MASTERBATCH 2012 CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

The programme has been announced for the AMI Masterbatch 2012 conference, which this year will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. The first event was held in London in 1987 and it has since become well established as the regular international forum for the global masterbatch industry attracting over 200 attendees every year.

 The conference is being held at the prestigious Imperial Riding School Renaissance Hotel in Vienna from 19th-21st June 2012 with headline sponsorship being provided by BASF. Other sponsors include Nubiola, Buss and MCA Technologies. AMI’s masterbatch conference has always been at the forefront of presenting new ideas for the industry and this year’s event will once again offer the masterbatch industry the opportunity to not only learn about some of the innovative, added-value products being developed, but also hear directly from customers about the trends in their industry with speakers from IBM and Bosch Siemens.

A series of presentations will look at the latest trends in colorants, special effect pigments and functional additives to give fresh insight into how to add value to products.  The pigments session will include papers from Cabot, Nubiola, BASF, MCA Technologies and Merck, while the materials session will look at developments in resins and functional additives with papers from BASF Schweiz, Dupont, Danisco and Sabic. The conference will also include updates from equipment suppliers on how to improve performance and cut costs and include presentations from major equipment suppliers including Buss, Coperion and Leistritz. This will be complimented by presentations looking at design and colour trends in consumer products and what that will mean for the use of masterbatch.

Speakers from Minima Design, Comai and Gabriel Chemie will consider these issues.

The conference will also provide detailed analysis of the current global market trends and AMI's Research Director, Andrew Reynolds, will be presenting the findings of AMI's latest in-depth research into the worldwide masterbatch market and the future development of the industry.

In addition to delivering quality papers Masterbatch 2012 also offers superb and cost-effective networking opportunities with its extensive table top exhibition area.

The full programme can now be found on AMI's website: www.amiplastics.com  For further information on attending, exhibiting or sponsoring this event please contact Sabine Prack at AMI Conferences: sp@amiplastics.com