Second Sacmi Whiteware conference on trends in the sanitaryware sector

Sep 26, 2002

Second Sacmi Whiteware conference on trends in the sanitaryware sector26 September 2002 - The "2nd conference on trends in the sanitaryware sector" organised by Sacmi Whiteware will be held in Imola on 30 September. The day's proceedings will begin at 10.00 a.m. with the official welcome and guided tour of the Sacmi laboratory. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Whiteware division research and development staff, obtain a preview of the new products and witness the casting tests for the new AVM single mould. After the buffet lunch, the conference proper will be held from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., chaired by Eugenio Ferragina, managing director of Sacmi Whiteware.
The following is the programme of addresses:

1. Automatic slip rheology control
Speaker: ROMANO LAPASIN
Profile: Lecturer and vice director of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Trieste and former Chairman of the Società Italiana di Reologia (SIR)

2. Use of borates in sanitaryware glazes
Speaker: SIMON COOK
Profile: Project manager for the business development group at Borax (international supplier of boron-based raw materials).

3. Automation of acrylic sanitaryware production process
Speaker: RAFAEL TERRADAS
Profile: Founding partner of "Consolidated Traders Sl", a Barcelona-based sanitaryware sector trading and consulting company.

4. Continuous casting with plaster moulds: comparison between European and South American experiences
Speaker: NELSON DE OLIVEIRA
Profile: Founding partner of DNC - Brazil, a technical and technological consulting company for the production of sanitaryware throughout Latin America

5. SACMI WHITEWARE NEW PRODUCTS FOR TECNARGILLA
Speaker: STEFANO LANZONI
Profile: Sales Director of SACMI Whiteware division