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Cologne, October 23-24, 2007

Now in its tenth year, this international two day conference is firmly established as Europes premier event for the thermoplastic elastomers industry.

Thermoplastic elastomers usage continues to grow at a faster rate (6.2 annually through 2009, The Fredonia Group) than most other rubber and plastic materials. Therefore, there are significant commercial opportunities for exploiting their unique properties, for example in automotive, appliance, personal care, medical and sporting applications. Thermoplastic elastomers offer the design freedom and easy processing of thermoplastics, together with the flexibility and elastic recovery of rubber.

This conference looked at what is currently happening with thermoplastic elastomers. Including the latest developments in SBC, TPO, TPV, COPE, COPA, and TPU materials, together with additives, processing, applications, commercial and design aspects for TPEs.

SESSION 1. COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF TPEs
Robert Eller, Robert Eller Associates Inc, USA

Paper 1 TPEs: Impact of globalisation, market shifts and new technology

SESSION 2. TPE DEVELOPMENTS
Ger L Vroomen, Allod Werkstoff GmbH & Co KG

Paper 2 Latest Developments in adhesion modifried TPEs to bond to engineering plastics, thermoset rubbers, glass, ceramic and metals

Paper 3 Novel thermoplastic elastomers with universal bonding charcteristics
John Simons, Dr Liang Xu, Dr Sehyun Kim & Dr Krishna Venkataswamy, GLS International, The Netherlands

Paper 4 Experimental HSBC polymers for improved overmould adhesion
Jeff Southwick, Emmanuel Colchen, KRATON Polymers, France

SESSION 3. TPOs
Dr Julien Damen & Dr Allen McLennaghan, Dow Europe GmbH, Switzerland

Paper 5 Novel thermoplastic elastomers and their applications

SESSION 4. TPVs
Hideki Ishikawa, Taizo Aoyama, Katsuhiko Kimura & Ryuji Fukuda, Kaneka Corporation, Japan

Paper 6 Basic properties of isobutylene based TPV

Paper 7 TPV for automotive sealing systems
Yuichi Ito, Andreas Wissmann & Akira Uchiyama Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Japan

Paper 8 Rheological properties of PP/EPDM thermoplastic elastomer vulcanisates (TPV): The effect of different curing systems
Ismaeil Ghasemi, Mohammad Karrabi, Hamed Azizi, Peyman Ezzati, Parvin Ehsani Namin, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Iran

SESSION 5 COPOLYAMIDE TPE
David Silagy, Arkema, France

Paper 9 New transparent PEBA: the material that revolutionises thermoplastic elastomers

Paper 10 A newly developed transparent polyamide elastomer-properties and application
Ewald Zimmer, UBE Engineering Plastics SA, Germany

SESSION 6 COPOLYESTER TPE
Dr Dirk Zierer & Dipl-Ing Marco Prigandt, Ticona GmbH, Germany

Paper 11 Physical foaming of COPE

SESSION 7 TPUs
Charles Page & Dirk von Falkenhayn, PolyOne, Germany

Paper 12 Soft TPUs, alloys of TPU and SEBS for speciality applications

Paper 13 Can soft TPU replace PVC
David Pascual & Maria Josep Riba, Merquinsa Mercados Quimicos S.L., Spain

SESSION 8 ACRYLIC TPE
Kazushige Ishiura & Kenichi Hamada, Kuraray Co Ltd, Japan

Paper 14 A novel all (meth) acrylic TPE: synthesis, characteristics, and applications

SESSION 9 TPE ADDITIVES
Johnson Thomas, Anthony J Pasquale, Timothy Williams, Carol Perkins & Mark A Peters, Eastman Chemical Company, USA

Paper 15 Aromatic, aliphatic and mixed resin systems as compounding additives in thermoplastic elastomers

Paper 16 The use of isodewaxed mineral oils in high grade TPE applications
Kathy Helling, Chevron Research and Technology Centre, USA

Paper 17 Mechanical properties and flame retardancy of SEBS based composites filled with aluminium trihydrate
Kevin Kibble & Wang-Dong Xiao, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Paper 18 Comparison and synergism of aluminium trihydrate and magnesium hydroxide as flame retardants for SEBS based composites
Wang-Dong Xiao & Kevin Kibble, Shenzhen Polytechnic, China

SESSION 10 PROCESSING TPEs
Stephane Demin, Rep, France

Paper 19 Process of splice moulding with TPV for automotive window seals

Paper 20 Strategies for making fine celled and large, expanded thermoplastic vulcanisate (TPV) foam
Seong Kim, Chul B Park, Kyung-min Lee & Mohini Sain, University of Toronto, Canada

Paper 21 Advantages in design by laser welding of thermoplastic elastomers
Rolf Klein, Gareth McGrath & Michelle Burrell, Gentex Corporation & Matthias Hopfner, Allod Werkstoff GmbH & Co KG & Bob Donahue, Natvar, Germany

SESSION 11 TPE APPLICATIONS
Maurice Navarro, Jean Marc Veill & Thierry Gaudry, Cooper Standard Automotive, France

Paper 22 New evolutions in thermoplastic sealing systems

Paper 23 Infill for artificial turf, ultimate s