PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE Section S-71 Covering Eastern North Carolina Newsletter of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Piedmont-Coastal Section, North Carolina Promoting the Scientific & Engineering Knowledge of Plastics
Volume XV No. 5 Jan 2016
Tour General Electric Plant Mebane, NC Jan 12, 2016 See Page 3 for Details
Questions? Contact: Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity
RSVP by Jan 8
336 727 7779 (O) 336-314-7667 (C) [email protected]
A few SPEcial Words from our President I hope this finds everyone having a safe and enjoyable holiday season with family and friends. We had a very successful 2015 and I look forward to the schedule we have for the first half of 2016. We had a wonderful Christmas party this year. Everyone in attendance really enjoyed the chance to celebrate the Holidays together. Once again we had a lively game of Dirty Santa with some nice gifts which were well received and in some instances saw multiple hands as they were coveted by the Dirty Santas in the crowd. If you could not attend this year I surely hope you will be able to next year as it is always a great time. I am pleased to announce that on January 12th we will be touring the General Electric plant in Mebane, NC. This will be the first of several meetings of 2016, I hope everyone will try to attend as many as your schedule will permit. I truly hope that 2016 will be a Happy New Year seeing growth and opportunities for each and every one of you. Leon Suttles
OUR NEW 2015/2016 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS
Leon
Geoff
Dan Phone
Lewis
Officers
Name
Business
Cell (home)
President Pres-Elect Treasurer Secretary Councilor
Leon Suttles Geoff Foster Lewis Wilson Dan Fuccella Rodney Joslin
PCS Company 586-863-7427 Core Technology 336-294-2018 336-708-2673(c) ChannelPA 336-314-2776(c) ATI 919-380-1420 919-349-5911(c) TE Connectivity 336-544-1316 336-314-7667
Rodney
E-Mail
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Board of Directors 2015/2016 Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Patz, Tim Bryant 2016/2017 Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick 2017/2018 Walt Carey, Matthew Peterman, Tim Earley, Todd Bryant Board of Directors by Position: House - Rodney Joslin; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Tim Earley, Chris Jackson; Rules - BOD; Historian - BOD; Membership - Tim Earley; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen; Awards - BOD; Golf Outing - Jackie Ryba and Walt Carey Liaisons: NCSU - Maury Balik CCCC - Glenn Shearin Carolinas Section SPE - Todd Bryant NC A&T - Geoff Foster PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through June, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, [email protected] or [email protected] telephone at 919-333-2003 (cell). To advertize in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley at 336-693-6466 [email protected]. Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at
SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal.
You should be notified by e-mail when it is posted. Neither the Society of Plastics Engineers or the Piedmont-Coastal Section is responsible for views that are expressed by individual contributors, either in the articles published in the newsletter or in any of the technical presentations.
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Meeting Details - Jan 12, 2016 BOD Meeting at Tim Earley’s house - 4:00 3210 S NC highway 119 Haw River , NC 27258
Use side gate on Jim Minor (left at flashing red light going south on 119, then immediate right at mailboxes)
Tour of GE Mebane - 5:00 GE Industrial Solutions Mebane Operations 6801 Industrial Drive Mebane, NC 27302 Meeting / Dinner - Golden Corral, Burlington - 6:00 3108 Garden Rd, Burlington, NC 27215
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Our Sponsors Training: Consultants/Training Page Website Applied Technologies Inc. . . . . 5 www.ati-engineers.com chemlabconsulting, LLC . . . . . 5 www.chemlabconsulting.com Piedmont Industry, LLC . . . . . . 5 www.piedmontindustry.com Porticos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 www.porticos.net Equipment: ABC Plastics Tech Group . . . . . . 9 Fordham Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 9 Stay OnLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Materials Channel Prime Alliance . . . . . . Clairant Corp . . . . . . . . . . . Polymer Resources . . . . . . . . Polymer Technology & Services . PolyOne Distribution . . . . . . . Triangle Central Warehouse . . . Processors Aimet Technologies, INC . . . . Polymers Center of Excellence Raleigh Precision Products . . Sapona Plastics, LLC . . . . . . Syracuse Plastics . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
9 7 5 2 2 7
. 4 . 7 . 9 . 7 . 5
www.abcgroup3.com www.FordhamPlastics.com www.stayonline.com www.channelPA.com www.clariant.com www.prlresins.com www.ptsllc.com www.polyone.com
www.aimet.com www.polymers-center.org www.raleighprecision.com www.saponaplastics.com www.SyracusePlastics.com
Tooling Carson Tool and Mold . . . . . . . 4 www.carsonmold.com Emerald Tool and Mold . . . . . . 4 www.emeraldtoolandmold.com Hasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 www.hasco.com Hi-Tech Plating . . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.hitecplating.com FR Male and Associates . . . . . . 9 www.FRMale.com Maloney Tool and Mold . . . . . . 11 www.maloneycos.com Meusburger USA . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.meusburger.com PCS Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.pcs-company.com Richmond Tooling . . . . . . . . . 4 www.richmondtooling.com Superior Tooling, Inc. . . . . . . . 5 www.sti-nc.com Tool-All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.toolall.com
THANK YOU!
The members of the Piedmont-Coastal Section, a non-profit organization, thank these sponsors for their generosity. Donations to our section are used for educational purposes.
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Top SPE sections (membership):
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Section Active New Detroit 792 0 South Texas 464 0 East New England 442 0 Chicago 422 0 Palisades-New Jersey 389 0 Milwaukee 366 0 Ontario 309 0 Upper Midwest 302 0 Akron 294 0 Philadelphia 277 0 Southern 275 0 Southern California 270 0 Carolinas 257 0 Cleveland 208 0 Piedmont Coastal 154 0 Connecticut 153 0 Pittsburgh 153 0 Miami Valley 148 0 Western Michigan 148 0
Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 As of Dec 31, 2015 we have 154 members!
Welcome to another great year of membership with Piedmont Coastal section. We have 154 total members (including students) as of Dec 31, 2015. We have 28 student members. Thanks to CCCC, NCSU and North Carolina A&T State University for their support. I encourage every member to sign up a new member for the 2015-2016 year. Let’s all work toward increasing our membership. If you have changed jobs or location, please send me a note. If you have any email, employment, or phone number changes, please contact me as well. If you have someone you feel can benefit from joining SPE, give them an application or send me their name and I will submit it to SPE and have you as the referring member. New and renewing students: There’s an option online for new and renewing students where they can select to have SPI & SPE sponsor their membership so that it won’t cost them anything. They will see the option as they go through the renew or signup process. It should be just a check box.
Newsletter: The newsletter will be posted on the main SPE website this year. With everyone using smartphones, it is better to download the newsletter at your convenience.
www.SPE4.org>communities>Sections >NC>Piedmont-coastal.
Go to:
If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at [email protected]. Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership Chairman and BOD 336-693-6466 cell (Main) CTC Plastics Resin and Pallet Sales Representative [email protected]
Lapsed 358 179 183 181 113 138 111 182 101 92 122 108 100 75 132 38 61 78 64
ADVERTISING REPORT Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 As of Nov 1, 2015 We have collected $9210 and have a commitment of $9560 for the 2015-2016 year. We appreciate all of our AD sponsors. Please check their web sites and support them. All fess goes to our scholarship fund. We are still accepting new ads for our newsletter for the 2015-2016 year. We will prorate fees as to when ads are placed. Fee Schedule – one cost covers prorated one year (10 monthly issues) Ads may be in color • Business card $250 1.75”x 3.25” • ¼ Page $475 3.5” x 4.75” or 2.25” x 7.0” • ½ Page $900 3.5” x 9.5” or 4.75” x 7.0” If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at [email protected].
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SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC. 13 Church Hill Rd, Newtown, CT 06470 Phone: 203.775.0471 Fax: 203.775.8490 www.4spe.org 2015 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chief Executive Officer
Willem De Vos
[email protected]
President
Vijay Boolani
[email protected]
President-elect
Dick Cameron
[email protected]
Senior Vice President
Scott Owens
[email protected]
Vice Pres & Treasurer
Dr Raed Al-Zubi
[email protected]
Vice Pres & Secretary
Dr Jaime Gomez
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Operations
Gregory Campbell
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Marketing
Thierry D’Allard
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Global Event Mg
Dr Jeffrey Helms
[email protected]
Vice Pres/New Sections
Oliver Crave
[email protected]
CONTACTS Website Technician Pedro Matos Annual Awards: Sarah Sullinger Membership Programs: Sue Wojnicki
pmatos.4spe.org [email protected] [email protected]
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Please give us an opportunity to help you succeed….call to have one of our experienced Sales Staff review your requirements today! Scott Zuber
[email protected] 866-467-0708 / 919-302-2571
Doug Miller
[email protected] 336-264-5658
Equipment and Services Line-Up Nissei America Injection Molding Machines Star Automation Robots and Automation Equipment and End of Arm Tooling Reiloy USA Screw and Barrel Solutions RJG Process Monitoring, Control And Training ZAG Used Equipment Sales UBE Industrial Large Tonnage Molding Machines Matsui America Resin Drying and Press Side Aux
HFA Conveyors and Boxfill Systems Tecnomagnete Magnetic Platens Gammaflux Hot Runner Control Solutions AEC Applications Engineering Whitlock Material Handling and Blending Nelmor Size Reduction Cooling and Heating Systems – Chillers, Towers
We just want to remind you that your fellow SPE members are one of your most valuable member benefits. They can help you answer technical questions…solve process problems…maximize efficiency…find a consultant or contractor…promote your products or services…and network in your specialty, interest, or geographic area. The SPE Online Membership Directory gives you access to the largest community of plastics professionals in the world—15,000 members in 70+ countries, searchable and reachable 24/7. And it is only for SPE members. Use it to find and connect with the people, answers, and solutions you need. It’s easier than ever! To search the SPE Online Membership Directory, log in to your SPE membership account at www.4spe.org.
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Location: Cutting Board Restaurant, Burlington, NC Attendees: Tim Bryant; Tim Earley; Dan Fuccella; Maury Balik; Lewis Wilson; Justin Patz; Pat Mannella; Matthew Peterman; Glenn Shearin; Leon Suttles, Geoff Foster Meeting was called to order by Leon Suttles, Section President at 5:35 pm Secretary’s Report – Dan Fuccella Moved to approve Minutes of October 13, 2015 BOD meeting as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion discussed, voted and carried Treasurer’s Report- Lewis Wilson 1. Finance record keeping system using the dedicated laptop with installation of Quicken software, and “cloud” based record handling is functioning well. 2. Financial Statement: a. Bank Balance ending October 31, 2015: $28,383.51 b. Highlights: i. Balance is up $3,144.96 from September 30, 2015 ii. Additional Newsletter ad revenue in October: $3,810.00 iii. SPE National Councilor 3-day Fall Meeting expense in Pittsburgh held down to: $ 361.40 Moved to approve Treasurer’s Report as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Maury Balik Motion discussed, voted and carried Membership Report - Tim Earley 1. Current P-C Section membership remains at 235 including 100 student members. 2. Discussed need find means of attracting more members to the monthly meeting. a. More valued presentation topics and tours? b. More desirable meeting locations? c. More convenient date and time of meetings? d. Improved networking opportunities? e. Better understanding of the new initiatives that SPE has implemented to assist members? 3. Members are encouraged to present their opinions and suggestions to Tim Earley amd other members of the Board. 4. Tim Early is to provide the members of the Board with a list of current members who, in turn, are to contact those members who have not been actively participating in the ongoing activities of the Section to discuss what would be of value to them and inform them of opportunities in the Section and at Headquarters. Moved to approve Membership Report as submitted: Maury Balik Second to motion: Leon Suttles Motion discussed, voted and carried
Education Report - Maury Balik 1. Essay Contest: Maury has invited 136 schools (10 more than last year) to participate in the Plastics Essay Contest. As previously approved by the Board, the number of entries from any one institution will be limited to 10. Paper submission deadline is December 4, 2015. Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Lewis Wilson Second to motion: Leon Suttles Motion discussed, voted and carried Advertising Report - Tim Earley 1.
As of the November meeting, we have received $9,210.00 in newsletter ad sales.
2.
Total ad proceeds for 2015 are anticipated to be $9,590.00
3.
The Board again thanked Tim for the excellent work that his team did on making ad sales.
Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Pat Mannella Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion discussed, voted and carried Councilor’s Report – Matthew Peterman for Rodney Joslin Encouraged Board members to check out SPE National’s new initiative “The Chain” which features methods of communicating on-line with fellow SPE Plastics Professionals and University resources. Old Business: 1. Clark Broome: Tim Earley and Maury Balik have submitted an application for Honored Service Member status for Clark in recognition of his many years of dedicated service to SPE on a Section and International level in advance of the October 30, 2015 deadline. 2. Policy Manual: Tim Earley is to email a copy of the P-C Section Policy Manual to the Board members for review and comment for updating. New Business: Glenn Shearin of the Central Carolina Community College Tool & Die Program is looking for 100lbs of ABS or Polypropylene pellets for their use in trying out molds that the students build. Please contact Glenn at [email protected] if you can contribute some material. Proposed Programs for 2015-16: The following updated schedule of events was agreed upon by the Board of Directors. The “Responsible person” is to arrange and confirm arrangements: (updated schedule located on Page 12)
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Planning Calendar for 2015/2016
Month
Topic
Company
Tour
Responsible person
8-Sep
P-C Golf Outing
The Preserve
none
Walt Carey
StayOnline, Creedmore, NC
Tim Earley
13-Oct
Vance-Granville Customized Training Community College
10-Nov
none
none
none
BOD
9-Dec
Christmas party
The Flame, Sanford
none
Rodney Joslin
12-Jan
In Process
General Electric Mebane
Rodney Joslin
Nanoscience Center NC A&T
Geoff Foster
9-Feb
Plastics Training & Polymers Center Tech Support in NC of Excellence
8-Mar
TBD
TBD
Tichy Train Burlington, NC
Leon Suttles
12-Apr
Medical Plastics Mini-Tec
TBD
none
Dan Fuccella
10-May
Carolina Golf Outing
none
none
Carolinas Section
14-Jun
2016-17 planning meeting
TE, Pegg Road, Greensboro
none
Leon Suttles
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Upcoming Event for 2015 Piedmont-Coastal Section Medical Plastics MiniTec The Piedmont-Coastal Section will be hosting a one day Medical Plastics MiniTec. A day of technical presentations pertaining to the newest technology in the Medical Plastics arena. Tuesday, April 12, 2015 NC Biotechnology Center 15 Tw Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27709 Located Conveniently in North Carolina’s Research Triangle
MiniTec Details, including registration, transportation, accommodations, display table openings and sponsor opportunities will be posted shortly on the Piedmont-Coastal Section website: http://www.4spe.org/ Communities/sectiondetail. aspx?ItemNumber=5389. For immediate information, please contact [email protected] .
Nov Minutes - Continued from Page 10 Programs Action Items: 1. Check with John Deere, Fuquay-Varina, NC for January tour – Matt Peterman 2. Check with Tichy Train and the Cutting Board for March tour – Leon Suttles 3. Check with GE Customer Experience Center, Mebane, NC – Rodney Joslin 4. Check with GE Aircraft Engine Assembly, RTP, NC spring 2016 – Dan Fuccella 5. Organize Medical Plastics MiniTec Committee and commence determination of location, schedule, and finances – Dan Fuccella 6. Generate a “save-the-date” notice for the April 12, 2015 Medical Plastics MedTec to place in the next P-C Section newsletter. Moved to adjourn the November 10, 2015 SPE P-C Section BOD meeting: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion voted and carried Meeting was adjourned at 6:33pm Respectfully submitted, Dan Fuccella, Treasurer, SPE Piedmont-Coastal Section November 15, 2015
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Volume XV No. 5 Jan 2016
Tour General Electric Plant Mebane, NC Jan 12, 2016 See Page 3 for Details
Questions? Contact: Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity
RSVP by Jan 8
336 727 7779 (O) 336-314-7667 (C) [email protected]
A few SPEcial Words from our President I hope this finds everyone having a safe and enjoyable holiday season with family and friends. We had a very successful 2015 and I look forward to the schedule we have for the first half of 2016. We had a wonderful Christmas party this year. Everyone in attendance really enjoyed the chance to celebrate the Holidays together. Once again we had a lively game of Dirty Santa with some nice gifts which were well received and in some instances saw multiple hands as they were coveted by the Dirty Santas in the crowd. If you could not attend this year I surely hope you will be able to next year as it is always a great time. I am pleased to announce that on January 12th we will be touring the General Electric plant in Mebane, NC. This will be the first of several meetings of 2016, I hope everyone will try to attend as many as your schedule will permit. I truly hope that 2016 will be a Happy New Year seeing growth and opportunities for each and every one of you. Leon Suttles
OUR NEW 2015/2016 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS
Leon
Geoff
Dan Phone
Lewis
Officers
Name
Business
Cell (home)
President Pres-Elect Treasurer Secretary Councilor
Leon Suttles Geoff Foster Lewis Wilson Dan Fuccella Rodney Joslin
PCS Company 586-863-7427 Core Technology 336-294-2018 336-708-2673(c) ChannelPA 336-314-2776(c) ATI 919-380-1420 919-349-5911(c) TE Connectivity 336-544-1316 336-314-7667
Rodney
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Board of Directors 2015/2016 Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Patz, Tim Bryant 2016/2017 Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick 2017/2018 Walt Carey, Matthew Peterman, Tim Earley, Todd Bryant Board of Directors by Position: House - Rodney Joslin; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Tim Earley, Chris Jackson; Rules - BOD; Historian - BOD; Membership - Tim Earley; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen; Awards - BOD; Golf Outing - Jackie Ryba and Walt Carey Liaisons: NCSU - Maury Balik CCCC - Glenn Shearin Carolinas Section SPE - Todd Bryant NC A&T - Geoff Foster PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through June, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, [email protected] or [email protected] telephone at 919-333-2003 (cell). To advertize in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley at 336-693-6466 [email protected]. Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at
SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal.
You should be notified by e-mail when it is posted. Neither the Society of Plastics Engineers or the Piedmont-Coastal Section is responsible for views that are expressed by individual contributors, either in the articles published in the newsletter or in any of the technical presentations.
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Meeting Details - Jan 12, 2016 BOD Meeting at Tim Earley’s house - 4:00 3210 S NC highway 119 Haw River , NC 27258
Use side gate on Jim Minor (left at flashing red light going south on 119, then immediate right at mailboxes)
Tour of GE Mebane - 5:00 GE Industrial Solutions Mebane Operations 6801 Industrial Drive Mebane, NC 27302 Meeting / Dinner - Golden Corral, Burlington - 6:00 3108 Garden Rd, Burlington, NC 27215
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Our Sponsors Training: Consultants/Training Page Website Applied Technologies Inc. . . . . 5 www.ati-engineers.com chemlabconsulting, LLC . . . . . 5 www.chemlabconsulting.com Piedmont Industry, LLC . . . . . . 5 www.piedmontindustry.com Porticos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 www.porticos.net Equipment: ABC Plastics Tech Group . . . . . . 9 Fordham Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 9 Stay OnLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Materials Channel Prime Alliance . . . . . . Clairant Corp . . . . . . . . . . . Polymer Resources . . . . . . . . Polymer Technology & Services . PolyOne Distribution . . . . . . . Triangle Central Warehouse . . . Processors Aimet Technologies, INC . . . . Polymers Center of Excellence Raleigh Precision Products . . Sapona Plastics, LLC . . . . . . Syracuse Plastics . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
9 7 5 2 2 7
. 4 . 7 . 9 . 7 . 5
www.abcgroup3.com www.FordhamPlastics.com www.stayonline.com www.channelPA.com www.clariant.com www.prlresins.com www.ptsllc.com www.polyone.com
www.aimet.com www.polymers-center.org www.raleighprecision.com www.saponaplastics.com www.SyracusePlastics.com
Tooling Carson Tool and Mold . . . . . . . 4 www.carsonmold.com Emerald Tool and Mold . . . . . . 4 www.emeraldtoolandmold.com Hasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 www.hasco.com Hi-Tech Plating . . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.hitecplating.com FR Male and Associates . . . . . . 9 www.FRMale.com Maloney Tool and Mold . . . . . . 11 www.maloneycos.com Meusburger USA . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.meusburger.com PCS Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.pcs-company.com Richmond Tooling . . . . . . . . . 4 www.richmondtooling.com Superior Tooling, Inc. . . . . . . . 5 www.sti-nc.com Tool-All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.toolall.com
THANK YOU!
The members of the Piedmont-Coastal Section, a non-profit organization, thank these sponsors for their generosity. Donations to our section are used for educational purposes.
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Top SPE sections (membership):
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Section Active New Detroit 792 0 South Texas 464 0 East New England 442 0 Chicago 422 0 Palisades-New Jersey 389 0 Milwaukee 366 0 Ontario 309 0 Upper Midwest 302 0 Akron 294 0 Philadelphia 277 0 Southern 275 0 Southern California 270 0 Carolinas 257 0 Cleveland 208 0 Piedmont Coastal 154 0 Connecticut 153 0 Pittsburgh 153 0 Miami Valley 148 0 Western Michigan 148 0
Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 As of Dec 31, 2015 we have 154 members!
Welcome to another great year of membership with Piedmont Coastal section. We have 154 total members (including students) as of Dec 31, 2015. We have 28 student members. Thanks to CCCC, NCSU and North Carolina A&T State University for their support. I encourage every member to sign up a new member for the 2015-2016 year. Let’s all work toward increasing our membership. If you have changed jobs or location, please send me a note. If you have any email, employment, or phone number changes, please contact me as well. If you have someone you feel can benefit from joining SPE, give them an application or send me their name and I will submit it to SPE and have you as the referring member. New and renewing students: There’s an option online for new and renewing students where they can select to have SPI & SPE sponsor their membership so that it won’t cost them anything. They will see the option as they go through the renew or signup process. It should be just a check box.
Newsletter: The newsletter will be posted on the main SPE website this year. With everyone using smartphones, it is better to download the newsletter at your convenience.
www.SPE4.org>communities>Sections >NC>Piedmont-coastal.
Go to:
If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at [email protected]. Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership Chairman and BOD 336-693-6466 cell (Main) CTC Plastics Resin and Pallet Sales Representative [email protected]
Lapsed 358 179 183 181 113 138 111 182 101 92 122 108 100 75 132 38 61 78 64
ADVERTISING REPORT Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 As of Nov 1, 2015 We have collected $9210 and have a commitment of $9560 for the 2015-2016 year. We appreciate all of our AD sponsors. Please check their web sites and support them. All fess goes to our scholarship fund. We are still accepting new ads for our newsletter for the 2015-2016 year. We will prorate fees as to when ads are placed. Fee Schedule – one cost covers prorated one year (10 monthly issues) Ads may be in color • Business card $250 1.75”x 3.25” • ¼ Page $475 3.5” x 4.75” or 2.25” x 7.0” • ½ Page $900 3.5” x 9.5” or 4.75” x 7.0” If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at [email protected].
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SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC. 13 Church Hill Rd, Newtown, CT 06470 Phone: 203.775.0471 Fax: 203.775.8490 www.4spe.org 2015 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chief Executive Officer
Willem De Vos
[email protected]
President
Vijay Boolani
[email protected]
President-elect
Dick Cameron
[email protected]
Senior Vice President
Scott Owens
[email protected]
Vice Pres & Treasurer
Dr Raed Al-Zubi
[email protected]
Vice Pres & Secretary
Dr Jaime Gomez
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Operations
Gregory Campbell
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Marketing
Thierry D’Allard
[email protected]
Vice Pres/Global Event Mg
Dr Jeffrey Helms
[email protected]
Vice Pres/New Sections
Oliver Crave
[email protected]
CONTACTS Website Technician Pedro Matos Annual Awards: Sarah Sullinger Membership Programs: Sue Wojnicki
pmatos.4spe.org [email protected] [email protected]
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Please give us an opportunity to help you succeed….call to have one of our experienced Sales Staff review your requirements today! Scott Zuber
[email protected] 866-467-0708 / 919-302-2571
Doug Miller
[email protected] 336-264-5658
Equipment and Services Line-Up Nissei America Injection Molding Machines Star Automation Robots and Automation Equipment and End of Arm Tooling Reiloy USA Screw and Barrel Solutions RJG Process Monitoring, Control And Training ZAG Used Equipment Sales UBE Industrial Large Tonnage Molding Machines Matsui America Resin Drying and Press Side Aux
HFA Conveyors and Boxfill Systems Tecnomagnete Magnetic Platens Gammaflux Hot Runner Control Solutions AEC Applications Engineering Whitlock Material Handling and Blending Nelmor Size Reduction Cooling and Heating Systems – Chillers, Towers
We just want to remind you that your fellow SPE members are one of your most valuable member benefits. They can help you answer technical questions…solve process problems…maximize efficiency…find a consultant or contractor…promote your products or services…and network in your specialty, interest, or geographic area. The SPE Online Membership Directory gives you access to the largest community of plastics professionals in the world—15,000 members in 70+ countries, searchable and reachable 24/7. And it is only for SPE members. Use it to find and connect with the people, answers, and solutions you need. It’s easier than ever! To search the SPE Online Membership Directory, log in to your SPE membership account at www.4spe.org.
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Location: Cutting Board Restaurant, Burlington, NC Attendees: Tim Bryant; Tim Earley; Dan Fuccella; Maury Balik; Lewis Wilson; Justin Patz; Pat Mannella; Matthew Peterman; Glenn Shearin; Leon Suttles, Geoff Foster Meeting was called to order by Leon Suttles, Section President at 5:35 pm Secretary’s Report – Dan Fuccella Moved to approve Minutes of October 13, 2015 BOD meeting as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion discussed, voted and carried Treasurer’s Report- Lewis Wilson 1. Finance record keeping system using the dedicated laptop with installation of Quicken software, and “cloud” based record handling is functioning well. 2. Financial Statement: a. Bank Balance ending October 31, 2015: $28,383.51 b. Highlights: i. Balance is up $3,144.96 from September 30, 2015 ii. Additional Newsletter ad revenue in October: $3,810.00 iii. SPE National Councilor 3-day Fall Meeting expense in Pittsburgh held down to: $ 361.40 Moved to approve Treasurer’s Report as submitted: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Maury Balik Motion discussed, voted and carried Membership Report - Tim Earley 1. Current P-C Section membership remains at 235 including 100 student members. 2. Discussed need find means of attracting more members to the monthly meeting. a. More valued presentation topics and tours? b. More desirable meeting locations? c. More convenient date and time of meetings? d. Improved networking opportunities? e. Better understanding of the new initiatives that SPE has implemented to assist members? 3. Members are encouraged to present their opinions and suggestions to Tim Earley amd other members of the Board. 4. Tim Early is to provide the members of the Board with a list of current members who, in turn, are to contact those members who have not been actively participating in the ongoing activities of the Section to discuss what would be of value to them and inform them of opportunities in the Section and at Headquarters. Moved to approve Membership Report as submitted: Maury Balik Second to motion: Leon Suttles Motion discussed, voted and carried
Education Report - Maury Balik 1. Essay Contest: Maury has invited 136 schools (10 more than last year) to participate in the Plastics Essay Contest. As previously approved by the Board, the number of entries from any one institution will be limited to 10. Paper submission deadline is December 4, 2015. Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Lewis Wilson Second to motion: Leon Suttles Motion discussed, voted and carried Advertising Report - Tim Earley 1.
As of the November meeting, we have received $9,210.00 in newsletter ad sales.
2.
Total ad proceeds for 2015 are anticipated to be $9,590.00
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The Board again thanked Tim for the excellent work that his team did on making ad sales.
Moved to approve Education Report as submitted: Pat Mannella Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion discussed, voted and carried Councilor’s Report – Matthew Peterman for Rodney Joslin Encouraged Board members to check out SPE National’s new initiative “The Chain” which features methods of communicating on-line with fellow SPE Plastics Professionals and University resources. Old Business: 1. Clark Broome: Tim Earley and Maury Balik have submitted an application for Honored Service Member status for Clark in recognition of his many years of dedicated service to SPE on a Section and International level in advance of the October 30, 2015 deadline. 2. Policy Manual: Tim Earley is to email a copy of the P-C Section Policy Manual to the Board members for review and comment for updating. New Business: Glenn Shearin of the Central Carolina Community College Tool & Die Program is looking for 100lbs of ABS or Polypropylene pellets for their use in trying out molds that the students build. Please contact Glenn at [email protected] if you can contribute some material. Proposed Programs for 2015-16: The following updated schedule of events was agreed upon by the Board of Directors. The “Responsible person” is to arrange and confirm arrangements: (updated schedule located on Page 12)
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Planning Calendar for 2015/2016
Month
Topic
Company
Tour
Responsible person
8-Sep
P-C Golf Outing
The Preserve
none
Walt Carey
StayOnline, Creedmore, NC
Tim Earley
13-Oct
Vance-Granville Customized Training Community College
10-Nov
none
none
none
BOD
9-Dec
Christmas party
The Flame, Sanford
none
Rodney Joslin
12-Jan
In Process
General Electric Mebane
Rodney Joslin
Nanoscience Center NC A&T
Geoff Foster
9-Feb
Plastics Training & Polymers Center Tech Support in NC of Excellence
8-Mar
TBD
TBD
Tichy Train Burlington, NC
Leon Suttles
12-Apr
Medical Plastics Mini-Tec
TBD
none
Dan Fuccella
10-May
Carolina Golf Outing
none
none
Carolinas Section
14-Jun
2016-17 planning meeting
TE, Pegg Road, Greensboro
none
Leon Suttles
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Upcoming Event for 2015 Piedmont-Coastal Section Medical Plastics MiniTec The Piedmont-Coastal Section will be hosting a one day Medical Plastics MiniTec. A day of technical presentations pertaining to the newest technology in the Medical Plastics arena. Tuesday, April 12, 2015 NC Biotechnology Center 15 Tw Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27709 Located Conveniently in North Carolina’s Research Triangle
MiniTec Details, including registration, transportation, accommodations, display table openings and sponsor opportunities will be posted shortly on the Piedmont-Coastal Section website: http://www.4spe.org/ Communities/sectiondetail. aspx?ItemNumber=5389. For immediate information, please contact [email protected] .
Nov Minutes - Continued from Page 10 Programs Action Items: 1. Check with John Deere, Fuquay-Varina, NC for January tour – Matt Peterman 2. Check with Tichy Train and the Cutting Board for March tour – Leon Suttles 3. Check with GE Customer Experience Center, Mebane, NC – Rodney Joslin 4. Check with GE Aircraft Engine Assembly, RTP, NC spring 2016 – Dan Fuccella 5. Organize Medical Plastics MiniTec Committee and commence determination of location, schedule, and finances – Dan Fuccella 6. Generate a “save-the-date” notice for the April 12, 2015 Medical Plastics MedTec to place in the next P-C Section newsletter. Moved to adjourn the November 10, 2015 SPE P-C Section BOD meeting: Tim Bryant Second to motion: Lewis Wilson Motion voted and carried Meeting was adjourned at 6:33pm Respectfully submitted, Dan Fuccella, Treasurer, SPE Piedmont-Coastal Section November 15, 2015
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