ABC 2025 Presentations

Please note that the presentations we have been permitted to distribute are listed below. The presentations are listed by Dates and Sessions in the order in which they were presented. Click on the presentation title to download.

Monday, September 8, 2025

Plastic 101’s

 

• Reciprocating Screw EBM Technology - Nicholas Rocheleau, Project Engineer, Rocheleau Blow Molding Systems
  
• Multi-Layer Extrusion Blow Molding -Jens Schlueter, President, W. Müller USA, Inc.
• Blow Molding Design Fundamentals - Andrew Hobson, Director of Business Development, Heise Industries, Inc.
• PE Manufacturing 101 - Thomas Styranec, PE Technology Manager, Shell Polymers
• One-Step ISBM Process - Craig Burkett, Business Development Manager, Nissei ASB Company
  
• Shuttle Blow Molding Technology 101 - Joe Slenk, Manager, Applications & Process Development, Bekum America Corporation
• PET Overview - Xinfei Yu, Innovation Officer for Specialty Polymers, Auriga Polymers, INDORAMA Ventures
• Barrier Coatings 101 - Danny Stevens, Senior Sales Engineer, Delta Engineering Group
  
• Student Design Competition Winners’ Presentations from Students at Penn State Behrend
  -First Place: AquaBloom Floating Plant Bed
  -Second Place: Blow Molded 0.22 Rifle Stock

       -Third Place: Reflective Pavement Markers
 

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

General Sessions

 

• Keynote Presentation: TBD - Chris Conrad, Commercial General Manager, Shell Polymers
  
• Navigating Change: It is Better to be the Disrupter than the Disrupted - Luke Williams, CEO of Idea Skills™ AI
• The Impact of Challenges in Manufacturing Today - Gene Mussel, Director, Wipfli LLP
• The Influence of Private Equity on the Blow Molding Sector and Trends in Plastics & Packaging M&A, John Hart,
  Corporate Finance Managing Director, PMCF Investment Banking
  
  

Session 1A – Innovations in Barrier Materials

 

• Barrier Material: New PEN Copolyester and Oxyclear - Rudy Flores, Applications Development Manager – Specialty PET Polymers
• Barrier Materials Case Study: A Non-PFAS Alternative - Mike Bonsignore, Chief Sustainability Officer, CKS Packaging, Inc.
• EBM Multi-Layer to Replace PVDC Oxygen Barrier Coating - Joe Palmer, R&D Innovation Leader, Altium Packaging

 

Session 1B – Innovations in Blow Molding Technologies

 

• Bridging Technology and Market-Specific Demands: Customized PET Bottles Blow Molding Solutions - Tetiana Pronikova,
  Head of Marketing, PET Technologies GmbH
• Reduction in Carbon Footprints & Advancements in Large Blow Molding Equipment - Aleksandr Kharazov, Regional Sales Manager, ST BlowMoulding USA
  
• Non-PFAS Polymer Processing Aids for Blow Moulding - Zach Charlton, CTO, & Austin Bedrosian, Scientist, Ingenia Polymers
  

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Session 2A – Carbon Neutral Innovation & Evolving Consumer Trends

 

• Carbon Neutral Industrial and Agri Applications - Kenneth Carter, Staff Material Engineer Polymer Fuel Systems, John Deere
• AI Design of Blow Molding Head Tooling - Business Development Manager, Mattia Anconelli, BBM America
• Navigating the Contradictory Forces That Shape Modern-Day Trends - Diana Kelter, Director of Mintel Trends

 

Session 2B – Sustainability Across the Supply Chain

 

• Towards Sustainability: State of the Art in Simulations of Blow Molding, Packaging Design, and Virtual Testing
  -Hossam Metwally, Principal Engineer, & Dr. Kringan Saha, Lead Applications Engineer, Ansys, Inc.
• Case Study: Roles of Machine Manufacturers in Sustainability - Chris LaBombarbe, VP, Global Technology and Engineering, Uniloy Group
• New Product Development: Concept to Reality, Student Senior Project, U-Mass-Lowell

ABC 2025 - Closing Speaker

• Global Blow Molding Resin Update - Joel Morales, Jr., Executive Director, Polyolefins Americas, Chemical Market Analytics
  by OPIS, A Dow Jones Company