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| 09:20 | Chairman’s opening remarks CHRIS SMITH, Editor and Conference Manager
EUROPEAN PLASTICS NEWS |
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| 09:30 | Current and future trends in the plastics in medical devices industry FRITZ MAIER, Europe Market Development Manager
UNIVAC PRECISION ENGINEERING PTE LTD |
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| 10:00 | Effective selection of plastics for medical devices -
Basic principles for biocompatible plastics selections -
Understanding the implication of ISO 10993 and other biocompatibility standards -
How to select a test program for final devices -
Screening test and principal steps for the characterisation of plastic raw materials JEAN-PIERRE BOUTRAND, General Manager, Scientific Director
BIOMATECH |
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| 10:30 | From materials to application -
Material/application requirements and application development -
Co-operation with different partners in the supply chain -
Examples of specific healthcare applications Mr HANS MELIO, Managing Director
GL Plastics JAN-WILLEM DEN HOLLANDER, Sales Engineer
GL PLASTICS |
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| 11:00 | Question and answer session |
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| 11:10 | |
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| 11:40 | Function follows design: Future packaging and devices in the medical devices and pharmaceutical industry HARALD GRÜN, Sales & Marketing Director
BALDA MEDICAL |
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| 12:10 | The use of novel polymers -
Potential applications -
synthesis, processing and surface modifications -
high temperature thermoplastics, elastomers, rubbers, electroactive, etc -
surface modifications for improved biocompatibility -
improvements in plant-derived and degradable polymers to allow use in medical devices and packaging KARL KRATZ, Head of Analytics Department
INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH |
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| 12:40 | Rational selection of plastics and elastomers for medical devices and supplies -
Why is it not easy to select polymers in a systematic manner? -
Where can we get data from? -
How do we account for materials attributes, like biocompatibility and sterilisability, that are important for medical applications? -
How can we trade-off cost, mass, size and performance in design? -
How do we provide accurate data for CAE? PATRICK COULTER, Chief Operating Officer
GRANTA DESIGN |
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| 13:10 | Question and answer session |
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| 13:20 | |
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| 14:30 | CASE STUDY: Innovative thermoplastics materials for healthcare applications ROB DE JONG, Industry Manager Healthcare
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS |
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| 15:00 | Sustainable polymers and plastics through green chemistry -
Drivers for change in chemicals and plastics -
Principles of green chemistry and sustainable development -
Challenges and opportunities across the product lifecycle -
Green chemistry opportunities for materials design and preparation -
Biorefinaries and new green and sustainable products from biomass JAMES CLARK, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Green Chemistry
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE |
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| 15:45 | Question and answer session |
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| 15:55 | |
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| 16:15 | Thermoplastic elastomer compounds from a medical perspective -
Exploring the possibilities of styrenic based thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds in medical applications -
Aspects of TPE compounds and compounding as seen from a medical perspective -
Considerations when running a medical grade TPE development project NIKLAS OTTOSSON, Technical Manager Medical
VTC TPE GROUP |
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| 16:45 | Efficient procedures from innovation to mass production of medical devices -
Analysing of innovation -
Efficient development work to shorten leadtime -
Short delivery times of tooling -
High quality design of experiment (DOE) -
Flexible automation JOHAN LINDQVIST, Business Manager Pharma, Chemical Engineer
MEDIFIQ |
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| 17:15 | Question and answer session |
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| 17:30 | Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day One |
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| 19:00 | Conference dinner for all delegates and speakers
Informal networking dinner (included in the delegate fee) |
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