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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
1:00 PM to 4:15 PM - Tuesday Afternoon Paper Presentations

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Wednesday Morning Paper Presentations
1:15 PM to 2:45 PM - Wednesday Afternoon Paper Presentations
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Tuesday, April 8th 2008

1:05 PM to 1:30 PM
A NEW APPROACH TO HIGH PERFORMANCE INJECTION MOULDING
Author: Professor Volker Haertel, Ph.D., University of Hanover, Germany
Co-authors:    J. Gogolin, University of Hanover, Germany
T. Nieberl, University of Hanover, Germany
F. Svaricek, University of Hanover, Germany

1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
APPLICATION OF ISOBAR TECHNOLOGY TO PRESS PLATENS, MOLDS AND MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Author: Jason Scheumann, Mid-States Tool & Machine, Inc.
Co-authors:    Don Nordstrom, Mid-States Tool & Machine
Douglas Smith, French Oil Mill Machinery Company

2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
DESMA FLOWCONTROL TECHNOLOGY - VALVE GATE NOZZLE SYSTEMS FOR ELASTOMERS
L. Scott Early
DESMA - KDE Sales and Service

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
WATER UP TO 400°F - THE BEST WAY TO HEAT UP YOUR MOLD!
Anna Lipp
ABConsultant

3:30 PM to 4:15 PM
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2008
Andrew A. Laperriere, CFA
International Strategy and Investment Group Inc.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM
EDUCATION, CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE IN OUR INDUSTRY
Daniel Hertz Jr.
Seals Eastern, Inc.


Wednesday, April 9th 2008

9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
POWER SAVING ON INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES
Author: Ewald Lichtenegger, MAPLAN Maschinen und Technische Anlagen
Co-author:    Rudolf Eisenhuber, MAPLAN Maschinen U. Techn. Anlagen

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
BENEFITS AND ROI OF PRODUCTION MONITORING IN A MOLDING OPERATION
Christian Loacker
Technische Informationssysteme GmbH

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
HOW TO REDUCE CURE TIMES WITHOUT DAMAGING THE MATERIAL WITH EXCESS SHEAR
Stéphane Demin
REP

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
GLASS ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATION
Mike Birkle
Pfaff Molds LP

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
THE NEXT GENERATION IN RUBBER INJECTION MOLDING
Manfred Arning
LWB Steinl GmbH & Co. KG

1:15 PM to 1:45 PM
USING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES AND CAVITY PRESSURE MONITORING TO REDUCE MANUFACTURING COSTS
Brendan Cahill
PTG Silicones, Inc.

1:45 PM to 2:15 PM
LARGE VOLUME SILICONE INJECTION MOLDING FOR THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
Craig Miller
DESMA - KDE Sales & Service, Inc.

2:15 PM to 2:45 PM
ENGINEERED MATERIALS - EXPANDING YOUR "TOOL-BOX"
William Petrich
Integrated Resource Recovery Inc.


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