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Society of
Plastics Engineers
13 Church Hill Road
Newtown, CT 06470 USA.
www.4spe.org

 

EDITORIAL STAFF

Managing Director

Gail R. Bristol


Editor-in-Chief

Hope Inman

Managing Editor

Michael Tolinski

Contributing Editors

Dr. Roger Corneliussen
Patrick Toensmeier
Dr. Robin Kent

Art Director

Gerry Mercieca


Web Editor

Briana Gilmartin


2014–2015 EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE

President

Vijay Boolani

CEO, SPE

William De Vos

President-elect

Dick Cameron

Senior Vice President

Scott E. Owens

Vice President

Dr. Raed Al-Zu’bi

Vice President

Dr. Gregory A. Cambell

Vice President

Thierry D'Allard

Vice President

Dr. Jamie A. Gomez

Vice President

Dr. Jeffrey H. Helms

Vice President

Jimmy Masrin

2012–2013 President

John Ratzlaff


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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, 13 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470 USA. Telephone +1 203-775-0471, Fax +1 203-775-8490.
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S/G Electronics Inc.
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SPE Apparel www.4spe.org
SPE Annual Awards www.4spe.org
SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition speautomotive.com/comp
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SPE CAD RETEC 2014 www.specad.org
SPE FlexPackCon/Web Coating & Handling Conference
SPE FOAMS 2014 www.4spe.org/foams2014

SPE Membership Application www.4spe.org/membership
SPE Partnership
SPE PlastiVan Educational Program www.4spe.org

SPE Thermoforming Conference  www.thermoformingdivision.com

SPE Thermoplastic Elastomers www.4spe.org

Tangram Technology www.tangram.co.uk
United Mineral & Chemical Corp.
Ushio America, Inc.
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Allgrind Plastics www.allgrind.com 
ANTEC 2015 www.antec.ws
Atlas Material Testing Solutions www.atlas-mts.com
BASF www.automotive.basf.us
Beaumont

Coperion/K-Tron www.coperion-trust.com 

J.P. Curilla Associates

John Anderson & Associates www.plasticsjobsearch.com
JSW

Kraiburg TPE Corporation www.kraiburg-tpe.com
Miller-Stephenson Chemical Company miller-stephenson.com/release-agents
NPE 2015 www.npeguestpass.org/PE1

Plastics Engineering Mobile App www.plasticsengineering.org

Plastic Flow www.plasticflow.com 

Plastic Process Equipment, Inc. www.ppe.com

Polyhedron Laboratories, Inc. www.polyhedronlab.com 
Process & Design Technologies, LLC www.processdesigntech.com

Quadrant www.quadrantplastics.com

RAO Design International www.raodesign.com

Rheo-Plast Assocs. www.rheoplastusa.com

SAM North America www.sam-na.com 

Shepherd Thermoforming 
S/G Electronics Inc.
www.sgelectronicsinc.com
SPE Additives and Colors Conference www.4spe.org
SPE ANTEC Mumbai www.antecmumbai.org
SPE Apparel www.4spe.org
SPE Annual Awards www.4spe.org
SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition speautomotive.com/comp
SPE Bioplastics Materials Topical Conference tinyurl.com/bioplasticstopcon
SPE CAD RETEC 2014 www.specad.org
SPE FlexPackCon/Web Coating & Handling Conference
SPE FOAMS 2014 www.4spe.org/foams2014

SPE Membership Application www.4spe.org/membership
SPE Partnership
SPE PlastiVan Educational Program www.4spe.org

SPE Thermoforming Conference  www.thermoformingdivision.com

SPE Thermoplastic Elastomers www.4spe.org

Tangram Technology www.tangram.co.uk
United Mineral & Chemical Corp.
Ushio America, Inc.
www.ushio.com

Wiley Science Jobs www.wileysciencejobs.com