Following on from the success of the 1998 conference, Rapra Technology and European Plastics News assembled an authoritative team of speakers from leading industrial organisations and academia to provide a detailed insight into the industry with technical and market presentations.

List of Papers

Olefinic TPEs, SEBs, Elastomers, and PVC: Intermaterials Competition, Markets, and Industry Structure Change
Robert Eller Robert Eller Associates, Inc., USA

Innovative New Applications for Thermoplastic Elastomers on Ester Base
Henri M. J. C. Creemers, DSM Engineering Plastics, The Netherlands

Innovative TPE Manufacturing Solutions
Mike Bednarik, Advanced Elastomer Systems, Belgium

The Use of Chemical Additives to Protect SBS Rubbers Against Ozone Attack
Colin A. Moakes, Bayer A G, Germany

New Horizons in Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE)
Stephen J. Duckworth, M. A. Hanna Engineered Materials Europe, Germany

Innovative Trends in Thermoplastic Vulcanisates (TPV)
L. van der Loo and E. Deckers, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers, The Netherlands(Abstract only)

Thermoplastic Elastomers of Nitrile Rubber and Nylon 6
M. Mehrabzadeh and N. Delfan, Iran Polymer Institute, Iran

Compatabilizing of PP and Polymer of Ethylene Series by a New Hydrogenated Polybutadiene Block Polymer
Horioki Nakashima, JSR Corporation, Japan

TPEs in Railway Applications
Ralph Samel, EuroTrends Research Limited, UK

Market Trends in TPE for Footwear Applications
Steve Lee, Steve Lee Associates, UK

New TPEs Partially Crosslinked Using Functionalised Random Copolymers
Daniel Milesi, Multibase, France

Recent Advances in Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Technology
Philip Morin, Jitender Batra and John Politis, Teknor Apex Company, USA

Coextrusion of EPDM and TPV Hyrid Profiles
Lothar Kster and Ger Vroomen, Krupp Elastomertechnik GmbH, Germany and DSM Elastomers Application Centre of Expertise, The Netherlands

Flock and Decorative Tape for Application to TPE for Automotive Seals
Richard Castonguay, Dorrie International, USA

Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)
Klmn Marossy and Andrs Tth, Borsodchem Rt., Hungary

New Grade of SBS Thermoplastic Elastomers with Improved Stability
Jean-Marie Mlinaric, Fina Research SA, Belgium
(Abstract only)

Special Technologies for Injection Moulding of TPEs
Peter Pokorny, Engel Maschinenbau GmbH, Austria

Fast, Precise Quality Control Analysis of TPE
Henri G. Burhin, Alpha Technologies, Belgium(Abstract only)

Dynamic Car Weather Seals Made From Foamed TPEs
Harry van de Oord, Draftex, Germany
(Paper withdrawn prior to conference)