Organisers of UTECH Europe 2015 polyurethanes event have announced full details of its comprehensive three-day conference taking place April 14-16, 2015 at the MECC, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Featuring over 90 detailed technical papers delivered in a total of 11 sessions, the conference will cover the latest developments in the world of polyurethanes and reveal unique insights into the global market.
Frank Grunert president of ISOPA and regional head of polyurethanes at Bayer MaterialScience will deliver the welcome address ahead of the keynotes from Tony Hankins, president of Huntsman Polyurethanes and Soichi Inoue CEO of Inoac.
Two highlights from the conference’s plenary session looking at key strategic and market developments are Hassan Baalbaki, Vice President, Baalbaki Group who will present his Outlook for the PU Industry in the Middle East and Robert Outram, associate director at IAL Consultants, who will give the conference’s strategic business review. Among other highlights will be a groundbreaking paper by Galen J. Suppes of the University of Missouri on computer modelling of polyurethane formulations in the conference’s science session.
The three-day conference programme includes sessions covering all areas of the polyurethanes industry including markets, the latest developments in polyurethane science, and innovation in materials and machinery.
Sustainability and the use of renewable resources remain a key focus, with no less than 11 papers devoted to the subject on the conference’s first day. Further sessions are devoted to the diverse applications of polyurethanes including the automotive market, flexible foams, energy efficient rigid foams, and CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers). Among topics covered in a special ISOPA session will be REACH and fire safety. Klaus Breuer of PDA Europe will introduce the conference’s polyureas session.
Representatives of all the industry’s major players are due to present including senior researchers and executives from Huntsman, Dow, Bayer MaterialScience, Wanhua BorsodChem, BASF, Du Pont, Shell Chemicals, Momentive and Evonik Industries. – Business Wire