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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
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10:30am - 11:00am |
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Ingeo Fibers & Nonwovens
From nonwovens for wipes to fibers used in oil-well applications, our fibers team has the technical and market expertise to answer all your Ingeo fibers inquiries.
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 Robert Green
Ingeo Fibers and Nonwovens Market Development Manager
With over 22 years of experience in fibers and resins from R&D to production to sales over several application areas, Robert can provide insights and possibilities with Ingeo fibers and nonwovens to capture new opportunities or just reinvigorate, differentiate and tune up the performance of existing products.
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 Chad Kamann
Applications Engineer
Chad has been with NatureWorks for 14 years and spent the last 11 years working with Ingeo fibers and nonwovens applications. His is experienced in spinning and drawing Ingeo fibers, melt blown and spunbond nonwoven development, and bulked continuous filament development.
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 Donavon Kirschbaum
Product Development Manager
Donavon’s expertise in product and applications development has brought numerous new products from feasibility to commercialization in a wide array of applications. He has spent 25 years in the polymer industry, 20 of which were with NatureWorks.
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 Eamonn Tighe
Business Development Manager, Fiber & Nonwovens
Eamonn has been part of the fibers/nonwovens industry for the last 22 years and has been at NatureWorks for the last 10 years. He is an expert in both fibers & nonwovens processes and markets. Commercially, Eamonn is responsible for the European Ingeo fibers and nonwovens businesses.
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1:30pm - 2:00pm |
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Regulatory Affairs & Analytical Methods
If you’re challenged by various regulatory hurdles or if you’re interested in analytical chemistry & method development, then be sure to take advantage of resident experts at the Ingenious Bar.
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 Becky Brooks
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Becky has been with NatureWorks for 13 years with the last 5 years in Regulatory Affairs. She can provide detailed guidance on food contact legislation, chemical inventory status, customer compliance requirements and other global regulatory issues.
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 Jim Valentine, PhD
Lead Analytical Chemist
Jim has 20+ years of experience in the chemical industry with 11 years at NatureWorks focused primarily within the analytical chemistry discipline. He has expertise in GC/MS, LC/MS, modern spectroscopic and separation methods, analytical method development and validation, characterization of biobased monomers and polymers, and competitive analysis. Before NatureWorks, Jim spent 10 years supervising mass spectrometry labs at DuPont.
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4:30pm - 5:00pm |
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End-of Life & Eco-Profiles
Visit our end-of-life team for answers and information on recycling, composting, eco-profile environmental assessments and lifecycle analyses.
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Becky Brooks
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Becky has been with NatureWorks for 13 years with the last 5 years in Regulatory Affairs. She can provide detailed guidance on food contact legislation, chemical inventory status, customer compliance requirements and other global regulatory issues.
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 Tim Vanyo
Principal Applications Engineer
Tim has over 15 years of experience in Ingeo biopolymer product and applications development. Providing technical service and product sales to the marketplace, he has expertise in the areas of extrusion, blow molding, fibers/nonwovens and can help customers develop the markets they serve.
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 Erwin Vink
Environmental Affairs Manager
Erwin is our resident expert in Ingeo eco-profiles, life cycle assessment, environment, sustainability and standardization. He is active in European Bioplastics, EuropaBIO, NEN, CEN and ISO. Erwin has been with NatureWorks for 15 years and is based in The Netherlands.
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5:00pm - 5:30pm |
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Bioplastic Flexible Packaging
Innovations in films and flexible packaging are rapidly evolving, but NatureWorks’ film experts keep track of it all and will be available to answer your questions on the latest processing techniques and performance attributes.
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 Koen Bastiaens
Business Leader, Films and Cards North America
Koen can provide valuable insight into the market forces that are shaping the transition to bioplastics. His 15 yrs of experience in manufacturing, sales and market development make him uniquely qualified to address many of the challenges that companies face as they commercialize new products.
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 Stefano Cavallo
Business Development Manager
Stefano has over 25 years experience in the packaging (rigid and flexible) industry in R&D and marketing roles with a focus in moving new products into commercialization. The last eleven wonderful years have been spent with NatureWorks developing food and non-food packaging applications all over Europe.
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 Jim Nangeroni, PhD
Lead Development Engineer
A veteran of 24 years in the bioplastics industry including 18 with NatureWorks, Jim brings a wealth of experience to the Ingenious Bar. Spending the majority of his career developing new products and moving them into commercialization, he can speak to the challenges that are faced in extrusion and converting plants when bioplastics become a routine part of the product mix.
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5:30pm - 6:00pm |
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NatureWorks Supply Chain and Materials Handling
Our plant director & supply chain manager will be on hand to discuss our manufacturing operation in Blair, NE and any questions regarding the Ingeo supply chain & product delivery.
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 Steve Bray
Director of Manufacturing
Steve has over 25 years of experience in the chemicals and biopolymer industries. He also has 10+ years of experience in the manufacture, storage, and handling of lactides and Ingeo biopolymers, having served as a Production Engineer, Production Leader, and in his current role at NatureWorks’ biopolymer plant in Blair, NE.
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 Paul Foley
Business Planning, Supply Chain and Quality Leader
Paul has over 22 years of experience in the food processing and biopolymer industry. He also has 9 years of experience in the packaging, storage, and handling of Ingeo biopolymers and lactides with 6 years managing manufacturing/quality assurance as well. Paul has previously served as the Production Leader, Supply Chain Leader in both the semi-works plant in Savage, MN and the commercial plant in Blair, NE.
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6:00pm - 6:30pm |
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Bioplastic Applications in Durables
All of the exciting new developments in the durables segment keep this group of individuals quite busy. This is your chance to get their full attention to learn how new Ingeo grades and compounds are making significant inroads in this segment normally dominated by engineering polymers.
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 Frank Diodato
Business Director, Durables
Frank has been in the engineering plastics business for over 30 years. He is able to guide customers toward the right Ingeo solution for durable and semi-durable applications.
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 Jed Randall
Research Scientist, Ingeo Product Development
With 20 years experience with Ingeo, lactic acid and polylactide technology, Jed has developed expertise in polymer structure / properties relationships, polymer chemistry, materials science, polymer processing and product development. He has led several major initiatives over his career including polylactide thermal analysis / crystallization control, rheology modification and development of new Ingeo grades for extrusion foam and injection molding.
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 Deepak Venkatraman
Research Chemist
Deepak has over 10 years of research experience at NatureWorks with a focus on technology development for the Ingeo biopolymer manufacturing process and the durables segment.
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6:30pm - 7:00pm |
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Emerging Markets & Technologies
Come speak with the NatureWorks team that is responsible for introducing Ingeo biopolymer into new geographies and applications such as toners & bead foam.
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 Dick Bopp, PhD
Senior Materials Scientist
Dick’s expertise is in the structure/properties relationships in polylactides and engineered resin systems; crystallization and nucleation processes; CPLA thermoforming; composite and nanocomposite technologies; polymer morphology and thermal analysis; UV stabilization and testing. Dick has 16 years experience at NatureWorks and over 35 years in polymer technology.
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 Dan Sawyer
New Business Segment Leader
Asia-Pacific Business Director
Dan has spent the last 17 years with NatureWorks in a progression of roles through quality, manufacturing, application development, product development and technical service. Dan has led NatureWorks’s Asia-Pacific business since August 2009 and has been involved with Asia-Pacific and Japanese customers since 1997 in both commercial and technical roles. Dan has significant experience in fibers, bottles and thermoforming application development. He is currently responsible for the Global New Business Development segment, a new business incubator, nurturing new geographic & application opportunities.
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 Junaidi Zen
Principal Application Engineer
With 22 years of experience in the chemicals, petrochemicals and biopolymer industries, Junaidi has wide experience in technical and commercial sector ranging from manufacturing, quality control, product development, business development, marketing and customer support. Currently, he serves as Principal Application Engineer of NatureWorks LLC in Asia Pacific region from Singapore.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
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10:00am - 10:30am |
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Ingeo Lactides & PLA Chemistry
Ingeo lactides are versatile raw materials for numerous applications beyond polylactide. Come meet with NatureWorks’ experts on lactides to explore these new opportunities.
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 Manuel Natal, PhD
Global Segment Leader – Lactide Derivatives
Before leading the lactide derivatives segment at NatureWorks, Manuel spent 8.5 years (1999–2008) at Dow Chemical where he worked on epoxides, glycols, polyurethanes businesses. Manuel is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
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 Joe Schroeder, PhD
Lead Chemist
22 years of experience as organic chemist: 12 years in small molecule synthesis for the pharmaceutical industry and 10 years at NatureWorks LLC. An experimentalist with an interest in impurity generation and tracking, reaction kinetics, and mechanisms of the lactide and polymer process. Interested in the role of polymer functional end groups and additive chemistry. User of NMR spectroscopy to determine composition of polymer blends and additive packages.
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1:30pm - 2:00pm |
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Food Service & Fresh Food Packaging Applications
Stop by and meet our foodservice & packaging team who can help you out with diverse topics from thermoforming and extrusion coatings to closed-loop venue composting scenarios.
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 Doug Kunnemann
Business Segment Director, Foodservice & Fresh Food Packaging
Doug has been associated with the plastics industry for over 25 years. His last 7 years with NatureWorks brings film/converted resin knowledge and commercial expertise from the fresh food packaging and food service business segments he manages today. Join Doug for a cup of coffee at the Ingenious Bar, and he will share new advances through cup/lid offerings that NatureWorks converting partners provide today!
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 Nicole Whiteman
Lead Applications Engineer
Nicole Whiteman will have been working in new resin grade development for food packaging applications for 30 years in 2012; half the time with polyolefins and half with Ingeo. She has expertise in flexible and rigid packaging, extrusion of solid and foamed plastics, thermoforming, extrusion coating, and food contact regulations. Would enjoy talking with you about LCA or composting as well.
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Junaidi Zen
Principal Application Engineer
With 22 years of experience in the chemicals, petrochemicals and biopolymer industries, Junaidi has wide experience in technical and commercial sector ranging from manufacturing, quality control, product development, business development, marketing and customer support. Currently, he serves as Principal Application Engineer of NatureWorks LLC in Asia Pacific region from Singapore.
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