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Conference Programme 2016

Day One: 16 March 2016, 09:00 – 17:00

09:00-09:05 Welcome to TCL2016:  Nick Butler, Editor, Technical Textiles International (UK)

09:05-09:35 Keynote: Sustainable lamination, Michael Kamm, Chief Executive Officer, Sympatex Technologies GmbH (Germany)

09:35-09:45 Keynote Q & A

Session One: Industry issues, Session chair: William C. (Bill) Smith, Industrial Textiles Associates, Conference Director (USA)

09:45-10:05 Coating and lamination technology - a guide to where we are going, Barry Goodwin, Managing Director, Amba Projex Ltd (UK)

10:10-10:30 How to exploit the Indian market's potential, K.S. Sundararaman, Executive Director, Shiva TexYarn Ltd (India)

10:30-11:00 Refreshment break

11:00-11:20 Coating Industry in Turkey, Pelin Terekli, R & D Director, Öztek Textile Company (Turkey)  

11:20-11:50 Workshop discussion session one

Session 2: Techniques and materials, Session Chair: Barry Goodwin, Managing Director, Amba Projex, UK

11:50-12:10 Antimicrobials with built-in marker technology, Heinz Studer, Sales Manager, Sanitized AG (Switzerland)

12:15-12:35 Advances in on-line measurement and control for optimizing coating and converting applications, Chris McGowan, Director of Systems Sales, NDC Technologies Ltd (UK)

12:35-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:15 Environmentally friendly manufacturing of light-management materials, Frans Goossens, Marketing and Sales Director, Fait Plast SpA (Italy)

14:20-14:40 Multifunctional coating and laminating machines - advantages of diversity, Albert Manser, Sales Manager, Werner Mathis AG (Switzerland)

14:45-15:15 Stringent flame retardant standards in transportation and related thermal issues, Danny Crapé, Devan Chemicals (Belgium)

15:15-15:45 Refreshment break

15:45-16:05 Systematic assessment for flame retardants - the way to more sustainable fire safety solutions, Willem Hofland, Director Advocacy, ICL-IP Europe BV (Netherlands)

16:10-16:30 Polyurethane technologies for high quality coatings, Frederik Goethals, Researcher Textile functionalisation and surface modification Centexbel (Belgium)

16:30-17:00 Workshop discussion session 2

17:30-18:30 CONFERENCE RECEPTION - Drinks and canapés in the Novotel Bar

Day Two: 17 March 2016, 09:00-17:00

Session 3: Technology for growth, Session Chair: William C. (Bill) Smith (Industrial Textiles Associates, Conference Director (USA)

09:00-09:20 Hyperbaric dry finishing technology for sustainability combined with high-performance, Gary S. Selwyn, President, Green Theme Technologies (USA)

09:25-09:45 Novel short chain (carbon C6) fluoroproducts with improved properties, Fikri Alemdaroglu, Business Manager Surface Modification, Daikin Chemical Europe GmbH (Germany)

09:50-10:10 Development of solvent free textile coatings, Geert Vermunicht, New Business Development Manager, Vetex BV (Belgium)

10:10-10:40 Refreshment break

10:40-11:00 Hot melt adhesives – a perfect combination for laminating, Guido Schürmann, Market Manager Coating & Laminating and Product Assembly EMEA, ITW Dynatec GmbH (Germany)

11:05-11:25 Cross laminated oriented nonwovens for coating and laminating - an update, Arkadiusz Borowiec, Area Sales Manager, JX Nippon ANCI SAS (France)

11:30-11:50 Responsive coatings, Brecht Demedts, Researcher Textile functionalisation and surface modification, Centexbel (Belgium)

11:50-12:30 Workshop discussion session 3

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Session 4: Opportunities, Session Chair: Gary Selwyn, President, Green Theme Technologies, USA

14:00-14:20 Functional coatings for nanofibrous membranes, Ali Kilic, PhD, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)

14:25-14:45 Digital printing and coating – opportunities with commercial graphics, Bryan Rose, Vice President & General Manager, New Business Development, Cooley Group Inc (USA)

14:50-15:10 Hydrophobic textiles in hospital design – a study on the cleaning and disinfection possibilities of coated textiles in hospital interior design, Jeppe Emil Mogensen, MSc.Eng, PhD Candidate, Researcher at VIA Design, VIA University College (Denmark)

15:10-15:40 Refreshment break

15:40-16:00 Functionalisation of high-performance fibres by means of coating technology, Marcel Alberts, Managing Director, EuroFibers bv (Netherlands)

16:05-16:25 Integration of electronic functionalities into textiles by lamination technology, Margreet de Kok, Senior Researcher, Holst Centre (Netherlands)

16:25-16:55 Workshop discussion 4 

16:55-17:00 Conference closing remarks (Bill Smith)