THURSDAY - March 25th 2004
|
| 18.00 - 20.00 |
Conference Registration at the Conference Centre
|
from 20.00
onwards |
Reception at the Conference Centre
|
FRIDAY - March 26th 2004 - GENERAL SESSION
|
| 08.00 - 09.00 |
Conference Registration at the Conference Centre
|
| |
INTRODUCTION
Moderator: Andy Eavis
Thompson Plastics
|
| 09.00 - 09.10 |
Conference Introduction
Ken Braney
Chairman European Thermoforming Division
|
| 09.10 - 09.20 |
Welcome to Viareggio
Riccardo Palatresi
Conference Chairman
|
| 09.20 - 10.00 |
Achieving long term excellence
TQM - Total Quality Management
Peter Docwra
EFQM - European Foundation for Quality Management
|
| 10.00 - 10.20 |
Coffeebreak
|
| 10.20 - 11.00 |
"Market trends in European Thermoforming"
ETD Committee
chaired by Ray Lewis
|
| 11.00 - 11.40 |
JCB Excavators:
"What do we expect from our suppliers !"
Dr
Steiger
JCBamford Excavators Ltd
|
| 11.40 - 12.20 |
Termoformatura in Italia
(Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)
Rinaldo Zuccato
Solera Materie Plastiche Srl
|
| 12.20 - 13.30 |
Buffet Lunch
|
| |
THIN GAUGE SESSION
Moderator:Fabio Vergeat
|
| 13.30 - 14.05 |
Thin Gauge Thermoforming
"Italian Style"
Antonio Roppo
Giano Plastica
|
| 14.15 - 14.50 |
Material Development :
Topas COC - Properties & Applications
Ekkehard Beer
Ticona Europe
|
| 14.50 - 15.10 |
Coffeebreak
|
| 15.10 - 15.45 |
Continuous Thin Gauge Twin Sheet Forming
Some Applications ...
Thomas Brueggl
Kiefel AG
|
| 15.55 - 16.30 |
New Process Engineering Methods
for Thermoforming
Sven Engelmann
Adolf Illig Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
|
| |
|
| |
THICK GAUGE SESSION
Moderator: Mauro Bonaventura
|
| 13.30 - 14.05 |
Laser Cutting (finally...)
Norbert Preuss
Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik
|
| 14.15 - 14.50 |
From Design Data to Finished Product ?
Manfred Geiss
Geiss AG
|
| 14.50 - 15.10 |
Coffeebreak
|
| 15.10 - 15.45 |
View on Materials for Thermoforming
"Past, Present and Future"
Richard Donnell
former Executive British Vita
|
| 15.55 - 16.30 |
Twin Sheet Market: Two Years on ...
ETD Comittee
chaired by Marc Ommeslagh
|
| |
|
| 19.00 - … |
Sponsor´s Dinner at Grand Hotel at Viareggio
|
SATURDAY - March 27th 2004
|
| 09.00 - 12.15 |
WORKSHOP I |
(10.30 - 10.50
coffeebreak)
|
A passionate belief in Excellence
(Are we managing properly ?)
Manfred Jacob, Jeff Pitt
|
| |
|
| 09.00 - 12.15 |
WORKSHOP II |
(10.30 - 10.50
coffeebreak) |
Market Development in Thermoforming.
Expansion or Contraction?
Frank Nelissen, Ken Braney, Ray Lewis
|
| |
|
| 09.00 - 12.15 |
WORKSHOP III |
(10.30 - 10.50
coffeebreak) |
The Thermoforming Factory of the Future:
"Man or Machine?"
Marc Ommeslagh, Sven Engelmann
|
| 12.15 - 13.30 |
Buffet Lunch
|
| |
GENERAL SESSION
Moderator: Romeo Cociancich
Loran SRL |
| 13.30 - 14.10 |
Thermoforming : All about safety !
"What can we learn from the recent fatalities in the Thermoforming Industry ?"
Graham King
Health&Safety Executive
|
| 14.10 - 14.50 |
ABC of Surface Finish
"What are we talking about?"
Johann Kappacher
Senoplast
|
| 14.50 - 15.10 |
Coffeebreak
|
| 15.10 - 15.50 |
Thermoforming Simulation Today
"A Vision for Tomorrow"
Bernd Hegemann
IKP - University of Stuttgart
|
| 15.50 - 16.30 |
"Boss, I shrunk the parts !"
How to control final part size ?
Jim Throne
Sherwood Technologies USA
|
| 16.30 - 16.45 |
Conference End
Ken Braney
ETD Chairman
|