PVC4CABLES CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Moderated by Zdenek Hruska (VinylPlus - Technical Advisor)
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08:45 - 9:15
Registration of participants and welcome coffee |
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09:15 - 09:25
Opening | Charlotte Röber - Managing Director, VinylPlus® and The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers and Zdenek Hruska - Moderator |
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09:25 - 09:35
Welcome Speech | Miroslav Trojan - President, The Association of Cable and Wire Manufacturers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (AVK) |
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09:35 - 09:45
PVC4Cables: who we are and what we do | Magdalena Garczyńska - Project Leader, PVC4Cables |
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09:45 - 10:00
PVC4Cables' New Partners Roberto Vagheggi - Chief Executive Officer, Altair Chemical Miguel Angel López Ameyugo - Responsible of Materials, REVI Group |
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Session 1:
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Session 1:
MARKET TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
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10:00 - 10:20
PVC Cable Market and Recycling: European Perspectives and Focus on Central European Market | Eric Grange - Marketing Manager, Benvic |
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10:20 - 10:40
Key Growth Markets and Emerging Trends in 2024 and Beyond | Maurizio Bragagni - Chief Executive Officer, Tratos Group |
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Session 2:
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Session 2:
ADVOCACY AND EU REGULATIONS
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10:40 - 11:00
ECHA Investigation Report on PVC and PVC Additives and Other Regulations Impacting the PVC Cables Industry | Sarah Debbiche Krichen - Public Affairs Senior Manager, The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM) |
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11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break |
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Session 3:
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Session 3:
INNOVATION AND CIRCULARITY
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11:30 - 11:50
Toxicity of PVC Cable Compounds During Combustion Compared to Halogen-Free Alternatives| Gianluca Sarti - R&D Manager, Reagens, on behalf of PVC4Cables |
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11:50 - 12:10
Low Smoke Acidity PVC Compounds for Electrical Cables: Flammability and Smoke Production Versus Halogen-Free Options | Laura Mazzocchetti - Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna |
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12:10 - 12:30
Alternative to Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs)| Camillo Cardelli - Senior Researcher, Scientific Coordinator and Co-Founder, iPOOL |
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12:30 - 13:30
Networking lunch |
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13:30 - 13:40
PVC4Cables Strategy to Tackle Challenges of Legacy Additives in PVC Cable Waste| Carlo Ciotti - Spokesperson, PVC4Cables |
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13:40 - 14:00
End of Waste Containing Lead, MCCPs and DEHP: Detection and Separation| Alessio Boscolo - Researcher, Phoenix RTO |
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14:00 - 14h20
A Solution for PVC Cable Waste Legacy Additives Extraction| Eric Romers - Head of Project Circle, Sustainability Business, INEOS Inovyn |
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14:20 -14:50
Roundtable on Solutions for Recycling End-of-life Cables Pavel Kolman - Consultant, Capacco and Auditor, Recovinyl (Czech Republic) Sarah Debbiche Krichen - Public Affairs Senior Manager, The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM) Eric Grange - Marketing Manager, Benvic Miguel Zambrano - Junior Scientific Regulatory Officer, European Plastics Converters (EuPC) |
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14:50 - 15:05
Coffe break |
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Session 4:
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Session 4:
STANDARDISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS
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15:05 - 15:25
PVC Cables Standards in Europe and Beyond| Camillo Cardelli - Senior Researcher, Scientific Coordinator and Co-Founder, iPOOL |
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15:25 - 15:45
The VinylPlus® Product Label and VinylPlus® Supplier Certificates| Magdalena Garczyńska - Project Leader, PVC4Cables |
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15:45 - 16:00
Closing Remarks, Looking Ahead| Magdalena Garczyńska - Project Leader, PVC4Cables |