30 November - 1 December 2022
Dusseldorf, Germany
TPE and Silicone Elastomers Summits have been referred to as the "home" of the global elastomers industry.
Why attend the Elastomers World Summit?
The Elastomers World Summit Online brings together manufacturers, processors, end-users, designers and researchers for a summit-style technical discussion of silicone and TPE elastomer materials, global markets, processing advancements and novel applications.
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Patrick Ellis has over 60 years experience in the global plastics and rubber industries, where he has worked for a number of multinational polymer producers, including Shell Chemicals, General Electric Plastics, Monsanto Europe, Hercules Europe, Himont, Neste Chemicals and RTP Company. He has been an independent consultant for the last 28 years and has carried out a number of projects for major multinational concerns, such as ExxonMobil, Amoco and General Electric Plastics, as well as European compounders such as Dub Plastiques, British Vita, Polytechs, AlphaGary, Polyplast Mueller, Avient and RTP France.
In addition to the above Patrick Ellis has assisted in the setting up of several compounding operations. He has completed a number of global market studies for Smithers on TPEs and silicone elastomers. He has also written several articles as well as having given presentations on TPEs and silicone elastomers for Smithers.
anager for Elast/LSR/Thermoset machines
I started my education as an apprentice for plastic processing engineer at Engel in 1995. I did my exam in 1998 and switched over to the elast department where I was responsible for customer training, mould start up´s, mould trials, development trials and also troubleshooting in house and at customers all over the world. In 2010 I have done my A-Level exam for plastics technology and switched to the application office. There I was responsible for workouts, project evaluations and also for managing R&D projects. Since September 2014 I’m working in sales department as Senior Area Sales Manager responsible for Elast, LSR, Solid Silicone and Thermoset machines.
François DE BUYL received his PhD in Organometallic Chemistry from University of Brussels, Belgium (1991) and an MSc in Advanced Material Sciences from University of Surrey, UK (2003). He joined Dow Corning Europe in 1991 and worked on various silicone based materials development and applications, such as, e.g., silicone sealant & adhesives, organosilanes, thermoplastics and (silicone) rubbers reinforcements, and coatings, before joining the Dow Silicones Belgium Silicone Elastomers TS&D team back in 2011, helping for instance lighting and optical companies (Tier 1 and OEMs) using silicone in their LED lamps and luminaires designs, with products such as, e.g., optical moldable silicones, optical encapsulants, thermal interface materials, adhesives and coatings for lighting fixtures protection and assembly.
Mikel Schöller earned his laboratory assistant degree at the University of Mainz and worked in the research department of Max Planck institute for Polymer Research several years.
He started his career as laboratory assistant at Chemische Fabrik Budenheim KG ten years ago and is currently finalizing his Bachelor program in Business Chemistry B.SC. at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.
In his current position as Global Technical Sales Manager, Mikel Schöller is responsible for customer projects and conducts technical trainings at customers around the globe.
Prior to this role, he worked more than five years as Global Business Development Manager driving new innovations and coordinating various projects
in the field of polymerization process control and medical technical materials. His functional experience includes: product development, project management and commercial
expertise in the polymer industry.
Since one year, he is responsible for customer projects in the silicone market and coordinates the market need together with our Innovation and Additives Development(I&AD) Team.
Mr. Timo Gebauer has 9 years of experience in the field of plastic processing. His functional experience includes: Engineering, product management, management
His employment history is as follows:
Education: RWTH Aachen University, IKV, diploma plastic processing
University of Delaware, 2006 Research assistant
RWTH Aachen University, 2007 Research assistant
SIGMA Engineering GmbH, 2009 Application Engineer
SIGMA Engineering GmbH, 2012 Product Manager of the software SIGMASOFT® Virtual Molding
SIGMA Engineering GmbH, 2015 CTO of SIGMA Engineering GmbH, Executive Manager
Kurt Manigatter is CEO of ELMET GmbH, a worldwide well known LSR Mold-and Molding- specialist also known as supplier for LSR dosing systems. Kurt holds a Master of Engineering degree and is graduate of Technical High School, Austria. He started his carrier as designer in a shipyard and was responsible for development of automation of technical processes, to build ships as automatically as possible. After 9 years empirical knowledge he changed to the mechanical industry to develop drive concepts. After additional 5 years he changed into his passion, the mold making and automation branch. 3 years he was employed at the market leader for LSR molds. Then he quit his job and founded ELMET GmbH. He is known as an expert for LSR solutions and frequent lecturer and part of advisory boards.
Maillefer is a global leader in pipe, tube, wire, cable and elastomer production solutions. We offer over 50 technologies and the widest services portfolio in the industry to cover nearby 20 extrusion applications. From us, you can always get the best technical fit and value – from a single component to a complete factory – to match your lifecycle needs. We help manufacturers exceed their goals, as no limit is fixed for us. Offering extrusion components, complete lines and consultation services throughout the world.
