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Table of Contents:
Paper 1 - The thermoplastic elastomer scene in 2005 Barry Statham, Consultant, UK SESSION 1. DEVELOPMENTS IN TPVS Paper 2 - A new thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) with differentiated properties in comparison with EPDM based TPV Daniel Milesi & Pierre Rousseau, Multibase SAS a Dow Corning Company, France Paper 3 - Engineering TPV for extrusion applications Anke Sutschek,Orvar Otterstedt, Mark Jacobs, Coreen Lee & H. Chul Lee, DuPont de Nemours Intl. S.A., Switzerland Paper 4 - Si-based technology for thermoplastic vulcanizates Valerie Smits & Thierry Materne, Dow Corning S.A., Belgium Paper 5 - An innovative way of dynamic vulcanization of EVA in the presence of PP: chemical, processing and mechanical properties Prof. Philippe Cassagnau, Dr. Catherine Joubert and Dr. Alain Michel, University of Lyon, France SESSION 2. TPES FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS Paper 6 - Polyolefin resin for airbag application - morphology of soft resin and parts performance Nadeem Bokhari, Autoliv North America; Hiroshi Toyoda & Kousuke Ohtani, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan Paper 7 - The influence of painting systems on TPVs in low temperature deployment behaviour of airbag doors Herman Vos, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers, The Netherlands Paper 8 - Development of new TPV sponge materials and foaming systems for dynamic automotive weatherseals Jere Anderson, Trexel Inc., USA & Eric Jourdain, Santoprene specialty products of ExxonMobil Chemical, Belgium Paper 9 - TPV for hidden door frames Ger Vroomen, DSM Thermoplastic Elastomers, The Netherlands & Klaus-Peter Maass, GDX-Grefrath, Germany SESSION 3. NATURAL RUBBER BASED TPVS Paper 10 - Natural rubber based TPVs for improved performance Dr. Stuart Cook, J. Patel & Dr. Andrew Tinker, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC), UK SESSION 4. TPES FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS Paper 11 - Further advances in developing quality automotive products by incorporating end of life vehicle parts Gary Pollard, Vita Thermoplastic Compounds Ltd., UK Paper 12 - Reprocessable recycling TPEs from rubber powder - mechanical properties and applications of shore A types Dr. Henrik Scholz & Dr. Armin Dittmar, Faru GmbH, Germany Paper 13 - Thermoplastic elastomers based on ground rubber tyre Prof. Eduard Prut, Tatiana Medintseva, Olga Kuznetsova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia SESSION 5. STYRENIC TPEs Paper 14 - New thermoplastic elastomer "TU-Polymer" Mizuho Maeda, Kuraray Europe GmbH, Germany Paper 15 - A novel robust polyamide overmold thermoplastic elastomer John Simons, Krishna Venkataswamy, Jiren Gu & Walter Ripple, GLS Corporation, USA Paper 16 - SBS-block copolymer with unique structure and properties Robert Huber, BASF AG, Germany Paper 17 - Comparing elongational behaviour of SBS and SEBS copolymers in the melt state Dr. Fabio Bacchelli, Polimeri Europa S.p.A., Italy Paper 18 - The role of polyisobutylene in TPE formulations Patrick Ellis, Alain Prevot & Xavier Tassel, Polytechs SA, France SESSION 6. THERMOPLASTIC URETHANES (TPU) Paper 19 - Without plasticizers - non plasticised thermoplastic polyurethane Andreas Tiemann & Rolf Steinberger, Elastogran GmbH, Germany Paper 20 - Soft TPU - design and applications Georg Fuchte, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany SESSION 7. POLYAMIDE TPEs Paper 21 - PEBA - high performance TPEs for sports applications Dr. Martin Wielpuetz & Michael Beyer, Degussa AG High Performance Polymers, Germany SESSION 8. COPOLYESTER TPE Paper 22 - New developments in the application of TPE-E in breathable film Francis Aussems, DSM Engineering Plastics, The Netherlands SESSION 9. PROCESSING TPEs Paper 23 - Bonding TPEs with cyanoacrylate adhesives Bob Goss, Henkel Loctite Adhesives Ltd., UK Paper 24 - Multi-component mould technologies and the possibilities for design of products Klaus Rahnhoefer, Demag Plastics Group, Germany Paper 25 - Corner moulding - combined TPE-EPDM injection Armin Stutz, LWB Steinl GmbH & Co KG, & Hans-Volker Buchholz, Meteor Gummiwerke, German
