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2006 SPEAKERS

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Frank J. Beafore
Latex International, Inc.
QUALITY SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENTS AND FOAMED LATEX

Douglas Bousfield
Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Maine
LATEX CARPET ADHESIVE RHEOLOGY

Werner Braun
Carpet & Rug Institute
CARPET AND LATEX: THE SHARED CHALLENGES

Fung Bor Chen, Ph.D.
Medline Industries
PREVULCANIZATION OF SYNTHETIC POLYISOPRENE LATEX

Katrina Cornish, Ph.D.
Yulex Corporation
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN

Laurence Couvreur, Ph.D.
Arkema Inc.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT CHAIN TRANSFER AGENT!

Eric S. Daniels, Ph.D.
Lehigh University
PREPARATION OF LATEX USING MINIEMULSION TECHNOLOGY

Rolf Dersch
Functional Polymers, BASF AG
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

Xiaobo Gong
Dept of Chemical Engineering & Material Science, University of Minnesota
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

William Hyde
Chemical Market Associates, Inc.
HAVE ENERGY AND COMMODITY CHEMICAL PRICES PEAKED AND HOW DO MY PRICES COMPARE TO THE OTHER GUY'S?

Edward C. Kostansek, Ph.D.
Rohm and Haas Co.
LATEX POLYMER INTERACTIONS WITH ASSOCIATIVE THICKENERS

David Kostyal
Donald Guthrie Foundation for Education and Research
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN

Joerg Leuninger
Functional Polymers, BASF AG
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

R. K. Matthan, Ph.D.
Revertex (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALISATION - CONVERGING FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES INTO COMMERCIAL INNOVATIONS

Mark W. McGlothlin
Apex Medical Technologies, Inc.
ENERGY EFFICIENT, ACCELERATOR-FREE, COLD VULCANIZATION OF LATEX ARTICLES

Colleen McMahan, Ph.D.
Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS
CHARACTERIZATION OF GUAYULE LATEX: VARIATION ACROSS LINES AND PLANT TISSUES

No Dock Moung
International Rubber Study Group
DRIVERS AND CONSTRAINTS AND GROWTH OF NR LATEX END-PRODUCTS

Subramanian Natesan, Ph.D.
BASF
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

KC Nguyen
Yulex Corporation
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN

Monty Rawls
Southern Chemical & Textiles
THE ROLE OF SURFACTANTS AND THICKENERS IN CARPET COATING USING STYRENE-BUTADIENE LATEX

Konrad Roschmann
Global Polymer Dispersions Research, BASF AG
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

Christoph Scholten, Ph.D.
PolymerLatex GmbH
THE DIVERSITY OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER LATEX

F. Joseph Schork, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
CONTROLLED RADICAL MINIEMULSION POLYMERIZATION

Bruce Schreiner
OMNOVA Solutions
LATEX CARPET ADHESIVE RHEOLOGY

Nick Triantafillopoulos, Ph.D.
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
LATEX CARPET ADHESIVE RHEOLOGY

James Vaughn
OMNOVA Solutions
LATEX CARPET ADHESIVE RHEOLOGY

Jali Williams
Yulex Corporation
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN

Wenshuang Xie
USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center
ASTM D1076 CATEGORY 4 LATEX AND QUANTIFYING GUAYULE (NRG) AND HEVEA (NR) LATEX PROTEIN

Cheng-Le Zhao
BASF
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FREEZE-THAW STABILITY OF POLYMER LATEXES

 

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