Subject: New Product & Materials Innovation
Date& Time: February 13th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Location: Polymers Center of Excellence
On February 13, 2012, the SPE Carolinas Section will conduct a luncheon meeting on Innovation at the Polymers Center of Excellence on 8900 Research DriveCharlotte ,NC. Registration will start at 11:30 A.M.,with the lunch beginning at 12:00 P.M. Noon.
After Lunch, the R&D Manager for Rubbermaid, Dean Piepiora will providing a presentation to SPE Members on "Consumer Driven Innovation at Newell Rubbermaid. The presentation will provide SPE members with a better understanding regarding how companies innovate. In addition, SPE members will obtain a better understanding of the innovation process.
Our speaker, Dean Piepiora began his career with Newell Rubbermaid in 2007. Prior to joining Newell Rubbermaid, Dean held various engineering and marketing roles with BASF, Moldflow, and PolyOne. Dean holds both MS and BS degrees in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and an MBA from the Babson College. Dean e also serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Carolinas Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
Time will be available at the end of the presentation for questions an answers.
Cost: $15
To register please use the following link …Online Registration.
Seating will be limited so register now.
Subject:Richard Goolsby Scholarship Fund
Application Deadline: Feb 9th, 2012
It’s Goolsby Scholarship Time Again: Deadline February 9, 2012 Applications for the Richard Goolsby Scholarship Fund are now available online from Foundation For The Carolinas. It was created by William and Martha DeBrule in honor of Richard Goolsby, a plastics pioneer, and is sponsored by the Carolinas Section Society of Plastics Engineers. The Fund provides college scholarships to students who have expressed career interest or demonstrated practical interest in the plastics industry with preference given to students living in the geographical area served by the Virginia-Carolinas section of the Society of Plastic Engineers. We ask your assistance in making your students and associates aware of this opportunity. If you have an organization or school newsletter, please feel free to post an announcement or spread the news via word of mouth and email.
Applicants may complete the application by going to www.fftc.org/scholarships. One can go directly to the Goolsby Scholarchip site by clicking here
If you have any questions regarding the eligibility requirements or application procedures, please feel free to contact Qiana Austin at 704.973.4535 or via email at qaustin@fftc.org. You can also contact any Carolinas Section Board Member or Sue Booth at 704.554.1660 or via email at sbooth@teknorapex.com
SPE Carolinas Legrand Pass & Seymour Tour
SPE members who attended the Pass & Seymour Tour got an outstanding tour of some of the key manufacturing automation technologies used for plastics products in the electornics industry.
Pass & Seymour is a division of Legrand, a multi-national company specializing in products and systems for electrical installations and information systems,offering solutions for use in residential,commercial and industrial buildings. Legrand has 30,000 employess worldwide and annual sales of about $5 bilion,selling into 180 countries. They hold over 4,500 patents and sell 170,000 different products into 95 product categories,areas such as wiring devices,wire and cable and lighting controls among them. Read more.....
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SPE Plastics Industry Update - Multibriefs
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I've heard the complaints. Yousend out hundredsof resumethrough job boards and other resources. None turn into an interview. If you question
job seekers who recently landed work, I think you'll fmd many of them
went · beyond the resume and made some type of per" connection. Yes, we start 2012 again emphasizing the . importance networking, and a way to make a face-to-face impact on the person you're trying to impress. Read more...
IDEAS GET BOOST at POLYMERS CENTER
http://www.polymers-center.org Many established NC firms find help spotting trends, developing and
manufacturing new products and tweaking existing ones at the Polymers Center of
Excellence.
"Do you have an idea that needs to be turned into a new
material, a new product, or a new way to do things?" the center's website asks.
With help from the center's staff, "Your idea can become physical reality."
The Polymers Center of Excellence is the ultimate hands-on learning lab for
people who know plastics. Inside its one-story building in University Research
Park are modern labs and equipment for testing and making plastic materials and
manufacturing sample products.
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