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1st ARMO Global Rotomoulding Conference (4th Pan European Conference) Berlin, Germany, 17th-19th September 2006 Attendees: 400+ (plus 70 spouses) Countries represented: 33 Another excellent conference with a very good turnout and a packed agenda. With such a broad base of attendees, there is always lots to hear about and new people to meet. Erich Boersch was honored by the ARMO group for his lifetime of dedication to the industry and for all his efforts in organizing the European meetings over the years. He has officially retired from his role as President of the ARMCE group and will now hopefully have some time to rest and relax! We had a little fun with some photos from the archives during his presentation...
Monday 18th September 2006 Rotational Design, Riccardo Giovanetti & Dr Oreste Accornero, AISR Rotomoulding Flatness & Shrinkage, Paul Nugent Tank Standards - A Rotomoulding Perspective, James McGreer, IMPACT Labs The Benefit of Producing Your Own Powder, Michel Marchal, Pallmann New Alternative to Label Rotomoulding Products, Carlos Garcia, Wheel Industries Rotational Moulding of Wood Flour Filled Polyolefins, Prof. Hansmann, IPT Simulation of Reactive Rotational Moulding, Abbas Tcharkhtchi, ENSAM Innovations & New Technologies - QUB, Mark Kearns, Quuen's University, Belfast Robots in Rotomoulding, Herr Gaenzle, Zimmerman Templogger Process Management System, Gary Lategan, Roto Solutions Tuesday 19th September 2006 Innovation in Aluminium Casting, Oliver Wandres, Maus GmbH Mould Temperature Measurement, Jim Crouch, 493K CBT - Resins for Rotational Molding, Martin Roesch, Cyclics Germany New Co-Polyester Polymers for Rotational Moulding, Gianluigi Creonti, P Group What's New from ICO, Derek Bristow, ICO Polymers Powders Designed for Purpose, John Steele, ICO Europe Principles of Rotomoulding, Ronny Ervik, Ultrapolymers / Borealis Cooling & Venting Rotomoulded Parts, Rory Jones, La Plastecnica Design of Experiments, Eric Maziers, Total Petrochemicals Fuel Tank Testing, Klaus Fuhr, TUV Berlin Leonardo, Revolutionary 21st Century Technology, Gaetano Donizetti, Persico Long Term Properties of Rotomoulded Parts, Matrix Polymers Rotomoulding Polyurethane, Mr Perrier, Raigi New Additive Systems for Rotational Moulding, John Zenner, Cytec RotoWorld Magazine, Jennifer Gibson, JSJ Productions New Decoration Options for Special Materials, Nick Moldan, Mold-in-Graphic Systems Rotomoulding with Nylon, W. Budinger, BASF Machinery for the Rotomoulding World, Walter Jaconelli, SAT World Class Tooling from Lakeland Mold Company, Tom Innis, Lakeland Mold Co. Design Exhibition The Italian Association (AISR) put on a very impressive display of the entrants and finalists of a design competition organized to encourage students to consider using the process. There were some very good molded parts in a very well presented and stylish (Italian, of course) exhibition.
Tradeshow There was an interesting tradeshow with quite a few booths from top suppliers to the industry both from Europe and other regions such as India.
Orla with Martin Coles of Matrix Polymers.
One of a number of interesting molded parts on display at the Matrix stand - this was a polycarbonate grade that they have been working on - there were also some polyurethane and twin-color parts.
Martin Carder of RotaDesign with Franscesco (Mr President) Mondini.
Maus have been growing quite strongly and have added to their facilities recently - they had an impressive stand at the show.
John Barker of Maus Mould Services, Ltd. shows a mold with heat transfer pins designed to improve cycle times.
Fabienne Bruneua and Fabien Marchat of machinery supplier SAT.
Frank Harleman and customers at the Modelmakerj Hengelo stand.
Lal Singh, Chairman of Fixopan hosting Orla and friends from Reliance Industries - a large supplier of material for their region. We hope to catch up with Lal, Ajit, Manoj and Vinod in India again soon.
Gareth McDowell of 493K in good form.
The Boys from Belfast, Mark McCourt, Gerry McNally, Paul Hanna and Mark Kearns hosting Dhanu Patel of Reinhardt India at the Queen's University stand.
I must have been following this good looking girl as she went from booth to booth - here she is again with Gaetano and Pierino at the Persico booth.
Bob Wood and Mark Demuynck holding the fort for Borealis and Ultrapolymers. My compliments on a terrific dinner at the Reichstag gentlemen on the evening before the show!
Dennis Kjellberg from ICO with their new pre-weighed pre-packaged powder system.
Ryan and Chantal of Resin Express.
Our glamorous organizers, Michelle, Leisa and Petra who took care of all those details and challenges that attendees never see. Great conference ladies, well done.
Somehow the South Africans always stick together even when they are spread across three continents - maybe that funny accent makes it easy to find each other...
Berlin obviously has an amazing history and is quite a fun place too. Here's the girl with some local officials checking ID through the American Sector checkpoint close to where Checkpoint Charlie used to be.
The Brandenburg Gate + Orla
No visit would be complete without seeing the wall - they have preserved a section as a memorial....
...with a historical review of the trials of the war trials of the Nazi leaders that they chose to prosecute (not all of them for some reason). Fascinating stuff. |
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