2017 EU PLACE Conference Documents
The TAPPI European PLACE Conference 2017 was held May 22- 24 in Basel, Switzerland.
The Conference featured a peer-reviewed technical program including more than 40 presentations and papers presented throughout the conference.
Technical Program proceedings are free to full conference attendees and TAPPI members, just simply login to TAPPI.ORG to download any of the presentations below.
Session 1 - Packaging and Society (Session Chair: Guenter Schubert, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH)
- Keynote Address – The Changing Global Retail Market and its Impact on Packaging: Modern Consumers and the Road Ahead (Ronald Sasine, Hudson Windsor)
- The Safe Use of Extrusion Coating and Lamination for Producing Food Contact Materials (John Dixon, Flexible Packaging Europe)
- Easy Opening Packaging: Senior’s Preferences and Limitations (Selcuk Yildirim, Susanna Wenk, Christine Brombach, Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Session 2 – High-Performance Coating (Session Chair: Otto Plassmann, INEOS O&P Europe)
- Creating Differentiated Solutions Together (Linda van den Bossche ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc. and Mario Hoellnsteiner, SML)
- New LDPE Based Solutions for Running Faster Line Speeds in Extrusion Coating (Eva-Marie Kupsch, Dow Europe GmbH)
- Full PE Laminates by Extrusion Coating and Lamination (Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Borealis Polymers Oy)
Session 3 – Tie Resins and Adhesion in a New Light (Session Chair: Linda van den Bossch, ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc.)
- Understanding Adhesion in Flexible Packaging and Relevance for Converters (Esra Kucukpinar, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging)
- Adhesion in Extrusion Coating: The X-Factor (Erik Bijleveld, Yparex B.V.)
- Adhesion Development in Extrusion Coating vs Adhesive Lamination (Clio Cocquet, Arkema CERDATO)
Session 4 – Innovation Counter (Session Chair: Guenter Schubert, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH)
- Expanding and Evolving Packaging Performance for Food and Beverage Industry Parnters (Caroline Gregorio, Dow Europe GmbH)
- Innovative Heating Technology for precise Temperature Control in Sealing and Thermoforming Processes (Sascha Bach, TU Dresden/Wattron)
Session 5—Curse and Blessing of High-Performance Coating (Session Chair: Eva-Maria Kupsch, Dow Europe GmbH)
- Process Conditions & Procedures to Minimize Waste and Increase Efficiency for Extrusion Coating and Laminating (Tom Bezigian, PLC Technologies Consulting Company)
- The Challenge of Tracking NIAS in Food Contact Materials (Carina Gehring, IVV Freising)
- Conservation of the Key Properties of Polyolefins during Melt Conversion (Catherine Malchaire and Thomas Schmutz, Songwon International AG)
Session 6– Packaging Design – Process and Performance (Session Chair: Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Borealis Polymers Oy)
- Novel Equipment to Simulate Hot Air Heat Sealability of Packaging Materials (Johanna Lahti, Tampere University of Technology)
- Influence of Packaging on Shelf-Life - What Packaging Producers Need to Know (Sven Saengerlaub, Fraunhofer IVV)
- The predetermination of Opening Forces for Peelable Packages considering Material- and Test-Parameters (Roland Kiese and Ina Schreib, IVV Dresden)
- Thin Film Thermocouples for Quality Control when Heat Conductive Sealing (Ralph Jaenchen, IVV Dresden; Alexander Fromm IWM Freiburg)
Session 7—Sealing - Modelling and Implementation (Session Chair: Sven Saengerlaub, Fraunhofer IVV)
- Modelling and Simulation of non-steady thermal behaviour of Heat Sealing Tools (Sascha Bach, TU Dresden)
- New Clean High Performance Sealant Offers, with Improved Efficiencies in Both Extrusion and Packaging Lines (Bernard Fehr, Dow Europe GmbH)
Session 8—Web Handling and Equipment (Session Chair: Michael Gerstenberger, Lion Consult)
- New Tunable Coextrusion Feedblock Technology (Sam Iuliano, Nordson EDI)
- Web Handling and Tension Control Solutions in Flat-Die Extrusion Processes (Bruno Tagliabue and Castello Riccardo, Amut Dolci Bielloni Srl)
- Challenges in Web Handling (R. Duane Smith, Davis-Standard LLC)
Session 9—Poster Session and Coffee
- Thin Film Thermocouples for Quality Control when Heat Conductive Sealing (Ralph Jänchen, Alexander Fromm Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IV
- The Challenges of Winding Flexible Packaging Film (R. Duane Smith, Davis-Standard LLC)
- Novel Bio-based Materials for Active and Intelligent Packaging (Johanna Lahti, Tampere University of Technology)
- How Complete Do Coatings Bond to Aluminium Foil in Packaging? (Guenter Schubert, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH)
- Relevance of the True Temperature for the Hot Tack in Flexible Packaging (Guenter Schubert, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH)
Session 10—Adhesive Breakthrough Technology (Session Chair: Clio Cocquet, Arkema)
- Ultra-low-monomer Solvent-based Adhesives - A Step Change in Food Safety (Roberto Pela, Henkel)
- An Innovation in Solvent Less Lamination Technology Allows for Quick Curing and Other Significant Advantages (Giancarlo Caimmi, Nordmeccanica)
- SYMBIEX™ and DUPLEX ONE SHOT™: Rethinking Adhesive Lamination for Flexible Packaging (Daniele Vinci, AFM Dow Europe GmbH)
Session 11—Sustainability Solutions (Session Chair: Johanna Lahti, Tampere University of Technology)
- Sustainable Approaches in Flexible Packaging: Lightweighting, Recycling, Renewable (Karlheinz Hausmann, DuPont de Nemours Intl Sarl)
- Bio-based Multilayer Barrier Films for Food Packaging (Mika Vähä-Nissi, VTT)
- Enabling the Circular Economy in Flexible Packaging Recycling (Didem Oner-Deliormanli, The Dow Chemical Company)
Session 12: Table Top Walk (Session Chair: Bernard Fehr, Dow Europe GmbH)
Session 13 – Tip and Nip (Session Chair: Otto Plassmann, INEOS O&P Europe)
- Phenomena Characterizations when Solid Polymer Materials are Exposed to Dynamical Deformation (Erik Bergvall, Tetra Pak Packaging Material)
- Extrusion Coating and Lamination Nip Characteristics Variation for Different Nip Roll Covering Material and Process Parameters - An Experimentally Study (Stefan Breidenbach, Boettcher; Ion Postoaca, Hobblex)
- Design Optimization of a T-slot Die to Minimize Edge Thickening Using SolidWorks Flow Simulation (Michael Schroeder, Er-We-Pa)
- Neck-in and Edge Forming Phenomenon in Extrusion Coating - Utilization of Representative Non-dimensional Numbers (Ion Postoaca, Hobblex)
Session 14 – Looking Behind the Curtain (Session Chair: Bernard Fehr, Dow Europe GmbH)
- Effect of Air Gap on the Adhesion of PET Layer on Cardboard Substrate in Extrusion Coating (Esa Soukas, Tampere University)
- Disclosed Modeling Package: Tool for Molecular Architecture Serving LD Coating Application (Kanyanut Narkchamnan, SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd)
- Modeling the Effect of Polymer Rheological Properties on Curtain Behavior in Extrusion Coating (Silvie Vervooert, Dow Benelux B.V.)