Technical Dinner Meeting Annual Material Auction
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he next SPE Detroit Dinner Meeting will be held Thursday evening, March 19 with Networking beginning at 5:00 p.m. followed by Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and the Program at 7:00 p.m. We will meet at the usual place: the Best Western Sterling Inn, 34911 VanDyke at 15 Mile, Sterling Heights, MI.
Volume 53 ▲ Number 1
Technical Dinner Meeting
The featured speaker will be Rose A. Ryntz, Ph.D., IAC North America. She will talk about “Staying Flexible with Interior Automotive Material Developments.”
More information is available on our website at www.SPEdetroit.com. Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Time: Networking – 5:00 p.m. Dinner – 6:00 p.m. Program – 7:00 p.m. Place: Best Western Sterling Inn 34911 Van Dyke Ave. Sterling Heights, MI 48312 (586) 979-1400
Cost: SPE Member: $35.00 Non-Member: $40.00 Unemployed or Students: No Charge (full refund if renew or join within 10 days) Reservations Pat Levine & Information: American Chemistry Council 248-244-8993 248-244-8925 fax [email protected]
Annual Material Auction March 25 Our Annual Material Auction will be held Wednesday evening, March 25 with Registration and Cocktails at 4:00 p.m. and Dinner at 5:00 p.m. The Material Auction will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed with a play by The Second City. This special event and show will take place at Andiamo Second City. “Kwame A River: The Chronicles of Detroit’s Hip-Hop Mayor” is an original play satirizing Kwame Kilpatrick’s tenure as Mayor of Detroit. The show features a talented ensemble of six Detroit actors and features dozens of local characters that will be familiar to Detroiters. More information is available on our web site at www.SPEdetroit.com. Contact Jason Lewallen at 586-321-6103 or Tom Miller at 586 291-5289 if you have questions or would like to donate or purchase materials.
Cost: Per Person: $70.00 includes drinks through dinner, dinner, and the show
Reservation: Pat Levine 248-244-8993 248-244-8925 fax [email protected]
March 2009
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: Registration & Cocktails – 4:00 p.m. Dinner – 5:00 p.m. Material Auction – 6:00 p.m. “Kwame” Show – 8:00 p.m. Place: Andiamo Second City 42705 Grand River Novi, MI
DETROIT SECTION - SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS - “THE CHARTER CHAPTER”
The presentation will focus on customer perceived attributes such as feel, low temperature deployment characteristics, scratch resistance, and color and grain definition. Material and process developments to achieve these attributes will be discussed, to include materials processed via injection molding, spray, and/or cast (slush) processing.
President’s Message Jim Keeler, A. Schulman Inc.
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his past six months has brought us SPE members and our nation unprecedented challenges. You are all knowledgeable about our region’s issues. Whatever else we may focus on personally, a top priority for us and Michigan is jobs. Those of us who are employed are thankful daily and work hard at keeping our jobs the best we can, while helping others less fortunate however we can. Those who are unemployed are searching, both for hope and a new position. In either situation, what we all share is an increased interest in networking with fellow plastic industry professionals. Your Society of Plastics Engineers can help you meet this desire. We are extending a complimentary offer to all current and past or potential members of SPE Detroit Section to join us as our guests at our upcoming March 19th technical dinner meeting (see front cover for more details on this event). All we ask is that you contact Pat Levine to make a reservation so that we will have enough dinners for all who wish to attend. Typically, you have been supportive of your organization in the past by paying dues and participating in selected events, perhaps even working on one of our committees or the Board of Directors. The Detroit Section would like to help you in your time of need. By offering an opportunity to network with those in the local industry, we hope to facilitate the sharing of ideas, strategies and leads while giving you a chance to hear a technically-based presentation on plastic materials and process by a distinguished industry professional, Dr. Rose Ryntz of IAC. The SPE Detroit Section and SPE Automotive Division representatives have been exploring other ideas on helping to deal with the employment situation. They include a seminar on 2
Our Newsletter Sponsors A. Schulman Ashland
job search strategies and a job fair. While details are still being worked out, we hope to offer our profession additional support in this area this year. In the meantime, there are many existing groups in the Southeast MI area striving to support those who are seeking re-employment assistance. One in particular is called Careers in Transition, hosted by my church, First Congregational Church of Rochester. It welcomes all in the community. The support includes equipping individuals with the skills and tools necessary to effectively carry out a job search campaign. For more information on this particular group, check out the website www.fccrochester.org. To look for other similar groups in the area, go to http://www.ctsministries.org. Lastly, the SPE Detroit Section has many opportunities for volunteers to work on something that they have a passion for while networking. We need volunteers to help with our many Education Committee activities, such as MI student chapters, scholarships, student essay contest, Engineering Week activities, Plastivan visits to middle and high schools and Toys for Kids program. Alternatively, you can work on the planning committee for one of our technical programs such as Auto EPCON and TPO Conference or our Material Auction. If you would like to help us recruit new members, plan our next years’ programs, organize and publish our Newsletter or other communications efforts, we would welcome you to attend one of our Detroit Section board of directors’ meetings (upcoming schedule is listed on our website at www.spedetroit. com or www.4spe.org) and talk first hand with your BoD and committee members to learn more. Or you can just call me or one of our board members for more information. Hope to see you soon. www.SPEdetroit.com
LyondellBassell Nova Chemicals Maple Press UniPlas
We were saddened to hear of the death of Fred Schwab, age 90, on February 20, 2009. Fred was a Director Emeritus of the Detroit Section, having been a founder and Distinguished Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Fred enjoyed a successful career in the Plastics Industry until his retirement in 2002. He was inducted into the National Plastics Hall of Fame in 1991, received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Ferris State University in 1996, and was awarded many other honors worldwide. Fred will be missed by his many friends and colleagues.
Visit the New SPE Web Site www.4SPE.org Be sure to visit www.4SPE.org for the many Member Benefits it offers including a Career Development and Job Posting service. On the Detroit Section page, www.SPEdetroit.com, you can find details on upcoming events, a complete member list, a photo gallery including our Gold Award winner and the winning SPE Future City team, and more information about our section officers along with other news and copies of our News Briefs.
E-Communications Irv Poston, General Motors (retired) Get Connected! The trend is toward more electronic communication and less snail-mail. This is the first printed and mailed issue of our Trends & Topics newsletter for the 2008-2009 year. Up to this point, our main communication with members consisted of four emailed News Briefs. Also, we again used an electronic ballot for election of our new Councilor, Norm Kakarala. If you did not receive these emails, the reason may be: 1. Your correct email address is not in your SPE Profile.
As an Affiliate Society Member of the Engineering Society of Detroit, our meetings are listed on the Events Calendar on their website (www.ESD.org). Wayne Hertlein is our Detroit Section “Intersociety” representative. Be sure to ask him about the ESD member benefits that are available to members of ESD affiliated societies. In addition to emailing electronic News Briefs, we also send printed mailings through the Post Office. It’s essential that we have good addresses and that your company permits delivery. Home email and postal addresses may be better to assure that you get all of these mailings. If you think that your email or postal address should be updated to assure delivery, or if have any comments, questions, or suggestions regarding our communications efforts, please contact Irv Poston at 248-646-9574, [email protected]
2. You have “unsubscribed” and the email was not sent to you. 3. Your computer or company blocks the email. 4. You are not listed as an Active Member of SPE. We currently have 930 Active Members who have paid dues or are unemployed. As of the end of the year, we had 234 members suspended in 2008 plus 205 members suspended in 2007. It’s important that you maintain Active Membership to receive all of the benefits that SPE has to offer. Check the website at www.4SPE.org.
www.SPEdetroit.com
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Detroit Section
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1800 Crooks Road Troy, MI 48084
FIRST CLASS MAIL If S or P is printed after your name in the address below, your membership has been suspended or you are a prospective member. You will get a full refund of the cost of attending the March 19 meeting if you renew or apply for membership within 10 days.
Save These Important Dates More information is available on our web site www.SPEdetroit.com Sunday
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Thursday, March 19, Technical Dinner Meeting The featured speaker will be Rose A. Ryntz, Ph.D., IAC North America. She will talk about 8 Flexible with9Interior Automotive 10 12 13 “Staying Material11 Developments.”
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Wednesday, March 25, Annual Material Auction This event provides scholarships, awards, education, and other functions that promote 15 16 19 for the camaraderie. 20 the growth of the plastics industry.17Even if you’re18 not bidding, come
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Tuesday, April 28, AutoEPCON This fully-packed one-day technical conference and exhibition showcases innovative 22 24 plastics for 25 the global automotive 26 27 developments in the23use of engineering industry. October 4-7, Global TPO Conference This premier three-day conference draws some of the world’s most knowledgeable 29 makers and30industry experts 31 who share their perspective and ground breaking decision developments in one of the world’s fastest growing polymers.
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he next SPE Detroit Dinner Meeting will be held Thursday evening, March 19 with Networking beginning at 5:00 p.m. followed by Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and the Program at 7:00 p.m. We will meet at the usual place: the Best Western Sterling Inn, 34911 VanDyke at 15 Mile, Sterling Heights, MI.
Volume 53 ▲ Number 1
Technical Dinner Meeting
The featured speaker will be Rose A. Ryntz, Ph.D., IAC North America. She will talk about “Staying Flexible with Interior Automotive Material Developments.”
More information is available on our website at www.SPEdetroit.com. Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Time: Networking – 5:00 p.m. Dinner – 6:00 p.m. Program – 7:00 p.m. Place: Best Western Sterling Inn 34911 Van Dyke Ave. Sterling Heights, MI 48312 (586) 979-1400
Cost: SPE Member: $35.00 Non-Member: $40.00 Unemployed or Students: No Charge (full refund if renew or join within 10 days) Reservations Pat Levine & Information: American Chemistry Council 248-244-8993 248-244-8925 fax [email protected]
Annual Material Auction March 25 Our Annual Material Auction will be held Wednesday evening, March 25 with Registration and Cocktails at 4:00 p.m. and Dinner at 5:00 p.m. The Material Auction will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed with a play by The Second City. This special event and show will take place at Andiamo Second City. “Kwame A River: The Chronicles of Detroit’s Hip-Hop Mayor” is an original play satirizing Kwame Kilpatrick’s tenure as Mayor of Detroit. The show features a talented ensemble of six Detroit actors and features dozens of local characters that will be familiar to Detroiters. More information is available on our web site at www.SPEdetroit.com. Contact Jason Lewallen at 586-321-6103 or Tom Miller at 586 291-5289 if you have questions or would like to donate or purchase materials.
Cost: Per Person: $70.00 includes drinks through dinner, dinner, and the show
Reservation: Pat Levine 248-244-8993 248-244-8925 fax [email protected]
March 2009
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: Registration & Cocktails – 4:00 p.m. Dinner – 5:00 p.m. Material Auction – 6:00 p.m. “Kwame” Show – 8:00 p.m. Place: Andiamo Second City 42705 Grand River Novi, MI
DETROIT SECTION - SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS - “THE CHARTER CHAPTER”
The presentation will focus on customer perceived attributes such as feel, low temperature deployment characteristics, scratch resistance, and color and grain definition. Material and process developments to achieve these attributes will be discussed, to include materials processed via injection molding, spray, and/or cast (slush) processing.
President’s Message Jim Keeler, A. Schulman Inc.
T
his past six months has brought us SPE members and our nation unprecedented challenges. You are all knowledgeable about our region’s issues. Whatever else we may focus on personally, a top priority for us and Michigan is jobs. Those of us who are employed are thankful daily and work hard at keeping our jobs the best we can, while helping others less fortunate however we can. Those who are unemployed are searching, both for hope and a new position. In either situation, what we all share is an increased interest in networking with fellow plastic industry professionals. Your Society of Plastics Engineers can help you meet this desire. We are extending a complimentary offer to all current and past or potential members of SPE Detroit Section to join us as our guests at our upcoming March 19th technical dinner meeting (see front cover for more details on this event). All we ask is that you contact Pat Levine to make a reservation so that we will have enough dinners for all who wish to attend. Typically, you have been supportive of your organization in the past by paying dues and participating in selected events, perhaps even working on one of our committees or the Board of Directors. The Detroit Section would like to help you in your time of need. By offering an opportunity to network with those in the local industry, we hope to facilitate the sharing of ideas, strategies and leads while giving you a chance to hear a technically-based presentation on plastic materials and process by a distinguished industry professional, Dr. Rose Ryntz of IAC. The SPE Detroit Section and SPE Automotive Division representatives have been exploring other ideas on helping to deal with the employment situation. They include a seminar on 2
Our Newsletter Sponsors A. Schulman Ashland
job search strategies and a job fair. While details are still being worked out, we hope to offer our profession additional support in this area this year. In the meantime, there are many existing groups in the Southeast MI area striving to support those who are seeking re-employment assistance. One in particular is called Careers in Transition, hosted by my church, First Congregational Church of Rochester. It welcomes all in the community. The support includes equipping individuals with the skills and tools necessary to effectively carry out a job search campaign. For more information on this particular group, check out the website www.fccrochester.org. To look for other similar groups in the area, go to http://www.ctsministries.org. Lastly, the SPE Detroit Section has many opportunities for volunteers to work on something that they have a passion for while networking. We need volunteers to help with our many Education Committee activities, such as MI student chapters, scholarships, student essay contest, Engineering Week activities, Plastivan visits to middle and high schools and Toys for Kids program. Alternatively, you can work on the planning committee for one of our technical programs such as Auto EPCON and TPO Conference or our Material Auction. If you would like to help us recruit new members, plan our next years’ programs, organize and publish our Newsletter or other communications efforts, we would welcome you to attend one of our Detroit Section board of directors’ meetings (upcoming schedule is listed on our website at www.spedetroit. com or www.4spe.org) and talk first hand with your BoD and committee members to learn more. Or you can just call me or one of our board members for more information. Hope to see you soon. www.SPEdetroit.com
LyondellBassell Nova Chemicals Maple Press UniPlas
We were saddened to hear of the death of Fred Schwab, age 90, on February 20, 2009. Fred was a Director Emeritus of the Detroit Section, having been a founder and Distinguished Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Fred enjoyed a successful career in the Plastics Industry until his retirement in 2002. He was inducted into the National Plastics Hall of Fame in 1991, received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Ferris State University in 1996, and was awarded many other honors worldwide. Fred will be missed by his many friends and colleagues.
Visit the New SPE Web Site www.4SPE.org Be sure to visit www.4SPE.org for the many Member Benefits it offers including a Career Development and Job Posting service. On the Detroit Section page, www.SPEdetroit.com, you can find details on upcoming events, a complete member list, a photo gallery including our Gold Award winner and the winning SPE Future City team, and more information about our section officers along with other news and copies of our News Briefs.
E-Communications Irv Poston, General Motors (retired) Get Connected! The trend is toward more electronic communication and less snail-mail. This is the first printed and mailed issue of our Trends & Topics newsletter for the 2008-2009 year. Up to this point, our main communication with members consisted of four emailed News Briefs. Also, we again used an electronic ballot for election of our new Councilor, Norm Kakarala. If you did not receive these emails, the reason may be: 1. Your correct email address is not in your SPE Profile.
As an Affiliate Society Member of the Engineering Society of Detroit, our meetings are listed on the Events Calendar on their website (www.ESD.org). Wayne Hertlein is our Detroit Section “Intersociety” representative. Be sure to ask him about the ESD member benefits that are available to members of ESD affiliated societies. In addition to emailing electronic News Briefs, we also send printed mailings through the Post Office. It’s essential that we have good addresses and that your company permits delivery. Home email and postal addresses may be better to assure that you get all of these mailings. If you think that your email or postal address should be updated to assure delivery, or if have any comments, questions, or suggestions regarding our communications efforts, please contact Irv Poston at 248-646-9574, [email protected]
2. You have “unsubscribed” and the email was not sent to you. 3. Your computer or company blocks the email. 4. You are not listed as an Active Member of SPE. We currently have 930 Active Members who have paid dues or are unemployed. As of the end of the year, we had 234 members suspended in 2008 plus 205 members suspended in 2007. It’s important that you maintain Active Membership to receive all of the benefits that SPE has to offer. Check the website at www.4SPE.org.
www.SPEdetroit.com
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PRE-SORTED FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #498
Detroit Section
society of plastics engineers, Inc.
1800 Crooks Road Troy, MI 48084
FIRST CLASS MAIL If S or P is printed after your name in the address below, your membership has been suspended or you are a prospective member. You will get a full refund of the cost of attending the March 19 meeting if you renew or apply for membership within 10 days.
Save These Important Dates More information is available on our web site www.SPEdetroit.com Sunday
Monday 1
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
4
Thursday
Friday 5
Saturday 6
7
Thursday, March 19, Technical Dinner Meeting The featured speaker will be Rose A. Ryntz, Ph.D., IAC North America. She will talk about 8 Flexible with9Interior Automotive 10 12 13 “Staying Material11 Developments.”
14
Wednesday, March 25, Annual Material Auction This event provides scholarships, awards, education, and other functions that promote 15 16 19 for the camaraderie. 20 the growth of the plastics industry.17Even if you’re18 not bidding, come
21
Tuesday, April 28, AutoEPCON This fully-packed one-day technical conference and exhibition showcases innovative 22 24 plastics for 25 the global automotive 26 27 developments in the23use of engineering industry. October 4-7, Global TPO Conference This premier three-day conference draws some of the world’s most knowledgeable 29 makers and30industry experts 31 who share their perspective and ground breaking decision developments in one of the world’s fastest growing polymers.
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