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2President’s Message
Officers/DirectorsWelcome New Members
3Sponsorship RatesSponsor Directory
4Program Highlights
5NY Section SPE Golf Outing
6Plastic: Too Good to Throw Away
7-9SPE ANTEC 2011
10SPE Membership
Application
11Sponsors
SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERSTO PROMOTE THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO PLASTICS
NEW YORK SECTIONPULSE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, 1156 E. 165 ST.P.O. BOX 1228 BRONX, NEW YORK 10459
NEWSLETTER VOL. 64 NO. 4MARCH/APRIL 2011
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT
SOCIALNETWORKING
MEETING FORPEOPLE IN PLASTICS
WEDNESDAYAPRIL 6, 2011
6:00 PM
CLEARVIEW PARKGOLF COURSE
202-12 Willets Point BoulevardQueens, New York 11360
718.229.2570
www.americangolf.com/ny/queens-clearview-park-golf-course
IN THIS ISSUE
SPE
I would like to thank all of our readers for sticking with SPE during these lean and difficult times.
I realize how difficult it is to find time for an SPE meeting with all the other high priority demands on your time. Despite all our competing interests the NY Section of the SPE has managed to maintain one of the most important fund raising events for our Section.
Spreading the word about the plastics industry and helping our members keep in touch is the main function of our society. The scholarships that are funded by the proceeds from our golf outing is our best and most mean-ingful outreach mechanism. Helping young people get an education is a great thing to be involved with. This year we are also raising funds for the Lustgarten Foundation to cure Pancreatic Cancer so your participation and atten-dance is greatly appreciated.
Please save the date and come out and joins your friends and colleagues for a day of fun at the Clearview Golf Course on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.
Save The Date!See you at the Clearview Links!
Raymond M. SchneiderPresidentSPE NY Section
OFFICERS 2010 / 2011PRESIDENT
Raymond SchneiderRMS Design Inc.
[email protected] 857 2871
VICE PRESIDENTGary Spalter
T: 718 378 2656 / F: 718 378 7611
TREASURERBarbara Genet
Pulse Plastic Products, [email protected]
T: 718 328 5224 / F: 718 617 2024
SECRETARYAdam Winston
Atlantic Polymers [email protected]
T: 914 273 0125 / F: 914 273 0126
COUNCILORGary Spalter
T: 718 378 2656 / F: 718 378 7611
PAST PRESIDENTRaymond Schneider
RMS Design [email protected]
516 857 2871
DIRECTORSStuart Levine
[email protected] 676 5040
DIRECTOR EMERITUSJay Gardiner
[email protected] 928 9098
NEWSLETTEREDITOR & DESIGN
Tricia Winstonbeyond zebra
ADVERTISINGJudy Blumberg
516 987 9454
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
WELCOME NEW MEMBERSOn behalf of the New York Section, I would like to welcome
the following members who joined our section.
IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION OR WISH TO GET ACQUAINTED, DON’T HESITATE TO CALL ME OR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
YOU TOO, CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN THE NY SECTION.JUST PICK UP THE PHONE. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMANStuart Levine516 676 5040
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Rodrigo A. LimaFlorham Park, NJ
Francis O. Olajide Jr.Orangeburg, NY
Joseph CarliseWhippany, NJ
Marie EversTarrytown, NY
David KievitCortland, NY
Christian WenkPlainview, NY
Nigel KellyRye Brook, NY
Kaitlin A. WolfWest Seneca, NY
Scott R. ForbesMedford, NY
Roland StefandlPrinceton, NJ
Brad J. JulicherBuffalo, NY
SPRING HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!
TIME TO THINK GREEN...
SAVE THE DATE
TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011
NEW YORK SECTION
SPEGOLF
“EXTRAVAGANZA”AT THE
CLEARVIEW PARK GOLF COURSE
www.americangolf.com/ny/queens-clearview-park-golf-course
SPONSORSHIP RATES
Adam Winston914 273 0125
PER YEAR
CONDITIONS
Camera ready black & white artwork preferred.If you wish we will provide basic typesetting,
layout and preparation at additional costs.
1/10 PAGE @ $25.001/5 PAGE @ $30.001/4 PAGE @ $50.001/2 PAGE @ $75.001 PAGE @ $125.00
You must provide approximate layoutin writing and include logo.
Artwork must be submitted by the 5thof the month prior to issue of publication.
Payment for all artwork/copymust be made in advance.
Make checks payable to:SPE NY SECTION
Due to time limitation, no proofs are available.
Send all artwork/copy to:
Adam Winstonc/o Atlantic Polymers Corp.
PO Box 21Armonk, New York 10504
T: 914 273 0125 / F: 914 273 0126
SPONSOR DIRECTORY
Amco Plastic Materials Inc.
Atlantic Polymers Corp.
Federal Plastics Corp.
GS Polymers Inc.
Marco Polo International Inc.
Marval
Society of Plastics Engineers
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$ 340.00$ 660.00$ 835.00
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DIRECTIONS TOCLEARVIEW PARK GOLF COURSE
http://www.americangolf.com/ny/queens-clearview-park-golf-course
202-12 Willets Point BoulevardQueens, New York 11360
718.229.2570
The New York SectionBoard of Directors
invites you to join us at our
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
SOCIAL NETWORKING MEETING
The Board of the New York SectionLet’s help each other grow.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 @ 6:00 PMCLEARVIEW PARK GOLF COURSE
If you have spent any considerable time in our industry, you realize you are living in “very interesting times.” The mood swings of the orders our customers --- whether or not it is for finished goods, raw materials, or equipment --- has made it nearly impossible to project our future business. We are excited when it spikes, we are depressed when it ebbs. We shouldn’t feel, however, that we are in a vacuum. Perhaps it is time to stop thinking that our issues are unique, and go back to some of the behaviors that made our industry grow and prosper in previous decades. One of these behaviors was the networking that is available through the Society. The Section leadership has realized that many of its members have asked for a new look for the Section in terms of meeting structure, and they have developed Networking and other social events to replace what many felt was a tired model.
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For the benefit of:
The SPE NY Section Scholarship Fundand
The Lustgarten Foundation (www.curepc.org)for pancreatic cancer research
Co-Chairs: Paul Gurbatri – Colonie Plastics Alan Backelman – Pulse Plastics
Registration – 12:30 PM 1:30 PM SHOTGUN START
SCRAMBLE FORMAT Cost: $190 Per Golfer (includes golf, lunch, cocktails, open bar & dinner) $175 Per Golfer if paid by 4/30/11. Dinner Only: $60.00
New York Section ANNUAL GOLF OUTING Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Clearview Park Golf Course
Willets Point Blvd., Bayside, New York
Reserve now and PAY the early bird discount !
Call Judy Blumberg (516-987-9454) or Barbara Genet (718-328-5224) or e-mail :[email protected]
DOOR PRIZE DONATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
Make Your Reservations NOW! NAME/COMPANY:_______________________________________________________________________
NO. OF PEOPLE: GOLF: DINNER ONLY:______________________
GOLFERS NAMES:_______________________________________________________________________
TEE/GREEN SPONSORSHIP: _______________________________________________________________
Be Noticed! Be a TEE or GREEN SPONSOR - $80.00
All Reservations must be accompanied by checks Final deadline for reservations is MAY 25, 2011
Make Check Payable to: SPE NEW YORK SECTIONMail Checks and Reservations to: BARBARA GENET, PULSE PLASTICS
1156 EAST 165 STREET, PO BOX 1228, BRONX, NY 10459
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PRIZES:
*HOLE-IN-ONE*
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Plastic: Too Good to Throw AwayBy SUSAN FREINKEL
Published: March 17, 2011NYTimes.com
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SINCE the 1930s, when the product first hit the market, there has been a plastic toothbrush in every American bathroom. But if you are one of the growing number of people seeking to purge plastic from their lives, you can now buy a wooden toothbrush with boar’s-hair bristles, along with other such back-to-the-future products as cloth sandwich wrappers, metal storage containers and leather fly swatters.
The urge to avoid plastic is understandable, given re-ports of toxic toys and baby bottles, seabirds choking on bottle caps and vast patches of ocean swirling with everlasting synthetic debris. Countless bloggers write about striving — in vain, most discover — to eradicate plastic from their lives. “Eliminating plastic is one of the greenest actions you can do to lower your eco-foot-print,” one noted while participating in a recent online challenge to be plastic-free.
Is this true? Shunning plastic may seem key to the ethic of living lightly, but the environmental reality is more complex.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/opinion/18freinkel.html?_r=1&hpTo read this entire NYTimes.com article, go to the following link:
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May 2-4Boston Marriott Copley Center Hotel
Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts USA
Contact at SPE: Lesley Kyle, + 1-203-740-5452, [email protected] Press contact: Bob Martino, + 1-914-478-0754, [email protected]
THREE FORUMS AT SPE ANTEC® 2011 WILL FOCUS ON NEW TECHNOLOGIESFOR ALTERNATE ENERGY SYSTEMS, HEALTHCARE, AND ANTI-MICROBIALS
NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., January 24, 2011: Three New Technology Forums at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2011 conference will explore plastics innovations with potential to advance the state of the art in alternate energy systems, healthcare, and prevention of healthcare-acquired infections, it was announced today by SPE.
ANTEC 2011 will take place May 1-5 in Boston. The New Technology Forums will be half-day symposia, concur-rent with other ANTEC sessions, starting at 1:30 pm on three successive days.
Polymers in Solar and Flexible Films. New developments to be discussed in seven technical presentations will focus on roll-to-roll photovoltaic systems, solar concentrators, and flexible displays. Organizations represent-ed by the presenters will include DuPont, 3M, Sabic, SkyFuel, Guardian Industries, Akron Polymer Systems, and the University of Akron. Sedat Gunes, Ryan Breese, and Shriram Bagrodia are the organizers of the symposium. Monday May 2.
Polymer Applications in Health Research. Co-sponsored by SPE’s Medical Plastics Division, this symposium will consist of five presentations on materials and processes that are not yet commercial but promise to advance the fields of orthopedics, implants, tissue engineering, and medical devices. The presentations will cover these topics: nanotechnology applications in implants (Brown University); silk-based biomaterials for medical de-vices (Tufts University); polymers and composites for stem cell tissue engineering (New Jersey Institute of Technology); hydrogels for hernia mesh fixation (HyperBranch Medical Technology); and surface-modified biomaterials for treating infections (Emergence Venture Partners). Organizers are Sadhan C. Jana, Prithu Muk-hopadhyay, and Len Czuba. Tuesday May 3.
Advances in Anti-Microbial Technologies for Plastics. This symposium will examine advances that can help prevent healthcare-acquired infections such as those from MRSA bacteria in hospitals. Four technical pre-sentations and a panel discussion will deal with anti-microbial agents for use in medical devices, diagnostic equipment, clinical furniture, and hospital-room construction materials. Organizations represented by the presenters will include PolyOne, Milliken, NanoHorizons, Polymedix, and WuXi AppTec. Organizers are Roger Avakian and Vaman G. Kulkarni. Wednesday May 4.
A detailed agenda for each symposium is posted at http://www.4spe.org/antec-2011-new-technology-forums.
SPE-ANTEC® (Annual Technical Conference), sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers, is the leading tech-nical forum on cutting-edge technology and information pertinent to the needs of the plastics industry. Hun-dreds of peer-reviewed technical papers provide plastics professionals unique inside access to proprietary research and findings.
For information contact Lesley Kyle or visit ANTEC 2011:
http://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=spe&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=047542cf-5e68-461f-8252-3cd7b5d7460d
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May 2-4Boston Marriott Copley Center Hotel
Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts USA
Contact at SPE: Lesley Kyle, + 1-203-740-5452, [email protected] Press contact: Bob Martino, + 1-914-478-0754, [email protected]
REKNOWNED INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS IN‘FUNDAMENTALS AND FELLOWS FORUM’ AT SPE ANTEC® 2011
NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., January 25, 2011: The annual Fundamentals and Fellows Forum at this year’s Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® conference will explore topics of critical importance to plastics industry pro-fessionals, it was announced today by Lesley Kyle, SPE’s senior event manager. ANTEC 2011 will take place May
1-5 in Boston, MA.
Held concurrently with other ANTEC sessions,the half-day Fundamentals and Fellows forum will begin at 8:00 am
on Monday, May 2 and consist of the following six presentations:
Rheology Tools To Advance Material Development and ProcessingH. Henning Winter, National Science Foundation and University of Massachusetts / Amherst
Commercial Trends in Polymer Additives and ModifiersErnest Coleman, CP Technology
Opportunities and Challenges in Biobased and Biodegradable PlasticsRaj Krishnaswamy, Metabolix, Inc. (Mirel Bioplastics)
Radiation and Photo Curing: Concepts and ApplicationsVadim Krongauz, Baxter Healthcare
Power of a Holistic Approach — Effect of Material, Design, Processing and Tooling on Product PerformanceVikram Bhargava, Motorola, Inc.
Thermal Analysis of Polymer Nanocomposites: New Insights Into the Rigid Amorphous FractionPeggy Cebe, Tufts University
More information on the SPE ANTEC Conference is available at www.antec.ws orwww.4spe.org or by calling Lesley Kyle (+1 203-740-5452).
THE SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS (SPE) is the premier source of peer-reviewed technical information for plastics pro-fessionals. Founded in 1942, SPE takes action every day to help companies in the plastics industry succeed by spreading knowledge, strengthening skills, and promoting plastics. Employing these vital strategies, SPE has helped the plastics industry thrive for over 60 years. SPE has become the recognized medium of communication among scientists, engineers,
and technical personnel engaged in the development, conversion, and application of plastics.
For more information, please visit www.4spe.org
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May 2-4Boston Marriott Copley Center Hotel
Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts USA
Contact at SPE: Lesley Kyle, + 1-203-740-5452, [email protected] Press contact: Bob Martino, + 1-914-478-0754, [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS EXPERT HOWARD RAPPAPORTWILL BE PLENARY SPEAKER AT SPE ANTEC® 2011
NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., October 7, 2010: Howard Rappaport, a specialist in the evaluation of global trends in major polymer markets, will address a plenary session of the Society of
Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2011 conference, it was announced today by SPE.
Rappaport is Global Business Director for Plastics at Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI).
The world’s largest technical conference, ANTEC will be held May 1-5, 2011 at the Hynes Con-vention Center and the Boston Marriott Copley Center Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rappaport will speak on Wednesday May, 4, 2011.
The key topics of his presentation will be:
• Global economic and energy trends and their influence on regional cash costs.• Major polymers and their raw material supply/demand trends.
• New capacity being built in the Middle East and Asia.• Factors driving resin price movement.
• CMAI’s outlook on industry supply/demand and price trends.
Howard Rappaport has more than 30 years of experience in the polymer industry. Prior to joining CMAI in 1999, he held various management positions with major chemical and plas-tics companies. He was instrumental in developing CMAI’s Plastics Processors Conferences, led efforts to publish the company’s World Plastics & Polymers Review, and spearheaded the establishment of the Asia Middle East and India Weekly plastics report services. He is well
known as a speaker and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times,Financial Times, Fortune, NPR, BBC, and many other media.
Rappaport has been an active member in the SPE since 1980 and is also a member of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, the American Plastics Council (APC), the Flexible
Packaging Association (FPA), and the Film and Bag Federation (FBF).
More information on the SPE ANTEC Conference is available at www.antec.ws orwww.4spe.org or by calling Lesley Kyle (+1 203-740-5452).
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