Nordic ARM Conference 2024
13TH Nordic Arm Conference - 6th and 7th of February 2024 Reykjavik, Iceland
The conference will be held at Center Hotel Plaza in Reykjavik Iceland. Please book your hotel room(s) well before this date with thehotel directly. Center Hotels Plaza Reykjavik I Center Hotels Iceland. Booking: online on hotels website, where if you use BOOKDIRECT discount code you will get 20% discount, free welcome drink and possibility of early check in and late check out if available at the arrival or departure date.
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The hotel is located approx. 50 km from Keflarvik Airport. There are several buses going directly from airport to Reykjavik City Centre.
Registration fee:
€125,-for Nordic ARM members
€250,-for other ARMO members
€700,-for non-members
The payment includes lunch and dinner day 1 and breakfast and lunch day 2 (without drinks).
Please register for the conference before 20.12.2023
Table-tops and sponsoring is available @ €600.
Agenda
TUESDAY 06.02.24
Agenda: Sustainability in RM
- 09:00 Welcome,
Anna Walorek-Iwanowska, Nordic ARM - 09:10 Are you prepared?
Ronny Ervik, Norner AS - 09:30 New materials for RM containg PCR
Luca Zanni, Poliplast - 09:50 Recylene 1218 – New possibilities
Tom Samuelsen, NPR - 10:10 Coffee Break, Sponsored by Persico, Norner
- 10:40 Using biogas is climate friendly
TBC - 11:10 Rebuilding your machine to biogas
TBC - 11:30 Experience in running electrical RM machines
Arnar Snorrason, Rotovia | - 12:00 Lunch, Sponsored by Rotoplastic, MAAG
- 13:00 Glossary of Sustainability
Tomasz Czulek, Norner AS - 13:30 Digital Product Passport
GS1 Iceland - 13:40 TBC
Oliver Wandres, Maus GmbH - 14:00 Visit Table-Tops and Coffee Break, Sponsored by PSI Brand, Boca
- 15:40 Breakthroughs we've made in sustainability
Bill Spenceley, Flexahopper
WEDNESDAY 07.02.24
Agenda: News in Rotational Moulding
- 09:00 Title will come
RotoPlastic + PSI Brand - 09:30 Automation of Moulds
Niccolò Signorelli. Persico - 09:40 Sustainable materials
Eric Maziers, Total Petrochemicals - 10:00 Sustainable graphics and coatings options for RM
Konstantia Asteriadou, Lysis Technology - 10:20 Coffee Break, Sponsored by Poliplast, SAT Thermique
- 10:40 Speakers Corner
- 11:00 Visit table-tops
- 12:00 Lunch, Sponsored by RotoMoulds
- 13:00 QUB: News
Mark Kearns, QUB - 13:20 Case Study
Daniela Watermans, Ultrapolymers - 13:40 Case Study
Lorenzo Colombo, Boca Italy - 14:00 Coffee Break / Visit table-tops, Sponsored by Ultrapolymers
- 14:20 XX
NN - 14:40 Conference summary
Anna Walorek-Iwanowska & Ronny Ervik
Nordic ARM Conference 2022
The 12-th Nordic ARM Conference 2022 took place in Denmark at Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport on the 11th and 12th of October.
Participation of over 110 rotomoulding professionals from Scandinavia and other countries, high-level presentations, excellent workshops, involving table tops and the famous Nordic ARM quiz allowed Ronny and the Nordic ARM Board to create the unforgettable conference.
Thank you everyone for your participation and making the Nordic ARM event succesful. Please see below a link to the conference photo gallery:
nordicarm - Nordic Arm Events
We look forward to meeting you all at the next conference planned in Iceland in 2024.
Agenda
TUESDAY 11.10.22
• 09:00 Welcome, Ronny Ervik, Norner AS
• 09:10 Product responsibility / EU rules Christina Busk, The Danish Plastic Federation
• 09:40 CO2 neutral gas for RM machines Pekka Mustonen, Uponor
• 10:00 New marking system for RM products Brede Mordal, REPlast by Quantafuel
• 10:20 Coffee Break Sponsored by LyondellBasell, RotoMoulds, Lysis Technology
• 10:40 ABC of recycling for rotomoulding Ronny Ervik, Norner AS
• 11:00 Look after it, make it last Katia Zoppetti, DRAM Srl
• 11:20 Learning mould cleaning the hard way Chris Haarbye, Rotostøp
• 11:40 Laser cleaning of moulds Julie Philippron, P-Laser
• 12:00 Coffee Break Sponsored by Persico, Orex, MAAG
• 12:20 Workshops
1: How to clean moulds and how to avoid getting there…
2: What does rotomoulders require from recycled materials
3: How can you utilise automation in your production
• 13:00 Lunch Sponsored by PSI Brand, DRAM Srl, Matrix Polymers
• 13:50 Presentation Workshops
• 14:20 NONTOX EU project Carlos Barreto Soler, Norner
• 14:40 Structure and properties of biobased polyethylene composites filled with expanded vermiculite
Marek Szostak, Poznan University of Technology
• 14:40 Visit Table-Tops
• 16:00 Beer tasting from Amager Bryghus
Sponsored by Norner, Poliplast, Mekan & Modell, Mold In Graphics
Dinner and Nordic ARM QUIZ starting at 19.00
Sponsored by MAUS, AMS Robomould, Servachem
WEDNESDAY 12.10.22
• 09:00 Roto powder….our ambition to innovate! Angelique Brocatus, LyondellBasell
• 09:20 New products and solutions Lars Haugli, Pioner Boats
• 09:40 Getting Connected Walter Bonazzi, PSI Brand and Dadi Valdimarsson, Sæplast
• 10:00 Available automation systems both for conventional and electrical rotomoulding Oliver Wandres, Maus GmbH
• 10:20 Coffee Break Sponsored by NPR, Boca, Chem Trend
• 10:40 Speakers Corner
Recyclene 1218, NPR
ARMO 2023, Marek Szostak
An update on new functional coatings for the rotational moulding industry,
Konstatia Asteriadou, Lysis Technologies
• 11:00 Visit table-tops
• 12:00 Lunch Sponsored by DRP, Hengelo. Drader Manufacturing
• 13:00 Automatism of rotational moulding process Matteo Cortesi, Persico
• 13:20 Rotational moulding & automation of the future Johan Potargent, AMS Robomould
• 13:40 New clamping systems Frank Harleman, Hengelo
• 14:00 Coffee Break / Visit table tops Sponsored by Corcoran Group,TIP, P-LASER
• 14:20 Investing in the future of Rotomoulding & the Opportunities in Hydrogen
Magda Wolczynska & Dharana Jayawardane, Matrix Polymers
• 14:40 Conference summary Anna Walorek-Iwanowska & Ronny Ervik
Conference End @ approx 15:00
Nordic ARM Conference 2020
The 11-th Nordic ARM Conference 2020 took place in Finnland in Helsinki on the 4th and 5th of February 2020. The Nordic ARM would like to thank all participants and sponsors for active participation and making our event succesful.
Agenda
TUESDAY 04.02.20
• 09:00 Welcome, Ronny Ervik, Nordic ARM
• 09:10 The smart machine- automationofmachinesand moulds, Matteo Cortesi, Persico
• 09:40 Robot rotomoulding machine, Johan Potargent, AMS
• 10:10 Robot vs Carousel vs Rock & Roll, Filip Claus, Plastigi
• 10:40 Coffee Break, Sponsored by Orenda, Roto Moulds, LyondellBasell, Rotoline
• 11:00 Rotomouldedsculptures, a Nordic art cooperation, Johan Ennerfeldt, Mekan Modell
• 11:20 Quality Control and consistent production and products, Martin Spencer, Unique Roto and Ronny Ervik, Ultrapolymers
• 11:50 How to brand plastics with confidence, Walter Bonazzi, PSI
• 12:10 Edelweiss from the Alps, Maus
• 12:30 Lunch, Sponsored by Meltex, Resinex, Lysis, SAT
• 13:30 Ask the Experts*
1: Circular economy and IOT
2: Release agent
3: Graphics and decoration
4: What´s your problem
• 14:30 Coffee Break and Table tops, Sponsored by Moto Plast, Poliplast, Young Mould
• 16:00 Departure to Helsinki, Brewery tour and dinner, Sponsored by Finncont, Ultrapolymers, Boca
*Moulders will have priority in session 1,2 and 3.
Brewerytour, Dinnerand Nordic ARM Quiz @bryggeri.fi
WEDNESDAY 05.02.20
• 09:00 Recycling – operation clean sweep, Jérémy Fouriau, Plastics Europe
www.opcleansweep.eu/
• 09:20 Recycling – NPR update, Dag Eirik Thomassen, Cipax
• 09:40 Rotational Moulding – Towards a Sustainable Future, Mark P. Kearns, Queen’s University
• 10:00 Recycling in Rotomoulding, Tony Potts, Matrix Polymers
• 10:20 Coffee Break / visit table tops, Sponsored by Roto Solutions, PSI Brand, Corcorans, XM Tech
• 12:00 Lunch, Sponsored by Persico, Matrix Polymers, Chem-Trend
• 13:00 Rotational moulding process design and graphics/coatings application, Konstantia Asteriadou, Lysis
• 13:20 How to produce parts efficiently - from a proper use of release agent to
efficient cleaning, Eric Thilloy, Chem-Trend
• 13:40 The NextGeneration ofPulverizinghas Arrived!, Farzan Ramezani, Orenda
14:00 Coffee Break, Sponsored by Roto Link, Maus, MAAG, Gerbaldo
• 14:20 Want total control 24/7, Gary Lategan, Roto Solutions
• 14:40 Circular Economy, Angelique Brocatus, LyondellBasell
• 15:00 Summary
Conference End @ approx15:00
Nordic ARM Academy 2019
The 2-nd Nordic ARM Academy was an opportunity for Nordic ARM Members to train their operators and technical personnel in Rotational Moulding. Nordic ARM Academy was arranged at Stockholm airport 5th and 6th of February 2019 at the Best Western Arlanda Hotellby. The Academy participants found this event very useful and fruitful.
The next Nordic ARM Conference 2020 will be organized in Finnland. We look forward to meeting you All there!
Agenda
Agenda:
Day 1:
11:00 - 11:20 Proper use of Mold in and Mold on Graphics; Nick Moldan Moldingraphics
11:20 - 11:40 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation, anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
11.40 – 12:00 Discussions group – presenter
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Practical demonstration
14:00 -14:20 Use of ink / paint on rotational moulded products; Konstantia Asteriadou, Lysis Technology
14:20 - 14:40 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation, anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
14.40 – 15:00 Discussions group – presenter
15:00 Break
15:30 – 16:30 Practical demonstration19:00 Dinner
Day 2:
09:00 – 09:20 Why is equal wall thickness distribution important? Ronny Ervik Ultrapolymers
09:20 - 09:40 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
09:40 - 10:00 Discussions group – presenter
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 10:40 How to optimize wall thickness distribution by manipulating the machine
10:40 – 11:00 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
11:00 – 11:20 Discussions group – presenter
11:30 Lunch
12:30 – 12:50 How to optimize wall thickness distribution by manipulating the mould; Oliver Wandres, Maus
12:50 – 13:10 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation, anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
13:10 – 13:30 Discussions group – presenter
13:30 – 13:50 Break
13:50 – 14:10 How to optimize wall thickness distribution by manipulating the material; Farzan Ramezani, C4 Polymers
14:10 – 14:30 Group discussions: What did you agree/not agree with the presentation, anything you did not understand (questions), How do we do it at our company
14:30 – 14:50 Discussions group – presenter
14:50 – 15:20 Sum up and end of training
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