13-14 November 2012 Berlin, Germany

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1 Organised by November 2012 Berlin, Germany

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3 CONTENTS Session 1: Keynote Session Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 The TPE industry: globalisation, structural changes and challenges Robert Eller, President, Robert Eller Associates LLC, USA TPO material requirements in the automotive sector Dr Valentina Cerato, Senior Materials Engineer, Ford Motor Company Ltd, UK and Dr Matthew S Corley, Materials Engineering & Testing, Ford Werke GmbH, Germany Material qualification process for medical device applications Peter Seiler, Principal Materials Engineer, Medtronic, USA Session 2: TPEs with Significant Bio-Content Paper 4 Paper 5 Paper 6 A breath of bio-based PEBA in a world of thermoplastic Dr Frédéric L.G. Malet, Research Manager, Technical Polymers Business Unit, Arkema, France Novel starch-filled thermoplastic elastomers Kelvin T. Okamoto, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Cereplast Inc, USA New TPU solutions for pneumatic tubing and other industrial markets Maria Josep Riba, Application Lab. Manager, Elastomers, Merquinsa / Lubrizol Advanced Materials Manufacturing Spain S.L Session 3: Automotive Applications Paper 7 Paper 8 Paper 9 Paper 10 Thermoplastic elastomers with more that 90% biobased content Dr Lars Ziegler, Director R & D, Innovation Management, J Pfitzer & H Naegele, TECHNARO GmbH; S Baumann, B Ulmer, P Heidemeyer & M Bastian, SKZ-KFE GmbH (D); A Weber & B Kugler, SCHLEICH GmbH, Germany An overview of the current status of TPEs in automotive applications and further growth expectations Ger Vroomen, Strategic Marketing Director Automotive, TeknorApex, The Netherlands Non- hygroscopic TPE-V Synco de Vogel & Yakup Ulcer, Beril Baykal, Market Development Manager, ENPLAST Plastik Kimya San. Tic. AŞ, Turkey Development of new corner molding TPV for automotive seals Yoshiaki Zama, Manager, Polymer Alloy Team, JSR Corporation, Japan

4 Session 4: Material Developments Paper 11 Paper 12 Paper 13 Paper 14 Paper 15 Paper 16 Innovative thermoplastic elastomers with functional performance Mr. Dirk Von Falkenhayn, Application Development and Technical Service Manager, PolyOne Th.Bergmann GmbH, Germany & Guoqiang (Jerry) Qian, Gerry Meyer, & Krishna Venkataswamy, PolyOne Corporation, GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, USA TPV beyond EPDM/PP Dr. Martin Geissinger, Product Management, KRAIBURG TPE GmbH & Co. KG, Germany New bondable styrenic block copolymer elastomers Asako Minamide, Nobuhiro Moriguchi, PhD & Shigenao Kuwahara, Kuraray, Japan & Kuraray Europe GmbH BU Elastomer, Germany Setting up new standard for the definition of flexibility for PPA-based materials Estelle Pierrat, Polyamides Market Development Manager, Automotive & Transportation, Arkema, France The advantages of TPV based on peroxide curing systems Dr. Jörg Frahn & Dr. Eric Richter, ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH, Germany Bio-based EPDM for thermoplastic vulcanizate application Daniel Taylor, New Business Development Manager, Joe Qiu & Ger Rademakers, Lanxess Elastomers BV, The Netherlands Session 5: Footwear Applications Paper 17 New TPE based shoe insole materials with improved cushioning and damping properties Mario Kröger & Jürgen Schmitt, nora systems GmbH, Germany Session 6: Medical Applications Paper 18 Paper 19 An overview of challenges and possibilities for TS rubber and PVC replacement by Medalist TPE alternatives in the medical sector Stef Hordijk, Strategic Market Manager for Consumer, Medical, Packaging and Industrial markets, Teknor Apex Europe, The Netherlands Introduction to styrenic thermoplastic elastomers technical insights, advances and applications in the food packaging, medical and pharmaceutical Industry Dennis Siepmann, Business Development Manager, ACTEGA DS GmbH, Germany

5 Friedrich-Schmidt-Strasse 2 WALDKRAIBURG, D-84478, Germany KRAIBURG TPE ( is a global manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomers. In addition to custom solutions, the company offers under brand names THERMOLAST, HIPEX, COPEC and For-Tec E a broad spectrum of market-specific compounds covering a wide range of applications. The TPE specialist has production sites in Germany, USA and Malaysia /1 Bld 3, Dobroslobodskaya Street Moscow, , Russia SIBUR is the leading, vertically integrated, petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe that produces more than 2,000 different types of various petrochemical products. In 2011, SIBUR accounted for over 50% of all APG processed in Russia. In 2013, Sibur will finish its TPE SBS capacity expansion to 85,000 mt./year.

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