Guest Chairman Announced For European Plastics News Advanced Moulding Technologies Conference 2011

Online, May 23, 2011 (Newswire.com) - European Plastics News is very pleased to announce John R Hind, Plastics Consultancy Network member as the guest Chairman for Advanced Moulding Technologies 2011. The conference will be held at Le Meridien, Brussels (Belgium) between 28-29 June.

John will host both days of this industry leading conference. He will provide a neutral and independent analysis of innovations and issues facing injection moulders today combined with an unrivalled line up of speakers from select academia and industry experts.

Originally graduating as a chemist in the seventies, he moved into polymer engineering, taking an MSc in Manufacturing in 1994.

Eleven years with Battenfeld and five with Demag, both major suppliers of injection moulding equipment, provided the experience for him to start his independent consultancy business in the plastics industry. He offers support to a wide range of clients including large multi-nationals in injection moulding processing; trouble-shooting; process optimisation; production development; mould tool proving, qualification and validation; plant selection and specification; technical audits; tooling reviews; process training; expert witness. He has worked on a number of EU projects and is fluent in German.

John comments: ""I've seen a lot of these advanced techniques as they developed within the plastics industry, so it will be fascinating to chair the Advanced Moulding Technologies Conference in Brussels."

For further information on the Advanced Moulding Technologies Conference, visit www.advancedmouldingtechnologies.com