9781909030138_FrontCover -- Contents -- SESSION 1: THE GLOBAL SCENE -- Paper 1 KEYNOTE: Challenges and opportunities for the business of additives - globalisation and market diversity -- Paper 2 Emerging markets fuel plastic additives growth -- SESSION 2: CASE STUDIES -- Paper 3 KEYNOTE: Additives as Yogurt Cup Enhancer -- Paper 4 Performance requirements for polymers in the auto industry -- Paper 5 Alphabet soup and other factors in selecting plastics within the home appliance sector -- SESSION 3: PROPERTY ENHANCEMENTS -- Paper 6 New acrylic additives for improving polycarbonate scratch resistance -- Paper 7 Inorganic additives for infra-red absorption, reflection and spectral filtering -- Paper 8 Nanomaterials in polymers for thermal and conductive applications -- SESSION 4: ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS -- Paper 9 Influence of new European regulations for flame retardancy for cables on the supplier industry of flame retardants -- Paper 10 Coupling agents in halogen-free flame retardant formulations -- Paper 11 New light diffuser for LED applications -- Paper 12 New efficient amine free antistats for PP and PE packaging -- Paper 13 State of Play for PVC Plasticisers -- SESSION 5: IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND LOWERING COSTS THROUGH HIGH PERFORMANCE ADDITIVES -- Paper 14 Latest developments in productivity improvements and cost savings for different polyolefin processing technologies through the usage of hyper nucleating agents and newest generation clarifying agents -- Paper 15 Silicone based additives for thermoplastic resins providing improved mechanical, processing and fire properties -- Paper 16 Latest developments on the function of talc in engineering plastics -- Paper 17 Polymers with fillers and nanocomposites: stabilisation challenges and solutions.

Paper 18 Property improvement of polymers with mineral fillers -- Compounding Papers -- Paper 1 Key Note: Global Megatrends - Changes and challenges for advanced materials development -- SESSION 1: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPOUNDING SECTOR - A FURTHER PROCESSER'S POINT OF VIEW -- Paper 2 Ideal compounds for extrusion applications -- Paper 3 Challenges of compounding and injection moulding of highly filled conductive and magnetic compounds -- SESSION 2: COMPOUNDING WITH NANOFILLERS -- Paper 4 Processing and properties of electro-conductive carbon nanotubes composites -- Paper 5 Mechanical properties of short fibre reinforced nanocomposites -- SESSION 3: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MACHINE TECHNOLOGY -- Paper 6 Vacuum conveying of powders & granules -- Paper 7 Innovative metering feeders technology for the compounding process -- Paper 8 From melt to product - single source equipment & technology supply -- Paper 9 Key note: Market shifts and trends within the compounding industry - machinery producers and users -- SESSION 4: SIMULATION TOOLS FOR COMPOUNDING TASKS -- Paper 10 Transferring twin screw extrusion processes from lab to production and vice versa -- Paper 11 3D modeling of twin screw extruders -- SESSION 5: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN MACHINE TECHNOLOGY -- Paper 12 ZSK Mc18 - The new dimension in compounding technology -- Paper 13 Advances in carbon black masterbatch compounding technology -- SESSION 6: HIGH FILLED COMPOUNDS AND TOOLS FOR PLASTICS FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT -- Paper 14 High throughput compounding: A New Tool For Accelerated Discovery -- Paper 15 Use of ethylene butyl acrylates in compounding applications -- Paper 16 High filled compounds and how their properties can be enhanced by OMS technologies -- SESSION 7: CHEMICAL COMPATIBILISATION AND REACTIVE COMPOUNDING.

Paper 17 Block copolymers - A versatile tool for the compatibilization of polymer blends and composites -- Paper 18 Innovations in reactive extrusion -- 9781909030138_BackPage.