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Society of
Plastics Engineers
6 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 306
Bethel, CT 06801 USA
www.4spe.org

EDITORIAL STAFF

Managing Director

Russell C. Broome

Editor-in-Chief

Briana Gilmartin

Managing Editor

Michael Tolinski

Contributing Editors

Dr. Roger Corneliussen

Jon Evans
Dr. Robin Kent

Art Director

Gerry Mercieca


2015–2016 EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE

President

Dick Cameron

CEO, SPE

Willem De Vos

President-elect

Scott Owens

Senior Vice President

Olivier Crave

Vice President/Web Innovation/ Communication/Treasurer

Jaime Gómez

Vice President/Secretary

Monika Verheij

Vice President

Raed AlZubi

Vice President

Thierry d’Allard

Vice President

Brian Landes

2014–2015 President

Vijay Boolani

 

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Stephen Jezzard
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Sr. Account Manager
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Roland Espinosa
tel: 201-748-6819
E-mail: respinosa@wiley.com

 

Plastics Engineering (ISSN 0091-9578) is published monthly, except bimonthly in July/August and November/December, by Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., a Wiley Company, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA. The magazine is compiled and edited by the Society of Plastics Engineers, Editorial and Business Office, 6 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 306, Bethel, CT 06801 USA. Telephone +1 203-775-0471, Fax +1 203-775-8490. SPE Home Page: www.4spe.org. Communications should be sent to the Editor. Send address changes and undeliverable copies to the Circulation Manager at the SPE address given above. Send subscription orders and claims for non-receipt to Wiley Subscription Services at the Wiley address given above. SPE members receive the magazine as a benefit of membership. Subscription rate for nonmembers is $151 for 1 year; add $100 per year for subscriptions outside North America. Single-issue price is $20. Plastics Engineering is printed by Dartmouth Printing Co., a Sheridan Group Company. Periodical postage paid at Hoboken, NJ, and additional entry office. Accepted at special postal rates provided in P.M., Sec. 132 122. Copyright 2015 by the Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Plastics Engineering, 6 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 306, Bethel, CT 06801 USA. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Plastics Engineering is indexed by Engineering Information Inc.

Neither Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., nor the Society of Plastics Engineers, nor Plastics Engineering is responsible for opinions or statements of facts expressed by contributors or advertisers, either in the articles published in Plastics Engineering or in the technical papers that are presented at the meetings of the Society. Editorials do not necessarily represent the official policy of Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., or the Society. Display and classified advertisements are included as an educational service to readers of Plastics Engineering. Advertising appearing in Plastics Engineering is not to be taken as an endorsement, expressed or implied, of the respective company’s processes, products, or services represented in the ad.

A. Schulman   www.aschulman.com

Aaron Equipment Company   www.aaronequipment.com/sniff

Allgrind Plastics   www.allgrind.com

American Injection Molding Institute   www.AIM.Institute

ANTEC 2016   www.antec.ws

Arburg   www.arburg.us

Arizona Instruments   www.azic.com/pe

Atlas Material Testing Solutions    www.atlas-mts.com

BASF   basf.us/dpsolutionsCover 

Cyclitech Conference   Email: croos@4spe.org

Ivanhoe Tool & Die Company   www.ivanhoetool.com

J.P. Curilla Associates   Email: jpcecl@aol.com

Japan Steel Works   www.jswcompounding-usa.com

John Anderson & Associates   www.plasticsjobsearch.com

Miller-Stephenson Chemical Company   miller-stephenson.com/release-agents

Plastic Process Equipment, Inc.   www.ppe.com

Plastics Engineering   www.plasticsengineering.org

Plastic Flow   www.plasticflow.com

Polyhedron Laboratories, Inc.   www.polyhedronlab.com

Process Design & Technologies   www.processdesigntech.com

Quadrant   www.quadrantplastics.com

Rheo-Plast Associates, Inc.   www.rheoplastusa.com

SAM North America   www.sam-na.com • Email: info@sam-na.com

SPE Apparel   www.4spe.org

SPE Blow Molding Conference   www.blowmoldingdivision.org

SPE FlexPackCon   www.4spe.org/flexpackcon2015

SPE Foams 2015   www.cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp/foams15

SPE Membership Application   www.4spe.org/membership

SPE Online Technical Library   www.4spe.org/directory

SPE The Chain   thechain.4spe.org

SPE Thermoforming Conference   www.thermoformingdivision.com

SPE Topical Conferences   www.4spe.org

SPE TPO Conference    www.spedetroit.orgwww.speautomotive.com/tpo

SPE Vinyltec   www.etouches.com/ehome/122014

Tangram Technology   www.tangram.co.uk

Universal Robots   www.universal-robots.com

 

 

 

 

 A. Schulman   www.aschulman.com

Aaron Equipment Company   www.aaronequipment.com/sniff

Allgrind Plastics   www.allgrind.com

American Injection Molding Institute   www.AIM.Institute

ANTEC 2016   www.antec.ws

Arburg   www.arburg.us

Arizona Instruments   www.azic.com/pe

Atlas Material Testing Solutions    www.atlas-mts.com

BASF   basf.us/dpsolutionsCover 

Cyclitech Conference   Email: croos@4spe.org

Ivanhoe Tool & Die Company   www.ivanhoetool.com

J.P. Curilla Associates   Email: jpcecl@aol.com

Japan Steel Works   www.jswcompounding-usa.com

John Anderson & Associates   www.plasticsjobsearch.com

Miller-Stephenson Chemical Company   miller-stephenson.com/release-agents

Plastic Process Equipment, Inc.   www.ppe.com

Plastics Engineering   www.plasticsengineering.org

Plastic Flow   www.plasticflow.com

Polyhedron Laboratories, Inc.   www.polyhedronlab.com

Process Design & Technologies   www.processdesigntech.com

Quadrant   www.quadrantplastics.com

Rheo-Plast Associates, Inc.   www.rheoplastusa.com

SAM North America   www.sam-na.com • Email: info@sam-na.com

SPE Apparel   www.4spe.org

SPE Blow Molding Conference   www.blowmoldingdivision.org

SPE FlexPackCon   www.4spe.org/flexpackcon2015

SPE Foams 2015   www.cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp/foams15

SPE Membership Application   www.4spe.org/membership

SPE Online Technical Library   www.4spe.org/directory

SPE The Chain   thechain.4spe.org

SPE Thermoforming Conference   www.thermoformingdivision.com

SPE Topical Conferences   www.4spe.org

SPE TPO Conference    www.spedetroit.orgwww.speautomotive.com/tpo

SPE Vinyltec   www.etouches.com/ehome/122014

Tangram Technology   www.tangram.co.uk

Universal Robots   www.universal-robots.com