LatinPack's Plastic Packaging Seminar Location Change
- Published: October 11, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE
Plastics in Packaging, International Seminar, sponsored by LatinPack, Inc., October 16 - 17, 2002, Hotel Fiesta Americana - Reforma, Mexico D.F.
CHICAGO, IL, USA—LatinPack, Inc., sponsor of the upcoming Plastics in Packaging seminar, reports "the seminar is coming along very well, with individuals registering every day -- from outside of Mexico (Central America, Venezuela, Ecuador)." LatinPack officials note the international interest as a positive sign, despite current economic factors.
Due to cost considerations, LatinPack reports the two-day conference will be held at the Hotel Fiesta Americana - Reforma, Mexico, instead of the Sheraton Maria Isabel, where it was orginally scheduled.
Following is the preliminary agenda, cost and hotel information.
- Wednesday, October 16, 2002
I. Thermoplastics in Packaging
Speaker: M. Isabel Arroyo, Development Specialist, Dow Quimica Mexicana, MEX - polyolefins in packaging
- structural design and plastic material selection for food packaging
- II. Barrier Polymers in Packaging—Case Studies
Speaker: Gonzalo Mazuera, Managing Director, LatinPack, Inc., USA - Barrier Polymers Most Used in Packaging--The Choice Is Yours
- Speaker: Karen Slater, Gerente de Ventas, Mocon, Inc., USA
- technical concepts on permeability
- case studies: food packaging development model; retort packaging; medical and beverage packaging
- III. Printing and Converting
Speaker: Ricardo Pinedo, Consultant, FlexKonsult, Inc., USA - Competition among Printing Processes: Flexo, Rotogravure, Offset--Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Innovations and Trends on Lamination and Coating (Metallization, Plasma Coating, Glass Coating)
- IV. Manufacturing Processes of Flexible Films
Speaker: Jorge Goldschmied, Sales Manager, LatAm, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, USA - Cast Film Manufacturing Process--Where It's Heading
- Cast Film vs. Blown Film--Strengths and Weaknesses
Speaker: German Laverde, Marketing Manager, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, USA- Blown Film Manufacturing Process--Where It's Heading
- Coextrusion Technology--Benefits and Applications
Speaker: Gonzalo Mazuera, Managing Director, LatinPack, Inc., USA- Oriented Films: Technology Overview and Applications
- Thursday, October 17, 2002
V. Additives in Plastic Packaging
Speaker: Guillermo Quijano, Sales Manager, LatAm, Ampacet, MEX - Antioxidants (A/O): How to Prevent Thermal Degradation of Polymers
- Antiblocks: Make the Right Selection to Your Polymeric Film
- Slips: Hints and Combinations with Antistatic Agents
- Additives overview that will [help you achieve] superior performance in your processes: processing aids, purging compounds, A/O for equipment shutdowns
VI. Surface Treatment
Ricardo Pinedo, Consultant, FlexKonsult, Inc., USA- Changes in the Processes of Surface Modification of Polymeric Films—Effects in the Final Product
VII. Plastics in Packaging—End-Use Applications
Speaker: Gonzalo Mazuera, Managing Director, LatinPack, Inc., USA- Outlook to Applications and the Interaction with Foodstuff
Online registration is available at LatinPack.net. Email LatinPack: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Lety Jimenez (in Mexico) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or fax 52.55.5383-8813.
Hotel information (along with a corporate discount rate) is available from Lety Jimenez (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); according to LatinPack, there are limited number of rooms at the discount rate (US$115/night; regular corporate rate US$195/night).
Visit LatinPack and its Plastics in Packaging seminar sponsors at the web addresses listed below:
- LatinPack.net
- dow.com
- ampacet.com
- bge.battenfeld.com (Battenfeld Gloucester)
- mocon.com.
