Renewable Plastics Programme
Wednesday 7 July 2010
08.00 Registration and refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Valorising the plastic supply chain
* Outline current plastics market
* Where do bio-based plastics fit?
* Feedstock and sustainability
* End of life options and which is best
John Williams, Polymers & Materials Manager, NATIONAL NON FOOD CROPS CENTRE
09.45 Investing in renewable polymers: A venture capital perspective
* The opportunities and challenges of investing in renewable polymers
* From bench to plant: How to scale-up quickly and cost-effectively
* Standing on the shoulders (and toes) of giants
* Case study: Plaxica investment
Alex Hook, Investment Manager, NESTA
10.15 Furanics for plastics: Bio-based building blocks by chemical catalysis
* Update on production of FDCA from non-food biomass
* Scale up to pilot plant
* Initial results in FDCA-based materials
Dirk den Ouden, Director New Businss Development, AVANTIUM CHEMICALS BV
10.45 Questions and answers
11.00 Break
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End-user perspectives11.30 The Coca-Cola Company and Plantbottle
* Evolving a better bottle
* Technical path
* Long-term sustainability
* Right for business, right for environment
Mike Gamble, Director Innovation & Design Development & Commercialisation Director Europe Group, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
12.00 Renewable plastics in the global packaging and sustainability strategy of a brand owner
Philippe Roulet, Head of Global Packaging Materials & Training, NESTLE
12.30 European retailers perspective on renewable plastics
* Green plastics vs. traditional plastics in food packaging applications
- cost and performance comparison
* European retailers point of view on green plastics
- different opinions for different countries
* Success story of green plastics in retail food packaging applications
Antonio Terzoni, Group Marketing & Raw Materials Purchasing, COOPBOX EUROPE
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13.00 Questions and answers
13.15 Lunch
14.30 Recent UK R&D in lightweight packaging for trays and related products
* Selection of bio-based plastics for lightweight packaging that can meet MAP and biodegradation criteria
* Competitive technologies based in micro-cellular food grade recycled PET
* Processing and economic evaluation of selected materials
Edward Kosior, Managing Director, NEXTEK LIMITED
15.00 The end of life of bioplastics: Confusion, expectation and sustainability
* Which plastics claim to be bio?
* The confused perception of bioplastics by the consumers
* Sustainable ends-of-life for biopackaging
Gaelle Janssens, Prevention and R&D Manager, FOSTPLUS
15.30 Questions and answers
15.45 Break
16.15 Beyond the niche: Life Cycle Assessment for bio-based plastics
* Principle features of LCA
* Methodological challenges
* Study results
Martin K. Patel, UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
16.45 Opportunities for PHBV (Poly(3-hydroxybutvricacid-co-3-hydroxyvaleric acid) in the bioplastics marketplace
* Emerging trends in the bioplastics landscape
* Commercialisation status of PHBV
* Regulatory compliance status
* Biobased blends of PHBV with other polymers
Dr. Jim Lunt, VP Sales & Marketing, TIANAN BIOLOGIC MATERIALS CO. LTD
17.15 Renewable engineering polymers for technical applications
- Arkema biobased and innovation strategy
- Renewable but technical: Feedstocks and benefits of the products
- Applications in consumers and automotive applications
- Conclusions
Christophe Lacroix, Global Business Manager, ARKEMA
17.45 Questions and answers
18.00 Close of day one
18.00 Drinks reception for all attendees
Thursday 8 July 2010
08.30 Refreshments
09.00 Chairman's opening remarks
09.15 Sustainable innovation in engineering plastics
* Global response innovative offer
* Technyl Exten: Engineering plastics
* Technyl 4earth: Sustainable business model
Ralph Risse, Global Innovation & Marketing Manager, RHODIA POLYAMIDE
09.45 Community engineering versus genetic engineering for production of polyhydroxyalkanoates
* Sustainable conversion of waste to raw materials
* Basic advantages of microbial community engineering
* Efficiency of microbial community engineering based PHA production
* Bottlenecks for practical implementation
* Future perspectives
Yang Jiang, Department of Biotechnology, DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
10.15 Performance polymers based on renewable resources
* Products, processes and applications
Alfonso Sanz, Product Manager Performance Polymers - Specialities, DUPONT
10.45 Questions and answers
11.00 Break
11.30 Implications of using natural components for applicability and properties of biodegradable packaging products
* Protein
* Carbohydrate
* (Mechanical) properties
* Constraints with regard to applications
Dr. Jeroen van Soest, Manager Innovations Non-Food Applications, MENEBA BV
12.00 Biodegradable polyesters from agricultural waste and surplus materials
* Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters
- general features and potential fields of application
* The economic challenges of PHA production
* Available agricultural waste and surplus materials for PHA production in different global regions
* Outlook: The near future of biopolymers
Dr. Martin Koller, Senior Researcher, GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
12.30 Bioplastics a la carte
* Masterbatches for extrusion and thermoforming film application
- functional masterbatches to enhance mechanical and heat performance of biopolymers
- optical masterbatches to change visual appearance
* BIOLOY for injection moulding
- bio-compounds and blends tailor-made for durable goods
Daniel Ganz, Business Development and Biopolymer Market Manager, SUKANO SWITZERLAND
12.50 Questions and answers
13.00 Lunch
14.15 Newly developed polymers for renewable and compostable plastics
* Latest developments in biorefinary
Stefano Facco, New Business Development Director, NOVAMONT SPA
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Making today's bios fit for market14.45 Biopolymer database: Evaluating quantity, quality and comparability of biopolymer materials
* Statistical market overview of biopolymers
* Common mistakes made when ascertaining performance characteristics of biopolymers
* Biopolymers in comparison to commercial polymers
* Description of material properties
* Statistical overview on the users of the database to date
Maren Bengs, Research Assistant, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
15.05 Bioplastic: Far more than just packaging
* Raw bioplastics and their need to be enhanced
* Compounding - the key to unique bioplastics properties
* Bioplastics - examples of use in an increasing range of applications, not just packaging
Graham Whitchurch, Sales Manager, UK and Ireland, FKUR KUNSTSTOFFE
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15.25 Questions and answers
15.40 Chairman's closing remarks
15.45 Close of conference
(We reserve the right to cancel or alter the programme)
