A few SPEcial Words from our President. October 11. Joint Meeting and Tour of PCE with Carolinas Section

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1 P E R S P E C T I V E 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 XVI No.2 Oct 2016 A few SPEcial Words from our President The 2016/ year got off to a great start with a tour of the BD (Becton Dickenson) Research facility. If you missed it you really missed an interesting tour. I want to thank Janice McCampbell and Gayle Rose for their hospitality and a great presentation and tour. I also want to thank Dan Fuccella for arranging the tour. October 11 Joint Meeting and Tour of PCE with Carolinas Section 4pm BOD (both sections) 5pm Tour of PCE and dinner 6pm Speaker - Todd Bryant Our next meeting will be Tuesday October 11th and it will be a joint meeting with the Carolinas Section. We will meet at the Polymers Center of Excellence in Charlotte. There will be a tour of the facility followed by a presentation by Todd Bryant. His subject will be RJG products along with a demonstration. Please respond by Friday October 8th if you plan to attend. Thank you all for supporting our chapter. Leon Suttles President Piedmont-Coastal S71 SPE Questions? Contact: Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity (O) (C) rodney.joslin@te.com

2 OUR 2016/ PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS Leon Matthew Dan Lewis Rodney Officers Name Business Phone Cell (home) President Leon Suttles PCS Company Pres-Elect Matthew Peterman TE Connectivity (c) Treasurer Lewis Wilson ChannelPA (c) Secretary Dan Fuccella ATI (c) Councilor Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity Board of Directors 2016/ Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick /2018 Walt Carey, Dan Fuccella, Tim Earley, Todd Bryant 2018/2019 Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Paz, Tim Bryant Board of Directors by Position: House - Rodney Joslin; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Tim Earley; 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 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, mljensen514@earthlink.net or mikejen47@gmail.com telephone at (cell). To advertize in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley at or plasticwolf@me.com. Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE one to two weeks prior to the next meeting, at SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal. You should be notified by 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. Page 2

3 October 11th Meeting Details Location: Polymers Center of Excellence, in the Dennis L. Hayford Conference Center, 8900 Research Drive, Charlotte, NC. 1. Please note that this is a joint meeting with the Piedmont Coastal Section, therefore the meeting will be on Tuesday October 11th 2. 4 P.M. Board of Directors (both Sections) 3. 5 P.M. Tour of PCE and Supper 4. 6 P.M. Speaker: Todd Bryant, and his subject will be RJG products and demonstration 5. Cost will be $20.00 (member) and $20 (non-member) Registration deadline: COB, Friday, October 8 (COB = Close Of Business) Special note: There will be an RJG class in one of the conference center rooms-they may join us for our meeting. Page 3

4 Our Sponsors Training: Consultants/Training Page Website Applied Technologies Inc chemlabconsulting, LLC Porticos Chem Lab Consulting Equipment: ABC Lemke Plastics Machinery Stay OnLine Materials Polymer Resources Polymer Technology & Services. 5 PolyOne Distribution Processors Aimet Technologies, INC Polymers Center of Excellence.. 9 Sapona Plastics, LLC Tooling Emerald Tool and Mold Hasco Hi-Tech Plating Maloney Tool and Mold Meusburger USA PCS Company Superior Tooling, Inc Tool-All Valiant Tool and Mold 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. Page 4

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6 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 As of Oct 1, 2016 we have 185 members! Thank you for your support for our SPE Piedmont Coastal section. We have 185 total members (including students) as of Oct 1, We have 82 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 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 , 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. 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. Go to: >NC>Piedmont-Coastal. Linked-In page: We now have a Linked-In group page. We will try to post meeting updates, local industry updates, SPE Information and section information. Please join! Piedmont Coastal S71 SPE section If you have any questions, please contact me by at plasticwolf@me.com. Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership Chairman and BOD cell (Main) Valiant Tool and Mold, Inc Account Manager Top SPE Sections (Membership) Section Active New Lapsed Detroit Eastern New England South Texas Chicago Milwaukee Palisades-New Jersey Akron Upper Midwest Southern California Carolinas Philadelphia Southern Piedmont Coastal Cleveland Western Michigan Connecticut NW Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ADVERTISING REPORT Piedmont-Coastal Section S71 as of Sept 1, 2016: We are still accepting AD supporters for We appreciate all of our AD sponsors. Please check their web sites and support them. All fees go to our scholarship fund. Ad Sponsors will be able to place ads and post product updates on our new Linked-In page. We will also give each AD supporter a ½ page space to place an article on their product or company., one per year. We try to reach over 500 plastic contacts in the Southeast. Fee Schedule one cost covers prorated one year (10 monthly issues) Ads may be in color Business card $ x 3.25 ¼ Page $ x 4.75 or 2.25 x 7.0 ½ Page $ x 9.5 or 4.75 x 7.0 If you have any questions, please contact me by at plasticwolf@me.com. Page 6

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9 SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC. SPE US Office 6 Berkshire Blvd, Suite 306 Bethel, CT Phone: Fax: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chief Executive Officer Willem De Vos wdevos@4spe.org President Scott Owens sowens@4spe.org President-elect Raed Al-Zu Bi ralzubi@4spe.org Senior Vice President Thierry D Allard tdallard@4spe.org Vice Pres & Treasurer Jeremy Dwoshak jdwoshak@4spe.org Vice Pres & Secretary Monica Verheij mverheij@4spe.org Petrochem Conversion Co Dr Brian Landes blandes@4spe.org Vice President Dr Jaime Gomez jgomez@4spe.org Vice President Rodney Joslin rjoslin@4spe.org Vice President Sergio Sanchez ssanchhez@4spe.org Vice President Monica Verheij mverheij@4spe.org Past President Dick Cameron dcameron@4spe.org Website Technician Pedro Matos Annual Awards: Sarah Sullinger Membership Programs: Sue Wojnicki CONTACTS pmatos.4spe.org ssullinger@4spe.org swojnicki@4spe.org Page 9

10 Meeting Location: BD Research Center RTP, NC BOD Meeting was called to order by Leon Suttles, Section President at 4:05 pm Attendees: Justin Patz, Pat Mannella, Tim Earley; Maury Balik; Lewis Wilson; Leon Suttles; Rodney Joslyn; Dan Fuccella; Walter Carey; Guests: Garish Bhatt, Abigail Gilmore Secretary s Report Dan Fuccella Minutes of June 16, 2016 BOD meeting and Planning Session were approved as published. Treasurer s Report- Lewis Wilson 1. Financial Statement: a. Bank Balance ending August 31, 2016: $20, b. Bank Balance ending July 31, 2016: $20, d. Change: $ c. Includes SPE rebates for two quarters: $ Will be posting tax report to the IRS at the end of September Membership Report - Tim Earley SPE National reports the Piedmont-Coastal membership as 185. Includes 82 student memberships carried over from last fiscal year. Student Membership: Need to update student roster. Education Report - Maury Balik 1. Kelsey Beal, last year s NCSU scholarship winner, has received the first half of the award. Will receive second half next semester. 2. The Board decided to support the Plastics Essay contest again this year. a. No more than 10 entries per institution. b. Prize is an ipad. Newsletter Advertising Report Tim Earley 1. Last year s newsletter income: $10, This year s newsletter pledges to date: $5,000. ($2,000 actually received) 3. Sponsor participation very quiet this year despite numerous reminders and enticements such as: a. Free ½ page company article to all advertisers. b. Inclusion of company information on the P-C Linked-in page Councilor s Report Rodney Joslin 1. Governing Body approved the following format: Established Governing Body and defined roles that will provide authority to make and change policy, but not by-laws. The Council retains ability to veto or override policy changes made by the Governing Body 2. Rodney has been appointed to the Executive Committee to fill a vacancy until the next SPE election cycle in June. 3. Rodney moved and Leon second a motion to have Clark Broome replace Rodney until the next SPE election cycle in June. Carried 4. SPE plans a dues increase effective January. Old Business: 1. Updated Proposed Programs for (see page 11) Meeting was adjourned at 4:34pm Moved: Walt Carey, Second Tim Earley, Carried Respectfully submitted, Dan Fuccella, Secretary, SPE Piedmont-Coastal Section Page 10

11 Planning Calendar for 2016/ Date Presentation Topic Presenting Company Tour Responsible person September 13, 2016 Medical Plastics BD Medical BD Medical, RTP, NC Dan Fuccella October 11, 2016 Scientific Molding Technologies RJG Polymers Center, Charlotte, NC Dennis Hayford Rodney Joslin November 15, 2016 (Note date change) Injection Molds Ameritech Die & Molds Ameritech Die & Mold, Mooresville, NC Leon Suttles December 13, 2016 Christmas Party The Flame Steakhouse, Sanford, NC Leon Suttles January 10, Innovation in Mold Construction HASCO RCR Racing, Welcome, NC Rodney Joslin February 7, Education Night NCSU James B Hunt Library, NCSU Centennial Campus Maury Balik March 14, Lawn Equipment Honda Power Equipment Honda Power Equipment, Swepsonville, NC Tim Earley April 11, Plastics Rapid Prototyping Proto Labs Proto Labs, Raleigh, NC Matt Peterman May 22, Golf Outing SPE Carolinas Section None SPE Carolinas Section June 13, P-C BOD Planning Meeting TE Connectivity, Greensboro, NC Page 11