UTECH Europe 2018 Program Released

Organizers of the UTECH Europe 2018 polyurethanes event have released full details of its comprehensive three-day conference taking place May 29-31, 2018 at the MECC, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Featuring over 80 detailed technical papers delivered in a total of 12 sessions, the conference will cover the latest developments in the world of polyurethanes and reveal unique insights into the European and global market. Covestro Chairman and CEO Patrick Thomas will deliver the conference’s keynote address. Mike Fowles, President of ISOPA, will welcome delegates to the conference. Robert Outram, Associate Director at IAL Consultants, will present a Strategic Market Overview, always one of the conference’s most eagerly awaited papers. Highlights from the conference’s plenary session looking at key strategic and market developments include Jon Penrice, VP Polyurethanes at Dow Chemical whose keynote is entitled Emotion and function – creating value via marketing the innovation. James Elliott, Principal Analyst Inorganics at IHS Markit will cover MDI/TDI costs of Production and Steve Quinn, Consultant Polyurethanes and Intermediates at Tecnon OrbiChem will look at Pricing Trends. Other speaker highlights include Huntsman’s Innovation Manager Kristof Dedecker, presenting a paper on Step change technology for PIR panel production. Representatives of all the industry’s major players are due to present including senior researchers and executives from Covestro, BASF, Dow, Evonik, Huntsman, Wanhua BorsodChem, Lanxess, Momentive, Repsol and Tosoh.