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Conference Program:
October 21st, 2008 - Tuesday
Morning Session


8:00am Topic: Vintage Coextrusion
Speaker: Frank Nissel, Welex Corporation
9:00am Topic: Feedblock Coextrusion
Speaker: Sam Iuliano, Extrusion Dies Industries LLC
9:30am Topic: Profile Coextrusion
Speaker: Daniel Cykana, Bemis Manufacturing Co.
10:00am Break
10:30am Topic:Blown Film Coextrusion
Speaker: TBD
11:00am Topic: Cast Stretch Film Coextrusion
Speaker: TBD
11:30am Topic: Coextrusion Troubleshooting
Speaker: Gary Oliver, Cloeren Incorporated
12:00pm Lunch
Afternoon Session


2:00pm Topic: Extrusion Auxiliary Services (Feeders & Blenders)
Speaker: Dana Darley, Extrusion Auxiliary Services, Inc
2:30pm Topic: EVOH Barrier
Speaker: TBD
3:00pm Topic: Coextrusion Adhesives
Speaker: Barry Morris, DuPont
3:30pm Break
4:00pm Topic: PVdC Barrier
Speaker: TBD
4:30pm Topic: Film Treatment
Speaker: Roy Wolf, Enercron
5:00pm Topic: Snack Food Packaging
Speaker: Sal Pellingra, Ampac Flexibles
October 22nd, 2008 - Wednesday
Morning Session


8:00am Topic: Application Driven Coextrusion
Speaker: Peter Cloeren, Cloeren Incorporated
9:00am Topic: Rheology
Speaker: Eldridge M. Mount III, EMMount Technologies
9:30am Topic: Coextrusion Rheometry
Speaker: Joe Dooley, Dow Chemical
10:00am Break
10:30am Topic: Coextrusion Material Selection
Speaker: Scott Marks, DuPont
11:00am Topic: Modeling 3 Layer Film
Speaker: Olivier Catherine, Saint Gobain
11:30am Topic: CoExtrusion
Speaker: John Perdikoulias, Compuplast Canada

Hotel Information:
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 45202
+1-513-421-9100
+1-800-HILTONS
Group Code: Society of Plastics Engineers
Single/Double Rate: $149

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Contacts
2008 Conference Chair
David Bigio
SPE Extrusion Division

+1 301-405-5258
bigio@eng.umd.edu

Co-Technical Program Chairs

Gary Oliver
Cloeren Company

goliver@cloeren.com
+1 409-951-7620


Eldridge M. Mount III
EMMOUNT Technologies
emmount@earthlink.net
+1 585-223-3996

 




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