing Now Will Hurt Your Companies Long Term Ambitions | Jonathan Wragg, Group Sustainability Director - The Blue Ocean Programme | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:45 - 10:00 | The future of hydraulic fluid in plastic injection moulding | Martin Gough, Business Manager , Performance Biolubricants - M&I Materials Ltd. | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Solving 4.0 – Organisational Alignment and Actionable Insights | Allan Carney, Product Leader - Thingrax | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Sustainability in the Plastics Industry- how Dassault Systèmes & DELMIAWorks helps harmonise product, nature and life. | Thomas Grigg- Solutions Architect & Chris Horn- Business Development Director - DELMIAWorks | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Flame Retardants: A Changing Landscape | James Houlder, Marketing Manager & Callum Doolan, Technical Sales Engineer - Polymer Compounders | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:00 | The future of injection moulding machines and Digitalisation - Moderated by Carl Futcher | *Carl Futcher, MD - Plastik City Colin Tirel, MD - Arburg Dave Raine, Roboshot Manager UK & Ireland - Fanuc Nigel Flowers, MD - Sumitomo Demag Daniel Williams, MD - Wittmann Wayne Ball, SD - Engel | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Developments and Trends in Bioplastics Technology and Markets for Flexible, Multilayer, Pouch and Barrier Packaging | Dr. Terence A. Cooper, Chief Executive Officer - ARGO Group International Global Polymer Consultants | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Development of Flex 6228 published by BSI as the first method to physically verify the recycled content claims of PET bottle manufacturers | Steven Burns, Director - Impact Solutions | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 - 14:20 | The Transition to a Sustainable Replacement for Single Use Plastics | Simon Girdlestone, Chief Commercial Officer - Solinatra | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Material versatility with the Ultimaker Material Alliance - Unlock over 200 3D printable polymers with the widest material choice in the market | Jeremy Evers, Ultimaker Application Engineering EMEA - Ultimaker | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | The challenges of biodegradable testing and the limitations of the tests and resultant products, and how these interact with our current waste infrastructure | Nikos Tsiapis, Principle Research Lead - Impact Solutions | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | UBQ – The most climate-positive thermoplastic material on the market | Dan Jarvis BEng (hons), Technical and Business Development Manager - Plastribution | |