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VINYL INDIA®– 2015
5thInternational
PVC &Chlor-Alkali Conference
09th - 10th April 2015, Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India 7th April2015 (12.10pm)
Programme Schedule for Day-1- 9th April
08.00 - 09.00
09.00 - 09.10
09.10 - 09.20
09.20 - 09.50
09.50 - 10.20
10.20 - 10.40
10.40 - 10.50
10.50 - 11.20
Registration
Conference Opening Remarks
Nidhi Verma - CEO, ElitePlus Business Services
Welcome Address
Kamal P. Nanavaty, President - Strategy Development, Reliance Industries
Keynote Address I -India's Economic Growth and Outlook
Rashesh C. Shah, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Financial Services
Keynote Address II - What PVC can do to Make in India dream come true?
Vipul Shah, Chief Operating Officer – Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries
Inaugural Address - Make in India mission: Is the plastic processing industry ready to take the
challenge?
ShriAvinash Joshi, IAS – Jt. Secretary (Petrochemicals),Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals,Ministry
of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India
Q & A Session
Coffee Break& Networking
Business Session I - PVC Industry
Session Chairman Ajay Shah –President - Polymer and Crackers, Reliance Industries
11.20 - 11.45
PVC: Global Scenario
Sanjay Sharma, Vice President - MDE and India, IHS Chemical Consulting
11.45 - 12.10
The PVC Industry in Europe and sustainable development
Dr. Brigitte Dero, General Manager, European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers / VinylPlus
12:10 - 12:35 PVC Industry of China
David Hanna, Director - Asia Editorial Development, ICIS
12.35 - 13.05
Panel Discussion on“PVC: Indian Scenario” (Leaders of all PVC manufacturing companies)
ShivprasadNaik -Reliance Industries, Ramkumar Shankar - ChemplastSanmar,K.K. Kaul - DCM
Shriram, SaurabhDhanorkar - Finolex Industries, S. Ganapathy – DCW Ltd.
13.05 - 13.15
Q & A Session
13.15 - 14.15
Lunch & Networking
Business Session II - Parallel Session
(a) Additives & Compounding
Session Chairman R. Parthasarathy,Managing Director, Thirumalai Chemicals
14.15 - 14.40
Plasticizers
Shivaram Subramanian, Senior General Manager – Petrochemicals, BASF
14.40 - 15.05
Stabilizers
Rainer Grasmueck ,Head of SBU PVC Additives -Asia and America, Baerlocher
15.05 - 15.25
Compounding
PrakashSharma ,Head - Innovative Polymer Application, ShriramAxiall
15.25 - 15.35
Global Trends in Tin stabilizers - CPVC and Novel Applications
Raju Indukuri, Director, Kalpataru Organics
15.35 - 15.45
Q & A Session
(b) Feedstocks to Polymer (Chlor alkali, EDC, VCM & PVC Polymerization)
Session ChairmanN Krishnamoorthy - Executive Director - Commercial, ChemplastSanmar
14.15 - 14.40
Oxychlorination Catalyst Technology
Dr. SandroVidotto, VCM - EDC Catalyst R&D Team Leader, INEOS Technologies S.r.l.
14.40 - 15.05
Chlor Alkali Industry in India
Anil Kumar, Executive Director – Chemicals, DCM Shriram
15.05 - 15.25
Corrosion Control on the light ends column overhead optimized vinyl chloride unit performance
Patrick Lucas, Global Technical Director, Petrochemical, GE Water and Process Technologies
15.25 - 15.35
Defoamer for PVC industry
Dr. Ankush Mane, Technical Manager - Specialty Ingredients, Ashland India
15.35 - 15.45
Q & A Session
Business Session III – Recent advances in Processing & Post Processing Machinery
Session Chairman J. M. Totla, Sr. Vice President, Supreme Industries
15.45 - 16.10 Material Handling in PVC Compounding
DhruvShah, Director, Neoplast Engineering
16.10 - 16.35 Recent developments in PVC Extrusion Systems - 1
Rad Jakob, Business unit Manager of Screw & Barrel Business, TheysohnExtrusionstechnik
GmbH
16.35 - 16.45
Vinyl India Quiz - Win a 3 days trip to Bangkok (5 star hotel stay and airfare) for two
16.45 - 17.15Coffee Break & Networking
17.15 - 17.40
18.30 - 18.40
Eco-friendly PVC - Greenwood approach
Alessandro Robotti, Sales Manager, Bausano & Figli S.p.A
Economy through Automation
Dhruv Shah, Executive Director, Prasad Group of Companies
Recent developments in PVC Extrusion Systems - 2
Mike Puhalla, General Manager – Global Extrusion Business, Milacron Group
Q & A Session
18.40 - 19.10
Cocktails& Networking
19.10 - 19.50
Renowned Motivational Speaker – Rahul Kapoor–Entrepreneur and Author
Dinner Speech on “Work life happiness in today’s business world”.
19.50- 20.10
20.10 - 20.20
20.20
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Lucky dip Prizes
Networking Dinner & Cocktails
17.40 - 18.05
18.05 - 18.30
Programme Schedule for Day-2- 10th April
09.00 - 09.10
09.10 - 09.30
09.30 - 09.35
Opening Remarks
Kamal P. Nanavaty, President – Strategy Development, Reliance Industries
Keynote Address:Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Midcap Companies in the
Current Economic Environment
Ashok Wadhwa, Group CEO, Ambit Group
Q & A Session
Business Session IV - When It Comes To Infrastructure….
Session Chairman SekharNettem, Director - Business Development, Ashirvad Pipes
09:35 - 10:00 Large Diameter PVC Pipes
ZoranDavidovski, Vice President - Marketing & Innovation, Pipelife Group
10.00 - 10.25 Innovations and Developments in PVC membranes for Civil Engineering Waterproofing
Applications
MangeshDhamele, Business Development Manager - India& Middle East Markets,Renolit India
10.25 - 10.50 PVC’s Increasing Role in Indian Infrastructure
Farid Khan, CEO & Director, Profine India Window Technology
10.50 - 11.00 Q & A Session
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee BreakNetworking
Business Session V - Think Sustainability, Thank PVC
Session Chairman RichardKrock, Technical Director,The Vinyl Institute
11.30 - 11.55 Recycling -The need of the hour
SophiMacMillan,Chair,Asia Pacific,Vinyl Network
11.55 - 12.20 Quality : A mission to beat competition
NasrinKashef,General Manager - Plastics Certification Program, NSF International
12.20 - 12.30 Q & A Session
Business Session VI - End Use Sectors
Session Chairman N K Balgi, Director, Ferromatik Milacron India
12.30 - 12.55 O-PVC Pipes
Maarten Hamberg, Area Manager Technology Licensing, Wavin Overseas
12.55 - 13.20Window Profiles
Dr. JörgFröhlich,Technical Product Manager, Baerlocher GmbH
13.20 - 13.45 Resysta: "The better wood"
Stefan Eingärtner, Sales Director, Resysta
13.45 - 13.55 Q & A Session
13.55 - 14.55 Lunch & Networking
14.55 - 15.15 Tax Implications for Vinyl Industry Trade
Pratik Shah, Partner, SKP Business Consulting LLP
Business Session VII – CPVC: Revolution in the Speciality Pipe Sector
Session Chairman Matthew S. Timmons, Managing Director – South Asia, Lubrizol
15.15 - 15.40 CPVCUsage in Fire Sprinkler
Sandeep Engineer, Managing Director, Astral Poly Technik
15.40 - 16.05 New Generation Ca-Zn Based CPVC Compound
Toshiya Yasunaga, Managing Director, Sekisui Specialty Chemicals (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
16.05 - 16.30 Pursuit of Prestigious CPVC
Shinji Mochizuki, Assistant General Manager (Marketing), Kaneka India
16.30 - 16.40 Q & A Session
16.40 - 16.50 Final Vinyl India Quiz Round
16.50 - 17.20 Coffee Break& Networking
Business Session VIII– Panel Discussion
ModeratorKamal P. Nanavaty, President – Strategy Development, Reliance Industries
17.20 - 17.50 Hundred Years' Celebration: Dessert or AnAppetizer?
Richard Krock -The Vinyl Institute,Arne Schulle - Baerlocher Group of Companies ,Dr.
Swaminathan Sivaram - National Chemical Laboratory,M P Taparia-Supreme Industries ,
Shiv Singh Mehta - Kriti Industries
17.50 - 18.00 Q & A Session
18.00 - 18.10 Lucky dip Prizes
18.10
Closing Remarks