3rd
Annual Symposium on Recycled Rubber in Plastics and Rubber Products| Speakers for "from Scrap to Profit" 2009 |
| John Amato, President |
| JJA Sports, Westford, MA |
| TOPIC: The Synthetic Turf Industry's Effort
to Develop ASTM Specifications for Ground Tire Rubber |
| Serji Amirkhanian, Professor, Civil Engineering |
| Clemson University and the Asphalt Rubber Technology Service , Clemson, SC |
| TOPIC: Welcoming Remarks and Recap from Scrap to Profit I and II Symposiums |
| Doug Barr, President |
| Barr Formulated Rubber Products |
| TOPIC: Issues Associated with Colorizing Rubber |
| Greg Bavington, P. Eng., President and CEO |
| KN Rubber, LLC and National Rubber Technologies Corp., |
| TOPIC: Choosing the Right Equipment for Your Molding Application |
| Michael Blumenthal, Senior Technical Director |
| Rubber Manufacturers Association, Buffalo, NY |
| TOPIC: North American Ground Rubber Supply / Demand Picture |
| Tony Georgis, Analyst |
| RW Beck, Seattle, WA |
| TOPIC: Carbon Credits and Recycled Products |
| Darren Gill, Director of Marketing |
| FieldTurf Tarkett, Montreal, QC |
| TOPIC: Market Issues for Infill Material in Synthetic Surfaces |
| Jim Gilbert, Tire Recycling Marketing Development Specialist |
| Empire State Development, Rochester, New York |
| TOPIC: Status of Tire Recycling Markets in New York State |
| Walt Henderson, Consultant |
| Henderson Consulting Service, Inc., Middletown, PA |
| TOPIC: ASTM Standard for Loose Fill Playground Material |
| Andrew Horsman, Executive Director |
| Ontario Tire Stewardship Board |
| TOPIC: The Ontario Tire Stewardship Plan |
| Peter Kyle, President |
| North Brook Farms, LLC, Auburn, NY |
| TOPIC: The Role of Tire Rubber in the Equestrian Footing Market |
| Willie Lau, Ph.D. |
| Research Fellow, Dow Chemical Company, Spring House, PA |
| TOPIC: Use of Technologies in Adhesives |
| Ly Lim, Ph.D. |
| New York State, Department of Environmental Conservation,
Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials, Albany, NY |
| TOPIC: New York State's Crumb Rubber Study |
| Glen Maidment, President |
| Rubber Association of Canada |
| TOPIC: The Ontario Tire Stewardship Plan |
| Steve McCowin, President |
| Concrete Innovations Services, Chantilly, VA |
| CASE STUDY: Ground Tire Rubber Used to Improve Concrete Highway Sound Barriers |
| Marvin Myhre, Consultant and R&D |
| Fonthill, Ontario, Canada |
| TOPIC: The Use of Recycled Rubber in Molded and Extruded Technology |
| Mark Rannie, Vice President |
| Emanuel Tire, Baltimore, MD |
| TOPIC: Production Quality in Mulch Markets |
| Bill Robbins, President |
| RubberForm Recycled Products, LLC, Lockport, NY |
| CASE STUDY: Starting a Brand New Compression Molding Company |
| Amy Schoch, Senior Vice President |
| Empire State Development, Albany, NY |
| TOPIC: Welcoming Remarks |
| Miro Staroba, President and General Manager |
| Staroba Group, Holland, NY |
| TOPIC: Custom Processing, Compounding, and Injection Molding of Scrap Rubber and Scrap Plastic Composite Materials |
| Gary Vernon, District Manager |
| WalMart, Bentonville, AR |
| TOPIC: Selling Mulch to Big Box Stores |
