Barbara Bruzzi, MP3

Barbara Bruzzi, MP3

MP3 is specialised worldwide in extrusion of polymer sheet and reel products, used in thermoforming, and the company offers customer-tailored solutions combining into one process extrusion of polymers, masterbatches and additives. MP3 is today developing new markets...
Daniele Redaelli, Lamplast

Daniele Redaelli, Lamplast

Fire safety requirements have increased significantly over recent years in cables, as a consequence of the European Construction Products Regulation, in particular today with no-dripping. This demands more complex compounds and synergists to achieve non-halogen fire...
Bryan Guichard, MCPP

Bryan Guichard, MCPP

MCPP is a leading materials supplier to the automotive industry for thermoplastic elastomers used in seals, interior parts and wires and cables, as well as supplying consumer electronics and other sector with tailor-designed material solutions. Demand for automotive...
Abdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer

Abdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer

Abdullah Al-Mamun, Adler Pelzer, outlined the demanding requirements set by customers for FR engineering plastics for electric vehicles. Customers want five minutes ignition resistance, that is fire performance comparable to UL94 V0, but this requires levels of FRs...
Michael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF

Michael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF

Michael Grosshauser, Fraunhofer LBF, summarised tests of ageing of cable compounds (polyethylene, EVA) with nano-clays. Nano-clays cause premature degradation of these polymers with weathering, because of carbonyl formation, accentuated when used with ATH (aluminium...