5th European Thermoforming Conference
Programme 2006

"Market Development through Innovation"

THURSDAY - March 16th 2006
18.00 - 20.00 Conference Registration at the Salzburg Congress
20.00 -
22.00
Reception at the Salzburg Congress
FRIDAY - March 17th 2006
08.00 - 08.45

Conference Registration at the Salzburg Congress

  GENERAL SESSION

08.45 -
09.00

Introduction

Ken Braney, Chairman ETD
Reinhold Plot, Conference Chairman

09.00 - 09.45

Market Development through Innovation

Jason Rowe, Lotus, UK

09.45 - 10.30

Technological Assets create Company Wealth


Gijs Paauwe / former-president SPE Benelux, Netherlands
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30


The Passion Chain

Guido Thys, Netherlands, Keynote Speaker:

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
  TECHNICAL SESSION
14.00 -
15.30

New Method for continuously Processing:
Monitoring the Thermoforming Sheet
Temperature

Stefan Stolze, Raytek, Germany

Fuel Tank Developments

Francesco Fiorentini, Cannon, Italy

15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00-
17.30

Modified Atmosphere Packaging

Uwe Heer, Kiefel AG,Germany

(R)EVOLUTION of Automated Thermoforming Production

Heinrich Rudholzer, Germany

17.30 End
 

COMMERCIAL SESSION

14.00 -
15.30

The 7 Ways of Processing:
Waste or Profit

Steve Williamson, SJW Associates Ltd., UK

The Plastics Future Market

Peter Davis, BPF, UK

15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 - 17.30

Recent Trends -
International Competitiveness

Walter Scherrer, Salzburg University, Austria

Managing in Era of Great and Accelerating Change

Roger Jones, Franklin Intl, USA

17.30 End
20.00

Dinner at Stieglkeller

SATURDAY - March 18th 2006
08.30 - 10.15 WORKSHOP I

Working Practice

(Regulations, Responsibilities)

Tony Hoyland, UK & Thomas Wittich / TUV, Austria

08.30 - 10.15 WORKSHOP II

Design


Rob Crins & Jeroen op ten Berg, GBO Design-Eng, Netherlands
10.15 -
10.45
Break
10.45-12.30 WORKSHOP III

T-FORM

Ing. Josef Seidl,Seidl Tec, Austria &
Marco Smit
TNO, NL
10.45-12.30

Workshop IV

Higher Quality — Lower Costs
The new generation of Extrusion and Thermoforming

Christian Schade, Basf & Martin Barth, Illig & Peter Rieg, Battenfeld, Germany

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
 

PRESENTATIONS

14.00-
14.45

Packaging Developments

Henry Heil, Nokia, USA

14.45 - 15.30

Developments in Exterior Automotive Body Parts

Werner Pamminger, Kunststoff Cluster, Austria, Christian Pilz, Rosenbauer, Austria

15.30-
16.00
Break
16.00-
16.45

Thermoforming of microstructures for chip-sized life sciences applications

Roman Truckenmüller
& Stefan Giselbrecht, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

16.45-
17.00

Close Remarks

Ken Braney, Chairman ETD
Reinhold Plot, Conference Chairman ETD

17.00

End