Plastics Live 2025 | Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, UK | 2-3 April 2025
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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.
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30-11:00 | Health & Safety Compliance in the Plastics Industry - where we are now and horizon scanning. | Richard Bladon CMIOSH , PIEMA , AMIFPO Director Richard Bladon & Associates Ltd | |
| 11:00-12:30 | The continuum between subcontracting 3D printing and buying a machine(s) for in-house use Roundtable discussion | Andrew Allshorn - Moderator (Additive Manufacturing Advisor and Founder at 3D-SQUARED) Rich Proctor (Managing Director at AME Group) Jo Young (Managing Director at Additive-X) Martin Forth (CRO, Triditive) | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | Produce Fast, Functional Prototypes with Freeform Injection Molding | Seamus Harrison (Operations Manager at Mark 3D) | |
| 14:00-14:30 | SABIC Specialties Solutions for Paint Elimination in Automotive Exterior Trims | Jan Szymula (Lead Engineer, Technical Development Commercial North-East/MEA Specialties Europe at SABIC) | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Sustainability: It's not what you think it is. | Dr Robin Kent (Managing Director at Tangram Technology Ltd.) | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Advances in Physical and Chemical Plastics Recycling | Dr. Terence A. Cooper (Chief Executive Officer at ARGO Group International) | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Marketing for Manufacturers: A PlastikMedia Guide | Jess Clarke (Managing Director at Plastikcity) Will Clarke (Sales Director at Plastikcity) | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | New developments in field of anti-scratch and anti-mar systems | Jan Szymula (Lead Engineer, Technical Development Commercial North-East/MEA Specialties Europe at SABIC) | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Plant based plastics for durable applications | Dr Andrew Gill (Technical Director at FLOREON) | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | User benefits of MI240 saturated synthetic ester (SSE) hydraulic fluid in injection and blow-moulding machines. | Martin Gough (Business Manager, Performance Biolubricants) | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Recycling of carpet that normally goes into landfill? | Mike Thompson (Innovate Recycle) | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Plastics sustaina what ability The meandering roads and mountain paths to an industrial sustainable future | Dr Geoff Mackey (UK Country Head for PlasticsEurope) | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Developments and Trends in Bioplastics Technology and Markets | Dr. Terence A. Cooper (Chief Executive Officer at ARGO Group International) | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Designing materials and Products Sustainably | Graham Cotton (Colloids Ltd) | |
