THE SOCIETY OF PLASTIC ENGINEERS

TOPCON, a two -day conference on coextrusion, will be held in Cincinatti, Ohio on October 21-22. Various talks on practical aspects of the coextrusion process will be presented by current well-established experts. 

As of  August 5, only 4  corporate sponsorships for the Coextrusion TOPCON remain available. 
Sponsors receive a 6' table display area and one conference registration.  Sponsors will also be recognized in the proceedings, email blasts, space advertisements and direct email flyers.  To be in the printed flyer, there is an August  11 deadline.  The cost  is $1000  US.  Contact Charlie Martin at 908/685-2333 x616 or cell at 973/650-3137.  Click on logo for program details.

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In today's unpredictable employment marketplace,  it  is vitally important to gain professional identity outside of your current workplace.  Publishing a paper at ANTEC 2009 is one of the best ways to establish  presence in your niche part of plastic processing industry.  Abstract deadline is September 1, 2008.  Click here for submission details.

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Scores of the paper review committee are averaged with the balloting of the audience to determine the best paper given at ANTEC each year.   MULTILAYER RHEOLOGY EFFECTS IN COEXTRUDED STRUCTURE DESIGN, by Dooley, Costeux, Wrisley, and Schlader, The Dow Chemical Company is the winner for ANTEC 2008.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FEEDBLOCK COEXTRUSION, THIS PAPER PROVIDES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF LAYER VISCOSITY.  ANALYSIS AND DATA.  Click

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Become a full sponsor and get your logo link on this home page.  Last quarter this web site had over 70,000 hits.  Contact  Steve Schick,  sschick@polyvinyl.com

Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc.
15 Read's Way
New Castle, DE  19720
+1 302 326 5500

Plastic Technologies, Inc.
1440 Timberwolf Drive
PO Box 964
Holland, OH  43258-0964  +1 419 867 5400

Xaloy, Inc.
1399 County Line Road
New Castle, PA  16107
+1 724 656 5600

Leistritz
169 Meister Avenue
Somerville, NJ  08876
Tel:  +1 908 685 2333
Fax: +1 908 685 0247
sales@alec-usa.com

You can also find consulting services in YELLOW PAGES  in the menu bar. 

Students-- now is the time to apply for next year's Lew Erwin Scholarship.
Check for details and where to apply-- click here

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Link: Awards Information and History

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DETERMINING THE PROCESSABILITY OF MULTILAYER COEXTRUDED STRUCTURES

Dr. Joseph Dooley (right) receives the Best Paper Award in the Extrusion Division .  Mr. John Christiano is presenting the award. 

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Dr. James Nangeroni on the right received the Distinguished Service Award.  It was presented by Dr. Eldridge Mount.

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The Bruce Maddock Award is for significant contributions to the field of single screw extrusion by experimental means.  The Bruce Maddock Award is sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company

Dr. James F. Carley on right received the Bruce Maddock Award.  It was presented by Dr. Mark Spalding of  The Dow Chemical Company.  The Dow Chemical Company sponsors the award.

There once was a man named MacBruder
Who went mad as he ran his extruder
He leaped in the hopper
And 'fore they could stop her
MacBruder extruded MacBruder.

James F. Carley, Ph.D., March 1953
2008  Bruce  Maddock Award Winner.

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The Heinz Herman Twin Screew Award is given for outstanding contributions to twin screw technology and is provided by Coperion Corp.

Dr. Chi-Kai Shih on right received the Heinz Herman Award.  It was presented by Mark Wetzel.

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The Jack Barney award is given for outstanding contributions to flat sheet industry, and it is sponsored by Welex. 

Mr. Mark Butters on right received the Jack Barney Award.  Mr. Gary Oliver is presenting.

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The Heinz List Award is for outstanding achievements in polymer devoliatilization and reactive processing.  It is provided by List, USA, Inc.

Dr. David Todd received the Heinz List Award.  It was presented by Dr. Marino Xanthos.

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Mr. Ivan Lopez on the right received the Lew Erwin Scholarship.  It was presented by Dr. Paul Andersen.

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