| 8:00 |
Registration and refreshments
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| 9:00 |
Chairman's opening remarks
ROBERT GRACE, Editor, Associate Publisher and Conference Director, Plastics News
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| 9:10 |
FROM EMERGING TRENDS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES
- A unique perspective on social and automotive trends
- How trends lead to new automotive concepts and applications
- A translation of trends into exciting opportunities for plastics
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| 9:40 |
DESIGN PERSPECTIVE
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| 10:10 |
THE INFLUENCE OF PC GLAZING ON FUTURE VEHICLE DESIGN
- Design-related capabilities of PC glazing
- Merging surface and glazing: new styling elements introduced
- Functional design integration
- Concept car examples
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| 10:40 |
Question and answer session
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| 10:50 |
Break
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| 11:20 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PC AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING IN MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL GROUP
- Market trends in Japan
- Development trends
- processing technology
- hardcoat technology
- IR-protection (material/coating)
- material developments for automotive glazing
- Practical use evaluation equipment
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| 11:50 |
1998 - 1008: 10 YEARS OF AUTOMOTIVE PLASTIC GLAZING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
- freeglass: 'the story of an innovation': 10 years of field experience as worldwide market leader for plastic glazing
- Glazing applications using transparent polymers
- Plastic and glazing: situation of the market and challenges
- Plastic backlite: the next big thing
- The question of plastic glazing regulation for vehicles/business growth is limited in the USA?
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| 12:20 |
Question and answer session
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| 12:30 |
Lunch
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| 13:40 |
Afternoon opening remarks
RHODA MIEL, Reporter, Plastics News
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| 13:45 |
EXTERIOR PARTS IN POLYCARBONATE
- Polycarbonate - material with potential
- Process ability - the main success factor
- Applications at Webasto
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| 14:15 |
GLAZEMELT - PROVEN MACHINE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESSFUL AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING APPLICATIONS
- Overview on all aspects and developments for this fast growing technology
- Design freedom
- Machine and processing technology
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| 14:45 |
CREATING AND DEVELOPING A SPECIFICATION FOR PC GLAZING
- Regulatory considerations - local and global level
- Functional requirements - OEM driven needs outside of regulatory
- Passenger comfort
- Cost and opportunities
- PC Glazing - helping to make increased CAFE a reality
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| 15:15 |
Question and answer session
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| 15:25 |
Break
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| 15:50 |
POLYCARBONATE AUTOMOTIVE GLAZING: HARDCOAT PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS IN THE EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
- Latest developments in polysiloxane hardcoats for polycarbonate glazing
- Hardcoat performance and target automotive applications
- Progress on glazing applications in the European market
- Polycarbonate glazing outlook for the North American market
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| 16:20 |
INGLASS KNOW-HOW FOR AN ACCURATE CONTROL OF THE MOULDING PROCESS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC GLAZING LARGE PANELS
- HRS flow develops a hot runners line to give optimum performance in high demanding plastic glazing production sharing the benefits with any other automotive hot runner applications
- SLM technology to guarantee good results even in case of difficult areas to be cooled down
- MOM Controller specifically conceived to gain profit in such critical production area
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| 16:50 |
Question and answer session
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| 17:00 |
Chairman's close of day one
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| 17:00 |
Networking reception
For all delegates, speakers and sponsors |
