Session: New Commercial Developments II (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

New Commercial Developments II

Wednesday, October 9, 2013: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Session B - Room #16 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-chairs:

R. Christopher Napier, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and Peter Cameron, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy

8:30 AM

Low Unsaturation Butyl for Demanding Service Applications

Kathy Lambrinos, Scientist, Application Development, LANXESS, London, ON, Canada

8:50 AM

Paper #46 has been moved and will be presented at 11:40 AM

9:10 AM

Butadiene Availability: From Scarcity to Abundance, But for How Long?

Joseph Campana, M.S., EIT, Nexant, Inc., White Plains, NY and Randy Rabenhorst, M.S., M.B.A., Energy and Chemicals Consulting, Nexant, Inc., White Plains, NY

9:30 AM

New Keltan ACE EPDM Polymers

Niels van der Aar, PhD¹, Montse Alvarez Grima, PhD² and Michiel Dees, PHD¹, (1)LANXESS Elastomers B.V. R&D, LANXESS Elastomers B.V., Geleen, Netherlands, (2)LANXESS Elastomers B.V. R&D, LANXESS Elastomers B.V. R&D, Geleen, Netherlands

9:50 AM

What Makes a Good Golf Ball Makes a Good Tire

Judy E. Douglas, Ph.D., Performance Butadiene Rubber (PBR), Technical Marketing, LANXESS Corporation, Orange, TX, Alex Lucassen, Performance Butadiene Rubber, Dormagen, Germany, Heike Kloppenburg, Ph.D., LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Thomas Gross, Ph.D., Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany and Dave Hardy, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany

10:10 AM

Break

10:20 AM

A New Eco-Friendly Accelerator Blend for EPDM & Diene Compounds

John Kounavis, King Industries, Norwalk, CT

10:40 AM

Advances in Rubber Mixing Equipment

Richard Jorkasky II, Kobelco Stewart Bolling, Inc., Hudson, OH

11:00 AM

Advances in Micronized Rubber Powder Technology Part II

Frank Papp, Lehigh Technologies, Inc., Tucker, GA

11:20 AM

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New Reactive Processing Additives Based On Organo-Silicones

Volker Boerger, Uwe Dittrich, Theresia Klose, Colin Clarke and Manfred Hensel, Schill+Seilacher "Struktol" GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

11:40 AM

EPDM Manufacturing in North America: the First 50 Years

Veronica Perez Aguilar, Dow Elastomers, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, Tim Clayfield, Dr, Dow Elastomers, Dow Europe GmbH, Horgen, Switzerland and Colin Li Pi Shan, Dow Elastomers, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX