Europur / Euro-Moulders: Flexible PU Foam Conference 2021

The annual conference of Europur and Euro-Moulders will be taking place on 3 – 4 November 2021 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As always the event is reserved for the employees of member companies, trade press and guests. The associations are this year also offering the possibility for any interested stakeholder to follow the main sessions online.

The organisers have put together an interesting programme covering market reports for polyurethane foam and downstream markets, panel discussions on digitalisation and circular economy with leading experts from the industry. More technical topics such as odour and VOCs will also be addressed on the second day.

Participation to online sessions is free of charge for employees of member companies, press and academia. Non-members can attend for a fee of EUR 150 per day (incl. VAT). Links to attend the online sessions will be provided a few days before the event.

Programme

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

• 10.00-10.15 – Welcome, Bart ten Brink, President, Europur
• 10.15-11.00 – The European Flexible Polyurethane Foam and Rebonded Foam Markets, Clint Raine, Founder, Belvedere and Partner
• 11.00-11.30 – The European Mattress and Upholstered furniture markets, Alessandra Tracogna & Giulia Taveggia, Partners, CSIL (Centre for Industrial Studies)
• 11.30-13.15 – Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence – Buzzwords or a reality for the flexible foam industry? – Moderator: Bart ten Brink, Europur President
  – Christoph Moisel, Expert in Industrial IoT and Artificial Intelligence
  – Joachim Berthold, Senior Director Sales Refrigerated Appliances, Moulded Foam and Slabstock, Hennecke
  – Torsten Heinemann, Head of Group Innovation, Covestro Deutschland
  – Christian Auer, Lean & Digitalization Expert, Neveon
  – Michael Tillmann, Vice-President Technique, Fecken Kirfel
  – Angel Viñas, General Manager, IPF
• 13.15-14.30 – Break
• 14.30-15.30 – Sustainability: the influence of public policies and some views from foam users – Moderator: Michel Baumgartner, Secretary General, Europur
  – The EU Green Deal and EU sustainability policies: what does it mean for the PU foam supply chain? Marcel Möller, Global Sustainability and EMEAI Marketing Director and Ronald van den Bosch, Product Stewardship Leader, Ronald van den Bosch
  – A designers’ view on material selection for the future, Stefan Diez, Diez Office
• 15.30-16.00 – Break
• 16.00-16.30 – The future of mobility and its impacts on automotive suppliers, Florian Daniel, Principal, Roland Berger
• 16.30-17.00 – Polyurethanes in Automobiles – Horizon 2030, An ICIS study for Euro-Moulders, Helen Harker, Senior Consultant, ICIS Consulting
• 17.00-17.30 – Sponsor Presentation (Tosoh)

Thursday, 4 November 2021

• 09.00-10.00 – PU Foam Circularity and Results of EP and EM Research Projects – Moderator: Bart Haelterman, Corporate Manager Sustainable Innovation & HSE, Recticel
  – A holistic approach to flexible PU foam circularity, Mark Lewis, Regional Director – Bedding, The Vita Group
  – The Ecoprofiles for Moulded Flexible PU Foam, Stephan Wendel, Technical Chair, Euro-Moulders
  – A Europur report on legacy chemicals in post-consumer PU foams from mattresses and furniture, Michel Baumgartner, Secretary General Europur
• 10.00-10.30 – Break
• 10.30-12.30 – Odour and VOCs – Moderator: Esther Quintanilla, Global & EMEAI Strategic Automotive Market Leader, Dow
  – An OEM’s perspective on odour and VOC’s from PU foam, Matthew Griffith, Group Leader Material Emissions and Odour, Jaguar Land Rover
  – Towards the key odorants in PU materials: a molecular sensory science approach – Martin Steinhaus, Senior Scientist & Head of Section “Sensory Systems Chemistry”, Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM)
  – Solution for VOC, aldehydes and odour reduction from flexible polyurethane foams with reactive amine catalysts – Katsumi Tokumoto, Technical Manager, Tosoh Corporation & Roger van Maris, Sales & Business Development Manager, Tosoh Europe
  – Scavenging and Stabilizing Technology to reduce odour and emissions in flexible foam – Herbert de Breuck, Global Polyurethane Technical Lead, Milliken
  – Kick-start your new project with Next Generation Low Odour / Low Emission Additives – Eva Emmrich-Smolczyk, Senior Technical Manager Automotive EMEA, Evonik
• 12.30-13.30 – Break
• 13.30-16.15 – Flexible PU Foam Recycling in Action – Moderator: Bart ten Brink, President, Europur
  – Chico Van Hemert, Operations Director, Retour Matras
  – Ricco Borella, Strategic Marketing Manager, Dow Polyurethanes
  – Raquel Sanchez, Technical Service and Development Manager, Repsol
  – Bart Haelterman, Corporate Manager Sustainable Innovation & HSE, Recticel
  – Karin Clauberg, Venture Manager, & Susan Shan Xu, Lead of PUR Circular Economy Lighthouse Project, Covestro
  – Steven Peleman, Managing Partner, Triple Helix
• 16.15-16.30 – Conference Closure – Eric Van Lancker, President, Euro-Moulders

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