Program

Key Note

From flexible laminated packages to folding carton and corrugated board. Looking in the past to develop the future of the fiber based barrier structures.
Davide Pomati, BOBST, Technology Sales Manager Extrusion Coating

Basics

Rheological tools for extrusion coating
Sylvie Vervoort, Dow Benelux B.V.

Rheology and material properties in beverage cartons
Maria Eriksson, Tetra Pak

Challenge of measuring barrier layers on porous substrates – small details with high influence on the result
Andreas Roos, Mocon-Ametek

Adhesion of maleic anhydride-grafted polymers to aluminium and investigation of the temperature dependence
Uwe Süßmann, Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH
Günter Schubert

Extrusion & Lamination – processes and technology

Extrusion coating versus adhesive lamination – which process should I use?
Louis Piffer, Davis-Standard

Behind flexible packaging lamination: A process technology matter!
Ouissam Abbas, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe LLC
Linda Van den Bossche, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe LLC
Marie-Paule Van Den Eede, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe LLC

Understanding the impact of extrusion coated polyethylene to improve the organoleptic performance of flexible and liquid board packaging
Anna Helgert, Dow Chemical Ibérica S.L.

Step change to highly efficient mono PE flexible packaging with extrusion coating / lamination
Petri Myllytie, Borealis

Poster Session

Heat Sealing – Old challenges and new frontiers

Remarks on sealing and hot tack of classical, non-aluminium and so-called mono-laminates in packaging
Dr. Günter Schubert
Ralph Jänchen, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Dresden

Sealing on Stainless Steel – Peelable Lidding for reusable container
Dr. Christoph Dietrich, Amcor Flexibles Singen GmbH

Local delamination in pharmaceutical blister packages – A thermomechanical theory on buckling of heat sealed composite laminates in flexible packaging
Peter A. Gellerich, Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
Lena Bracken, Technische Universität Dresden, Chair of Processing Machines and Processing Technology

Plasma treatment

TouchlessClean – A plasma-based roller cleaning in polymer film production
Alexander Tillmans,TU Clausthal, PlasmaGreen
Leif Girnth, Derichs Walzenmanufaktur GmbH

Corona Treatment – from history to modern customized solutions and their environmental footprint
Florian Brehmer, AFS

Influence of different levels of recycled content and of plasma treatment on the surface energy of polypropylene films
Matthias Bucher, HS Albstadt-Sigmaringen

Sustainable polymer packaging – processes and functionality

Adhesion with Purpose: The Value of Primers in Sustainable Flexible Packaging.
Yong Zheng, MICA Corp

Optimization of packaging properties through nanoscale surface functionalization utilizing grafting of fatty acid chlorides (grafting)
Anna Sadzik, HS Albstadt-Sigmaringen

Sustainable solutions for extrusion coating applications
Ben Raven, Sabic

Can flexible packaging go circular? Novel packaging concepts with PE PCR and barrier
Esra Kücükpinar, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV

Paper based packaging – processes & functionality

New fibre based packaging materials
Mats Käldström, Walki Group

Key technical capabilitities in sustainable packaging material development
Ulf Nyman, Tetra Pak

Barrier dispersion coated fibre packaging
Bernhard Kainz, Dow

Novel process for exceptional stretch values in cross direction in every paper
Marion Sterner, Gruppo X

Evening Event

Measuring and characterisation

Intelligent inspection solutions for extruded and coated films
Martin Lehmkoester, Dr. Schenk GmbH

“Good” and “bad” gels
Oliver Hissmann, OCS Service GmbH

Dynamic characterisation of permeation processes in polymer packaging films
Andreas Stenzel, IVV

Recycling – Processes and design

Mechanically recycled polypropylene in packaging films: Adapting designs and compositions
Alexandra Albuna, Borealis

Recycling of beverage carton, requirements for extrusion-coated polymers and processes
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Belle, Munich University of Applied Sciences

Sustainability – Beyond recycling
presenter tba

Legislation, Guidelines and Industrial praxis

presenters tba

Converting – Properties of recycled polymers

Multiple recycling – dream or feasibility: Investigations using the example of polyethylene for sealing, shrink and stretch applications
Felix Fischbeck, IVV

Data-efficient determination of machine-specific processing windows in thermoforming using the example of PCR materials
Felix Lange, IVV

MulitRec Case Study: Evaluation of tensile properties and transport performance of virgin and PCR-containing stretch film
Bram Bamps, Hasselt University

Properties of multiple-time processed polyolefin films obtained in blow film extrusion
Konrad Szustakiewicz, Wroclaw University