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Events bioplastics MAGAZINE presents: The first bio!CAR Conference on Biobased Materials in Automotive Applications, organised jointly by bioplastics MAGAZINE and the nova-Institut is the must-attend conference for everyone interested in replacing petroleum based materials in automotive applications by alternatives made from renewable resources. The conference offers high class presentations from top individuals from raw material providers as well as from OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers already using biobased materials. The unique event also offers excellent networking opportunities along with a table top exhibition. Please find below the updated programme. Find more details and register at the conference website. Conference on Biobased Materials for Automotive Applications 24 – 25 sep. 2015 www.bio-car.info Programme - bio!CAR: Conference on Biobased Materials in Automotive Applications Thursday, September 24, 2015 07:00 - 08:30 Registration, Welcome-Coffee 08:30 - 08:45 Michael Thielen, Polymedia Publisher Welcome Remarks 08:45 - 09:15 Christian Bonten, Univ. Stuttgart Keynote: Actual plastic innovations to meet current requirements and demands for the modern automotive industry 09:15 - 09:40 Ralf Kindervater, BioPro Baden Württemberg The impact of biobased materials in the bioeconomy of tomorrow: mouse or elephant ? 09:40 - 10:05 Elmar Witten, AVK Trends and Developments in the composites market 10:05 - 10:30 Michael Carus, nova-Institute Biocomposites in the Automotive Industry, markets and environment 10:30 - 10:45 Q&A 10:45 - 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 - 11:35 Gareth Davies, Composites Evolution Hybrid carbon-biocomposite automotive structures with reduced weight, cost, NVH and environmental impact 11:35 - 12:00 Hans-Josef Endres, Institute for Bioplastics & Biocomposites Biobased hybrid structures for automotive applications 12:00 - 12:25 Mona Duhme, Fraunhofer UMSICHT and Amparo Verdú Solís, AIMPLAS 12:25 - 12:40 Q&A 12:40 - 13:45 Lunch Review of ECOplast project: Research in new biomass-based composites from renewable resources with improved properties for vehicle parts moulding 13:45 - 14:10 Nicolas Dufaure, Arkema A long-term innovation to offer the widest range of biobased polyamides 14:10 - 14:35 Andreas Weinmann and Anna Hoiss, DSM Capturing the performance of green 14:35 - 15:00 Keiichirou Kanatani, Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering biobased plastic, another solution for automotive applications 15:00 - 15:25 Sangeetha Ramaswamy, Systematic integration of bio-materials in automotive Interiors Institute of Textile Technology, Aachen 15:25 - 15:40 Q&A 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 - 16:25 Oliver Ehlert, DIN Certco Bioplastics – Standards and Cerification 16:25 - 16.50 Luisa Medina and Florian Gortner Development of a new test tool to measure emissions and odors from NF composites Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe, Karlsruhe 16:50 - 17:00 Q&A 17:00 - 17:30 Panel discussion, t.b.c. Future of automobile interior parts – Light weight, easy recyclable, bio-based or even bio-degradable? Where does the journey go? Friday, September 25, 2015 09:00 - 09:25 Maira Magnani, Ford Motor Company Filling the (technology) gaps to promote the use of bio-based materials: Ford Motor Company’s example 09:25 - 09:50 Francesca Brunori, Röchling Plantura, PLA compounds for automotive applications 09:50 - 10:15 Marc Mézailles, PolyOne A new natural fiber reinforced solution 10:15 - 10:40 Hans-Jörg Gusovius, Leibniz-Institute Novel whole-crop raw materials for automotive applications for Agricultural Engineering 10:40 - 10:55 Q&A 10:55 - 11:20 Coffee Break 11:20 - 11:45 Hans Hoydonckx, TransFurans Chemicals Latest innovations of TFC in the use of PFA resin systems 11:45 - 12:10 Marjan van Urk , Lanxess Bio-based EP(D)M rubber for high performance automotive applications 12:10 - 12:35 Stefano Facco, Novamont Renewable Oils, Esters and Fillers for Rubber compounding 12:35 - 12:50 Q&A 12:50 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 14:35 Thibaud Caulier, Solvay Epicerol A bio-based building block to reduce the environmental footprint of the automotive industry 14:35 - 14:50 François Vanfleteren, Lineo A sandwich panel reinforced with flax fibers for the automotive 14:50 - 15:15 Christian Fischer, Bcomp Save weight and cost with powerRibs in interior and exterior 15.15 - 15:40 Lars Ziegler, Tecnaro Bio-based Thermoplastic Compounds and Composites 15:40 - 15:55 Q&A 15:55 - 16:00 Michael Thielen Closing remarks (subject to changes, visit www.bio-pac.info for updates) 8 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/15] Vol. 10
io CAR REGISTER NOW to RESERve your SEAT biobased materials for automotive applications conference 24 – 25 September 2015 Stuttgart » The amount of plastics in modern cars is constantly increasing. » Plastics and composites help achieving light-weighting targets. » Plastics offer enormous design opportunities. » Plastics are important for the touch-and-feel and the safety of cars. BUT: consumers, suppliers in the automotive industry and OEMs are more and more looking for biobased alternatives to petroleum based materials. That‘s why bioplastics MAGAZINE is organizing this new conference on biobased materials for the automotive industry. co-orgnized by in cooperation with www.bio-car.info supported by VK Media Partner
