Europe-India Self Adhesive Tape Industry Conference

9-12 November 2010 . JW Marriott Mumbai

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Tuesday, 9 November 2010

19.00 – 20.30 Welcome Cocktails and Dinner
Salt Water Pool Area, JW Marriott Mumbai
Wednesday, 10 November 2010  
08.00 – 09.00 Check-in at Afera Registration Desk
09.00 – 09.05 Opening of the Europe-India Event
Afera President Filippo Antonelli, 3M (Italy)
09.05 – 09.30 Mission, Vision and Accomplishments of Afera – What Are the Benefits of Afera Membership?
Afera President Filippo Antonelli, 3M (Italy) and Mike Ayres, Advance Tapes International Ltd. (UK)

09.30 – 10.00 Global Harmonisation of Test Methods for the Self Adhesive Tape Industry
Lutz Jacob, Afera Technical Consultant (Germany) (formerly of ExxonMobil, Belgium)

10.00 – 10.30 Trends and Challenges for the Indian Tape Industry in a Globalising Market
Ramesh Ramadurai, Country Business Leader of Industrial Business, 3M (India)

10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 11.30 REACH:  Consequences for Tape Manufacturing
Leon Rodenburg, Manager Product Issue Management EMEA, Eastman Chemical B.V. (The Netherlands)

11.30 – 12.00 A Review of the Indian Self Adhesive Tape Market:  Growing Demand in the Automotive, Electronics and Construction Industries
Ajit Gupta, Managing Director of Ajit Industries Pvt Ltd (India)

12.00 – 12.30 General Scenario and Growth in Building:  The Construction Industry in India and Opportunities in Facade Application
Perumal Pillai, President & CEO of Alcan Composite India Pvt Ltd (India)

12.30 – 13.45 Business Lunch
13.45 – 14.15 Trends and Challenges for the European Tape Industry in a Globalising Market
John Boogaard, Commercial Director of Asia Pacific Specialty Tape Division, Avery Dennison (India)

14.15 – 14.45 A Review of the Indian Packaging & Self Adhesive Tape Industry
P.V. Narayanan, Chairman of Cognizance Packaging Solution, Mumbai (and formerly Chair Professor & Advisor, S.I.E.S. School of Packaging) (India)
14.45 – 15.15 A Review of the Indian Resin Producing Industry
TBA (India)
15.15 – 15.45 Break
15.45 - 16.15 Foreign Investment in India
Mr. Sanjeev Shah, Senior Manager - Financial Advisory - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (India)   or
Ms. Preeti Oza, Senior Manager - Financial Advisory - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited (India)
16.15 – 16.45

Recent Advances in High Performance Acrylic PSAs
Dr Graeme A Roan, Technical Business Development Director, Henkel Adhesive Technologies – Asia Pacific (India)

16.45 – 17.45 Inspirational Presentation
Diana Hayden, Actress, Television Host & Former Miss World (India)
19.00 Meet in Lobby of JW Marriott Mumbai
Cocktails and Dinner in Restaurant
Thursday, 11 November 2010
09.00 – 09.30 Processing of Solvent and Water-Based Adhesives:  An Overview of Coating and Drying Technology
Stefan Essing, Sales Manager Adhesive Tape Industry, Herbert Olbrich GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
09.30 – 10.00 UV-WM-PSA Technology for High Performance Tape
Patrick Yang, Regional TS&D Manager of HPIM in Asia Pacific, Cytec (China)
10.00 – 10.30 Microwave UV lamp technology
Ankit Singhal, Vice President, SIMCO Materials International (P) Ltd. (India)
10.30 – 11.00 Break

Two industry round tables, moderated by Afera’s European Working Committee Chairmen, featuring European technical and marketing issues.  The round tables will include an open brainstorming of overlapping issues and those which need a more region-specific approach within the Indian market, and the role which Afera can play in the Region’s tape industry.

11.00 – 11.15 Brief introduction to Afera European Working Committee Activities by Afera Committee Chairs
11.15 – 12.00 Examples of technical issues currently on the Afera Technical Committee agenda, followed by an interactive panel discussion on possible overlapping and regional issues which can be addressed in a regional, to-be-formed Technical Committee.
Moderator: Chrétien Donker, Afera Technical Committee Chair (Eastman Chemical Middeburg B.V., The Netherlands)

Mr. Donker will introduce the Technical Committee’s current activities:

  • Moving forward on globalisation of test methods for tapes
  • Participating in the REACH environmental legislation process
  • Working with ISO and CEN on stansardisation
  • Co-operating with PSTC (USA) and Jatma (Japan)
  • Participating in new project on Reduction of Ageing Time for Tapes, in co-operation with IVK, Germany
  • Monitoring of various environmental issues, including Carbon Footprint.

During the workshop, the group will discuss the possibilities of setting up a Technical Committee for the MEI region under the umbrella of Afera.  A brainstorming session will be held in order to facilitate the process for creating such a committee.  This will include electing a chairman, as well as identifying participants and key topics.  A further meeting of the new committee will be organised during the event in order to ensure its successful launching. 

12.00 – 12.45 Examples of marketing issues on the Afera Marketing Committee agenda followed by an interactive panel discussion on possible overlapping and regional issues which can be addressed in a regional, to-be-formed Marketing Committee.
Moderator: Carsten Meyer-Rackwitz, Afera Marketing Committee Chair (tesa, Germany)

Mr. Meyer-Rackwitz will introduce the Marketing Committee’s current activities:

  • Promoting tape in leading industries
  • Publicising Afera’s latest specialty-segment marketing study and digital tool
  • Focussing on increasing tape applications through die cuts (Afera Professional Specialty Die Cutter Subgroup)
  • Organising Afera’s Annual Conference and other networking events
  • Publicising Afera’s biannual magazine Afera News
  • Updating the Association’s website www.afera.com
  • Recruiting advertisers and sponsors.

During the workshop, the group will discuss the possibilities of setting up a Marketing Committee for the MEI region under the umbrella of Afera.  A brainstorming session will be held in order to facilitate the process for creating such a committee.  This will include electing a chairman, as well as identifying participants and key topics.  A further meeting of the new committee will be organised during the event in order to ensure its successful launching.

12.45 – 13.00 Question-and-Answer Session & Debriefing on Workshops by Moderators
13.00 – 14.15 Business Lunch
14.15 – 14.30 Introduction to Individual Meetings
Laurent Derolez, Afera Steering Committee Member (Novacel, France)
14.30 – 16.30 Attendees from different continents will have the opportunity to meet and discuss business opportunties during 20-minute, pre-scheduled, one-on-one networking sessions.  During the registration process, Afera will distribute a list in which participants can indicate their preferences of companies with which they would like to meet individually.  Afera will devise a schedule and book a few break-out rooms in order to ensure space and privacy for these networking meetings.
16.30 – 16.45

Conclusions
Laurent Derolez, Afera Steering Committee Member (Novacel, France)

16.45 – 17.00

Closure of the Europe-India Event
Afera President Filippo Antonelli, 3M (Italy)

Friday, 12 November 2010  -  Social Programme

09.00 – 18.00 Meet in Lobby of JW Marriott Mumbai
Participants opting for the Day 3 Social Programme will be treated to a full-day excursion to the Elephanta Caves, a complex of ancient Hindu and Buddhist cave temples on Elephanta Island (Gharapuri) in Mumbai Harbour, 10 kilometres to the east of Mumbai.  The journey includes an hour-long ferry ride from Mumbai. 

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, Elephanta Island is not only a worthy destination in itself, but it provides a great view of Mumbai’s skyline and an escape from the chaos of the city.  For more information about the destination, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephanta_Caves or http://www.sacred-destinations.com/india/elephanta-caves.       

 

Programme

Registration Forms and Conditions of Participation

Registration Forms & Conditions

via the above link you can download the registration forms in Word version. For the Accommodation at the JW Marriott you can also use the digital link instead
http://cwp.marriott.com/bomjw/afera