Smithers Rapra and the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen have combined their collective experience and expertise to produce an exciting event for 2012 where suppliers, manufacturers, compounders and end users of plastic additives can get together to hear original technical papers on cutting edge research and network with other like-minded practitioners from across the plastics industry. Keep informed about the additive and compounding industry in an uncertain market and stay one step ahead of the competition. Two parallel tracks dedicated to Additives and Compounding. From the latest acrylic additives for improving polycarbonate scratch resistance and inorganic additives for infra-red absorption, reflection and spectral filtering to the vacuum conveying of powders and granules and latest compounding machinery and processes, this conference covers it all.