5th World Elastomer Summit

Tuesday 6th March 2018

On the afternoon of Tuesday 6th March, before the conference, a limited number of attendees will have the opportunity to visit both the Black Bear Carbon‘s pyrolysis plant (Nederweert, NL) and Arlanxeo‘s EPDM plant (Geleen, NL).

Sites Visit Schedule

• 11:30 Site visit registration at conference hotel/venue
• 12:00 Bus departs conference hotel/venue
• 13:10 Arrival at Black Bear Carbon tyre pyrolysis plant in Nedeweert, NL
• 13:20 Welcoming Address by Black Bear Carbon representative(s) & introduction of the plant
• 13:40 Black Bear Carbon tyre pyrolysis plant tour
• 14:40 Refreshments & final Q&A
• 15:00 Bus departs Black Bear Carbon plant
• 15:40 Arrival at Arlanxeo EPDM plant in Geleen, NL
• 15:50 Welcoming Address by Arlanxeo representative(s) & introduction of the plant
• 16:10 Arlanxeo EPDM plant tour
• 17:40 Refreshments & final Q&A
• 18:00 Bus departs Arlanxeo plant
• 19:00 Arrival at the conference hotel/venue in Dusseldorf, Germany

Please confirm your interest in joining this exclusive double site visit when booking for the conference.

There is no extra charge to attend the site visit, but spaces are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis.

Please note that, due to compliance reasons, attendance is subject to approval from Black Bear Carbon & Arlanxeo.

• Focus on Elastomers Feedstocks
• Butadiene’s Volatility
• The Elastomer Market – Global & European Scale
• Circular Economy & Sustainability in the Elastomer Industry
• Recycling & Upcycling Elastomers
• Low PAH Products: Challenges & Opportunities
• Elastomers vs. Other Polymers
• Renewable Elastomers
• Exploring Applications & Performance
• The Tyre Industry
• The Impact of Electrical/Hybrid Vehicles on the Elastomers Industry
• (Other) End-Products

• Stephen Pask, Staff Scientist, Elastomers – Global Technology 5P & Elastomers, Polymers SBU, Sabic (conference chairman)
• Dr. Hidde Smit, Consultant, Rubber Forecasts
• Stephen Bowers, Feedstock And Petrochemical Technologies, Evonik
• Maria Gyftopoulou, Senior Economist, LMC International
• Artur Rakhmatullin, Sales Manager, SIBUR
• Martin von Wolfersdorff, Advisor, Wolfersdorff Consulting
• Sascha Wüstenhöfer, System Manager, ISCC
• Gerard van Doremaele, Head of R&D BL Keltan Elastomers, Arlanxeo
• Dr. Floran Prades, Group Leader Analytical Characterisation Linz, Innotech Operational Support (IOS), Borealis
• Chris Twigg, Director, Black Bear Carbon
• Dr. Ingrid van der Meer, Manager Business Unit Bioscience Coordinator DRIVE4EU, Wageningen University & Research
• Ger Vroomen, Senior Market Manager – Automotive, Teknor Apex
• Ed Juline, Managing Director, Polymer Solutions Group
• Saeid Kheirandish, Rheology/Processing Expert in Busienss Unit Tire & Specialty Rubbers, Arlanxeo
• Jiří Brejcha, Material Development, MITAS
• Thomas Hanel, Head of Material Innovation, Pirelli
• Lukas Rupsch, Sales Director, RORA MOTION
• Dr Sebastian Richter, Laboratory Manager – Thermoplastic Polyurethanes, BASF
• Chris Hardiman, Global Director of Technology, Dynasol

If you would like to be considered as a speaker for the 2018 edition with a 20-30 minute presentation, please submit an abstract for consideration to:

Lauriane Pardoux

Tel: +44 (0)20 3141 0632

Email: lpardoux@acieu.net  

For this 5th edition of the event, we have gathered some key industry players to form an advisory committee and help us build the conference agenda, on top of our research.

• Gerard van Doremaele, Head of R&D – BL Keltan Elastomers, ARLANXEO
• Chris Twigg, Product – R&D, Black Bear Carbon
• Floran PRADES, Low Pressure Polyolefins – Structure Property Processing Relationship, Project Driven Organisation – Innovation and Technology, Borealis
• Jiří Brejcha, Material development, MITAS
• Stephen Pask, Staff Scientist, Elastomers – Global Technology 5P & Elastomers, Polymers SBU, SABIC
• Ger Vroomen, Senior Market Manager Automotive, Teknor Apex

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