Delivering innovation and functionality in decorative plastic products

Day 1 - Monday 17 November 2008

8:30

Registration and refreshments

9:30

Chairman's welcome and opening remarks

9:40

Successful integration of in-mould decoration

  • Integration of form and trim processes within the supply chain
    • where and why?
  • The engineering requirements for successful IMD programme launches
  • How to achieve success at multiple manufacturing sites around the world
Fred Himmelien , President and CEO, Hytech Forming Systems
10:10

How to make IML a success in your organisation

  • Reasons why an OEM uses IML
  • Exploring where IML is being used in consumer products
  • Where OEMs use IML:  The geography factor
  • IML:  Current fad or long term solution
Richard Moore , Global Director of Technology - Consumer & Electronics, Nypro
10:40

Easy moulding PET film for decoration

  • Merit
    • design
    • cost reduction
    • environment friendly and lightweight
  • Applications - mobile phone, note PC, automotive, electronics
  • New product
    • multi-layers film
    • metallic luster
    • metal free
Shinji Yanai , PICASUS Marketing & Sales Group Leader, Toray International Inc.
11:10

Question and answer session

11:20

Break

11:50

Large area decoration markets

  • New dimensions on injection moulding industrial fluxogram to IMD
    • from mould to concept
    • IMD decoration production to robot support injection moulding in-house
  • Parts production for furniture, garden, household, machinery covers, automotive, etc
David Forrester Zamith , CEO, Ruy de Lacerda & Cª Lda-Portugal
12:20

Spectrum of design solutions by printing in IMD/FIM

  • 3D effects in deep gloss for flat applications
  • Challenges and solutions for special designs
  • Highlighting new options for automotives
Dr Hans-Peter Erfurt , IMD Manager, Pröll KG
12:50

Question and answer session

13:00

Lunch

14:15

High-end surfaces for automotive and electronics

  • Kurz as supplier of decoration and more on foils
  • Construction of a transfer-decoration foil
  • Application methods: Hot Stamping, Inmould Decoration, Insert Moulding
  • Advantages of foil decoration
  • Variety of decorated surfaces and objects
Dr Thomas Hagen , Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
Dr Thomas Schuster , Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
14:45

High impact interior decorative surfaces using IMD technology

  • Growing trend for high gloss surfaces within the car interior
  • Challenges with conventional technologies
  • Incorporating IMD/FIM technologies within the design spectrum
    • challenges and opportunities
Steve Mathers , Vice President Sales Europe & Asia Pacific, Advanced Decorative Systems
15:15

Question and answer session

15:25

Break

16:00

Panel discussion

Can film insert IMD break into the moulding mainstream?  If so, how?

Richard Moore , Global Director of Technology - Consumer & Electronics, Nypro
Steve Mathers , Vice President Sales Europe & Asia Pacific, Advanced Decorative Systems
Kevin O'Hara , Project Manager - Automotive IMD, MacDermid Autotype Limited
16:30

Chairman's close of day one

16:30

Networking drinks reception for all attendees

Day 2 - Tuesday 18 November 2008

9:00

Refreshments

9:30

Chairman's opening remarks

9:40

Polycarbonate films inside FIM process

  • Film properties and product requirements
  • FIM process chain for part decoration
  • Design feature with transparent films
  • New films & functional films
  • New technologies and market trends
Dirk Pophusen , Head of Business Development Films Unit, Bayer MaterialScience
10:10

Hardcoatings and film insert moulding: A value-added synergy

  • FIM is now a fully accepted process for high volume production
  • Use of hardcoatings presents extended opportunities to add value
  • Review component and function integration possibilities
  • We look to the future of the process with new capabilities
Kevin O'Hara , Project Manager - Automotive IMD, MacDermid Autotype Limited
10:40

Question and answer session

10:50

Break

11:20

Fluorex bright film as chrome plating replacement used in IMD

  • What is Fluorex Paint film and how it is used
  • How it can be used in various applications
  • Case studies:  Applications that use Fluorex Bright films
  • Outlook:  New developments for Fluorex Bright films
Pieter van der Ster , Business Director, Soliant BV
11:50

Digital printing - The in mould added value

  • Considering digital printing for this application
  • Who can enjoy the benefts?
  • The technical possibilities
Christian Menegon , Industrial Business Development Manager, Hewlett Packard Indigo
12:20

Conference wrap up, question and answer session

12:50

Chairman's closing remarks

13:00

Lunch and networking

14:00

Close of conference

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