SPE Thermoforming Division Call for Entries in Parts Competition
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming
Division has announced a call for entries in its annual
Parts Competition, showcasing the latest advances in
thermoforming design and application. The submission
deadline is September 7, 2012.
The parts entered in the Competition will be on display
during the 21st SPE Thermoforming Conference®, which
will be held September 23-25 at the Amway Grand Plaza
Hotel and DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand
Rapids, Michigan. Awards for winning parts will be presented
at the Thermoformer of the Year Dinner on
Sunday, September 23, at the hotel.
“For this year’s conference, SPE is focusing on attracting
even more key decision-makers from OEM companies in
order to raise awareness of the unique capabilities of thermoforming,”
said Eric Short, 2012 Parts Competition
chair. “The parts entered in the competition will enable
these participants to discover the best that the thermoforming
industry has to offer and can help spark further
innovation in product design.”
Guidelines for Competition entrants and the required
product entry form are posted online at http://thermoformingdivision.
com/parts-competition/guidelinesentryform.
All product images and descriptions must be
emailed to Eric Short at eshort@rowmark.com by the
September 7 deadline.
Competition entrants may submit parts from roll-fed systems
to one of these categories: Industrial, Medical or
Food; for parts from heavy-gauge systems, the available categories
are Vacuum Form, Pressure Form or Heavy Sheet.
For more information, contact Lauren McCarthy, SPE,
203-740-5452, E-mail: lmccarthy@4spe.org, Web: www.thermoformingdivision.com.
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