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ARC’2000 TECHNICAL PROGRAM

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Wednesday, November 8

ELECTRONIC TRACK

Moderator: Dennis Denton, Denton Plastics

9:30 - 10:00 am - "Printer Cartridge Recycling"
Mark Schaffer, Canon Virginia, Inc.

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Recycled Plastics Content in Plastics Applications"
Dr. Inder Wadehra, Jay Ray Kirby, Steve Ching, O.D. Pitts
IBM

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Stakeholder Dialogues on Recycling Engineering Thermoplastics:
A Collaborative Effort to Build A Plastics Recycling Infrastructure For Electronics"
Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas
Patty Dillon, Tufts University

AUTOMOTIVE TRACK

Moderators: Michelle Mikulec, Visteon Automotive
Ted Jacobs, Hematite Manufacturing

9:30 - 10:00 am - "From Carpet to Car Parts"
Steve Dunkle, Wellman Company

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Recycled TPO Skins"
Carlos Vieira, TMG Automotive, Automotive SA, Portugal

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Physical Properties Effects Due to Recycled Content in Multi-Layer Structures for Thermoforming"
Tim Skillman, Equistar Chemicals, L.P.

11:15 - 11:45 am - "Why Recycle? Demand Driven Recycling of Engineered Thermoplastics"
Mathew A. Torosian, B & M Plastics

CONSUMABLES TRACK

Moderator: Ron Walling, Advanced Materials Center

9:30 - 10:00 am - "PET Recycling from EREMA"
Hackl Manfred, EREMA GmbH, Austria

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Advanced PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling Process"
Andreas Christel, Buehler Ltd., Switzerland

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Processing Cost Improvements for PET Washing Parts"
Curt Cozart, Aldo Previero Sorema
Common Sense Solutions, Monroe, NY

11:15 - 11:45 am - "Marketing of Plastic Beer Bottles"
Miller Brewing Company

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY TRACK

John Caron, General Motors, Design for Environmental Group

1:45 - 2:15pm - "Vision Sort Automatic and Flexible Sorting of Plastics"
Dr. Volker Rehmann, Real Vision Systems GmbH, Germany

2:15 - 2:45 pm - "New High-Capacity Systems for the Automated Separation of Plastic Bottles with Multiple Indentification and Sorting Capabilities"
Garry R. Kenny & Felix Hottenstein, Gregg Roe & Arthur Doak
MSS, Inc.,

Break

3:15 - 3:45 pm - "The Break-Through for the Separation of Mixed Plastics"
Peter Behnsen, TLT Turbo Laminate Trenntechnik, Frankfurt, Germany

3:45 - 4:15 pm - "A New Approach to Recycling of Cable Residues"
Dr. Robert Meier-Staude & Dr. Rainer Koehnlechner
Hamos GmbH, Penzberg, Germany

AUTOMOTIVE TRACK

Moderators: Michelle Mikulec, Visteon Automotive
Ted Jacobs, Hematite Manufacturing

1:45 pm - 2:15pm - "The V Stat Triboelectric Separator - Plastics/Plastic Separation A Reality"
Eric S.Yan ,John Elder,& Timo Niitti, Outokumpu Technologies

2:15 - 2:45 pm - "Electrostatic Separation Mixed Plastics"
Dr. Robert Meier-Staude & Dr. Rainer Koehnlechner
Hamos GmbH, Pensberg, Germany

Break

3:15 - 3:45 pm - "Value Added Automotive PP Compounds with Post Consumer Plastics (PC)
Dave Parashar , M. Powell, P. Dave Cymbalski, L. Blades, B, McLaughlin, D. Chundury
Ferro Corporation

3:45 - 4:15 pm - "Commingled & Polluted Plastics Direct Injection up to 3,000 Pounds Per Hour Per Machine"
Antonio Samakovlija, Samsa APA, Mozzanica, Italy

CONSUMABLES TRACK

Moderator: Ron Walling, Advanced Materials Center

1:45 - 2:15 pm - "Perspectives on Plastic Recycling Today"
Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling Magazine

2:15 - 2:45 pm - "Houston Curbside Recycling Update"
Norman Lee, Attractive Design, Ltd.

Break

3:00 - 3:30 pm - "Consumables to Lumber Recycling"
Bill Krygsman, Superior Polymers - Canada

3:45 - 4:15 pm - "Polystyrene Recycling Solutions"
Mike Levy, Polystyrene Packaging Council
Susan Ferris, The Blue Parrot

Thursday, November 9

DURABLE TRENDS TRACK

Moderator: P.M. Subramanian

9:30 - 10:00 am - "Recycling Plastic Insulation Wastes from Wire & Cable"
Dr. Jack Milgrom, Walden Research, Inc.

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Recycling the "Infracture" Plastic"
Mark Sofman, The Vinyl Institute

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Novel Technology for Recycling Mixed Plastics Waste-The Transition to Commerical Scale"
Dr. Klementina Khait, Erin G. Riddick & Professor John Torkelson
Department of Chemical Engineering, Polymer Technology, Northwestern University

11:15 - 11:45 am - "Blends of Novel Application of Cross-Linked Elastomer Scrap in Thermoplastics"
Dr. Joey Mead & Ross G. Stacer, University of Massachusetts

AUTOMOTIVE TRACK

Moderators: Michelle Mikulec, Visteon Automotive
Ted Jacobs, Hematite Manufacturing

9:30 - 10:00 am - "Throttle Body Adapter, First Automotive Use for Repolymerized Nylon 6 Resin"
Kim Davies, Honeywell Engineered Applications & Solutions

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Recycling Automotive Multi-Layer Instrument and Door Panels"
Mark Lieberman, American Commodities, Inc.

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Technology for Integral Recycling of Automotive Interior Trim Scrap"
Girma Gebreselassie, Lear Corporation

11:15 - 11:45 am - "Quality System Implementation in Plastics Recycling Organizations"
Maria Negulescu, Lavergne-Novaplast

ELECRONICS TRACKS

Moderator: Dennis Denton, Denton Plastics

9:30 - 10:00 am - "Plastics Recycling from End-of-Life Durables: From Lab to Reality in Eight Short Years"
Michael B. Biddle, MBA Polymers
Michael M. Fisher, American Plastics Council

10:00 - 10:30 am - "Creating Product Value Through Integrating EH&S into the Product Design Process"
Barry Dambach, Lucent Technologies

Break

10:45 - 11:15 am - "Recycling of PC Boards"
Dr. Robert Meier-Staude & Dr. Rainer Koehlechner
Hamos GmbH, Pensberg, Germany

11:15 - 11:45 am - " Characterization and Processing of Plastics from Minnesota's Demonstration Project for the Recovery of End-Of-Life Electronics"
Dr. Michael B. Biddle, MBA Polymers
Dr. Michael M. Fisher, American Plastics Council

DURABLE TRENDS TRACK

Moderator: P.M. Subramanian

1:45 - 2:15 pm - "Woodtruder System for Extrusion of Wood Fiber Polymer Composites"
Dave Murdoch, D.S. Dardenne, Davis Standard Corporation

2:15 - 2:45 pm - "A Property Comparision of Wood-Filled High Crystallinity Polypropylene vs Wood-Filled Polyethylene"
Phil Jacoby & Bill Crostic, BP Amoco Polymers

Break

3:15 - 3:45 pm - "Politics & Plastics Recycling: Clashes Continue in 2000"
Michele Raymond, Recycling Laws International

3:45 - 4:15 pm - "Recovery of Expanded Polystyrene from Coated Patterns Rejected from Lost Foam Casting"
Jeremy Pletka & Jaraslaw Drelich
Michigan Technological University

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Moderator: John Caron, General Motors Design for Environmental Group

1:45 - 2:15 pm - "Electrostatic Separation of Mixed Plastic Scrap from Automotive Manufacture"
Dr. James Brown
Plas-Sep Limited, London, Canada

2:15 - 2:45 pm - "Advanced Plastic Flake Sorting Systems for Bottle to Bottle Recycling"
Garry R. Kenny & Felix Hottenstein, MSS, Inc.
Manfred Dausch, Unisensor, Germany

Break

3:15 - 3:45 pm - "Thermokinetic Compounding in the Production of Commingled
Plastic Products"
Chris Brough, ReSyk, Inc.

3:45 - 4:15 pm - "Selection of Single Screw Recycling Equipment"
Kevin R. Slusarz & Steven G. Kriger
Davis Standard Corporation

(Program as of 10/18/00)