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Addressing Global Warming, Plastic Pollution, and Sustainable Feedstock 4Ever

WELCOME to Innoplast Solutions 31st conference; 13th on Re-Invention of Plastics!

After 85 years of unmatched benefits to human life, our Polymer/Chemical Industry has come under scrutiny due to issues threatening the future, namely, (1) Climate Change (2) Land & Ocean Pollution and (3) Sustainability of Raw-Materials in the distant future.

In March of 2023, U.S. President Biden set a goal to replace 90% plastics with Bio-Materials over the next 2-decades. Policy statement invokes terms such as BIO-BASED / WASTE / RECYCLABLE to replace Fossil-Based Polymers.

A spirit of “Radical Innovations” in the field of chemicals/polymers has been underway; a phenomenon we have not seen in the chemical industry since the 1960’s. Future technologies that take Sustainability & Environmental impact to new heights can be categorized in two areas, for example,

  1. Non-Fossil Feedstock: Transitioning from traditional fossil based raw-materials to Renewable BioMass, Waste(s) and GreenHouse Gas (GHG) Emissions.
  2. Value Plastic-Waste: Cycling into Valued Products in a preferential order such as: Mechanical Recycling of Fossil/BioBased Plastics > Chemical Recycling into Building Blocks > Pyrolysis Oil > BioFuels > Incineration > BioDegradation > Landfil

Re-Shaping of Polymers/Plastics industry has already begun; join us to witness the future!!!

About the Organizer

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Dr. Yash P. Khanna has decades of highly diversified industrial experience in the areas of Plastics and Analytical Sciences, His career is credited with over 120 research publications, 25 U.S. patents, Society of Plastics Engineer’s International “Engineering/Technology” Award (2001) and North American Thermal Analysis Society’s Fellowship (1988) and its highest honor, the Mettler Award (1997).

A highpoint of Dr. Khanna’s career has been to identify several new phenomena in common polymers, already in existence for 40-60 years. His industrial affiliations include Chief Technology Officer at Applied Minerals (2013-2015), Senior Technology Fellow / Director of Technology at Imerys (2005-2009), a $5B minerals company and Manager of Reinforced Engineering Thermoplastics Program at Rayonier (2001-2004), a $3B forest products company. The great majority of his career was at Honeywell (1975-2001) formerly AlliedSignal, a $40B conglomerate company at its Corporate Research & Technology Center as a Research Group Leader / Senior Principal Scientist. During 1990-2001, he also held positions as Business Unit Liaison to Specialty Films and key technologist for Packaging Resins, where scientific fundamentals formed the basis of new product / process development as well as technology marketing in North America and Europe. These significant business contributions were recognized through 5 Special Recognition awards and 3 business awards (“Growth,” “Sale of the Year,” and “Save of the Year”). Now at InnoPlast Solutions, Dr. Khanna’s technology driven business experience is playing a key role in offering “Value-Driven” conferences and courses.

Our Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC supplies a range of products including outsourced food packaging, disposable supplies, and cleaning and safety products to food processors, supermarkets, non-food retailers, convenience stores and other users. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Bunzl Distribution is the largest division of Bunzl plc, an international distribution and outsourcing group headquartered in London. Bunzl Distribution owns and operates more than 190 warehouses that serve all 50 states and Puerto Rico, as well as Canada, the Caribbean and parts of Mexico. With more than 8,000 employees and 400,000-plus supply items, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America. Worldwide sales are in excess of $12 billion. bunzldistribution.com

Silver Sponsors

INNOPLAST Solutions-USA offers, via a network of Super-Specialists, an Un-Rivaled consultation & course along the theme “Polymer Failure & Defects: $MM Business Impact via Problem Solving & Patent Litigations” with attendance by 500+ scientists & engineers from companies such as Boeing / Coca-Cola / 3M / GE / Honeywell / BASF / Johnson & Johnson / Kimberly-Clark / DuPont / Becton Dickinson / Amazon. Innoplast’s 31st conference and 13th on “Re-Invention of Plastics” will be held April 17-18, 2024, Washington DC; contact via phone 973-801-6212 or via email: yash.khanna@innoplastsolutions.com