SPETHE SPECIALISTSociety of Plastics Engineers • Upper Midwest Section June 2015 • Volume 41

COST: Advanced Registration (Thru June 19, 2015, 5:00 pm): Member: $25 • Non-Member: $50 • Students: No Charge

Late Registration: June 20 - June 23 / At the door: Member: $35 • Non-Member: $60 • Students: $5

REGISTRATION – (Credit Cards now accepted)Register NOW at www.uppermidwestspe.org • For reservations or questions, email Sean Mertes (sdmertes@ptsllc.com).

If you don’t have access to the internet then call Sean Mertes at 612-750-5159 - EMAIL IS PREFERRED

Minitech 2015Tuesday, June 23, 2015 – 12:30 pm registration. 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm presentation

Hennepin Technical College, Room J110 – Auditorium • 9000 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

More information and to register: www.uppermidwestspe.org

The Importance of Molecular Weight in Injection MoldingTim Morefield – Polysource • Sean Mertes – Polymer Technology Services

Seminar #1 – 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm – Tim MorefieldMolecular weight is a key fundamental material property which corresponds directly with both the physical and rheological properties of allthermoplastic resins. The practical ramification of this key material characteristic is often not well understood. The objective of this presen-tation is to provide an introduction to the basic concept of molecular weight in polymers, an overview of analytical techniques used forcharacterization of molecular weight in polymers along with practical examples of how this fundamental material property manifests itself aswell as practical ramifications relative to quality assurance considerations.

Seminar #2 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm – Sean MertesWhile Molecular Weight provides superior physical properties, processing higher MW can sometimes be difficult to injection mold. Don’tconfuse Molecular Weight with Melt Flow, while they both tend to tell us the same story, MFI can be deceiving. We will discuss how usingscientific, systematic or decoupled molding techniques can hopefully simplify the process. We will discuss how molecular weight of theresin typically directly correlates with pressure loss in the part, warpage, and stress. We will also discuss how utilizing a Universal Set Upsheet can simplify the ability to move from press to press.

Tim Morefield - PolysourceI began my career in the plastics industry over 30 years ago at GE Plastics after receiving my BS in Mechanical Engineering. While there Iheld various positions in the Lexan product group, advanced design & engineering group and the polymer processing development group.While at GE I obtained my Masters in Polymer Science. Subsequently I was the technical manager for a compounding operation for severalyears after which I worked as an independent consultant in the plastics industry for approximately 18 years before joining PolySource in mycurrent position in 2012.

Sean Mertes – Polymer Technology ServicesI began my professional career 26 years ago working at custom Injection Molding company as a Plastics Project Engineer after receivingmy Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In 1996, I accepted a Technical Service Representative position with General Polymers(later known as Ashland and currently Nexeo) to cover the Minnesota territory. After fourteen years in that role, I advanced to the positionof Application Development Engineering for corporate accounts throughout the U.S. I joined Polymer Technology and Services, LLS (PTS)as Sales Manager for the Midwest Region in 2013.

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 2

Rebecca Hoffman 800-328-5589Marilyn Green 800-328-5589John Wooten 800-328-5589

www.clariant.masterbatches.com

2

www.eoplastics.com

• Mold Making • Injection Molding • Over Molding• Value Added Manufacturing • Insert Molding

19178 Industrial Blvd. 763-441-6100 Ext. 132Elk River, MN 55330 Fax: 763-441-6452

3425 Sycamore Court NECedar Rapids, Iowa 52402

phone: 319.378.0077fax: 319.378.1577cell: 319.270.4507

www.mcgbiocomposites.commccord@mcgbiocomposites.com

CEO/FounderSam McCord

�

����������� �� ���� �� � � � � � �������������� ��������������

���������� !��"����!���������

� � � � � �

�

�

� � � �

Jeff Ewert 218-556-4353 • Scott Bradley 763-463-9690

Now Hiring:Program ManagerQuality Assistant

Mold DesignerCNC Programmer

Mold Maker

www.VistaTek.com | 651-653-0400 | parts@vistatek.com1850 Greeley St S, Stillwater, MN 55082 (NEW LOCATION)

James L. Miller 612-355-9117John Wooten 651-260-3436

TM

F O R A 3 D W O R L D

800-482-9005 | 651-489-6990 sales@advtek.com www.advtek.com

Your Source for the Leaders in 3D Printing & Production Systems

Exactly your chemistry.R

The Polymer Lab offers thermal, chemical and rheological testing of polymer raw

www.thepolymerlab.com

1302 South 5th StreetHopkins, MN 55343

info@thepolymerlab.com866-864-4902 Toll Free

Our laboratory has plastic testing capability for:

The Polymer Lab’s material analysis procedures include:

Infrared TIR

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 3

President’s Remarks Shilpa Manjure

I have heard somewhere that time flies when you are having fun but in our case time has literallyzoomed by! Yes, it has already been a year since this board took office and I wanted to take a momentto THANK each and every one who helped put together the successful events in this past year. Weorganized a Golf Outing, a plant tour, a MegaTech, a MiniTech, an Annual Social & Awards dinner andgave scholarships to about 7 deserving students!!! It has been an exciting year putting together theseeducational and fun events for networking for all the SPE members in the Upper Midwest section.Hoping you continue to take advantage of these opportunities in your backyard as we plan to bringmore to you this year.

Our spring MiniTech on Injection Molding, held in April had a record breaking attendance of close to 100 people. Needless tosay, we are glad to have Sean Mertes as our Program Chair again who worked with Beaumont & AIM to put this seminar togeth-er. As always, students attended the seminar for free. Thanks to UW Stout and Hennepin Tech for their active participation inthis SPE event.

I am also pleased to report that our Scholarship Program is now gaining popularity. Thanks to Thomas MacNamara and PaulRothweiler for initiating and bringing structure to this program. We are indeed thrilled to encourage and recognize deservingstudents. The chapter gave out scholarships to a total of 4 students for the Tony Norris and Jerome Formo Award. So studentsspread the word about the Scholarships and if there is not a student chapter at your school please contact Tom or me direct-ly!

Another program that is now an annual feature is the Annual Meeting and Social. This event got its current shape due to theefforts of LuVerne Erickson. Verne retired from the board and his position as Chief Scientist at Clariant Corp., last year. Theboard recognized his services with an Upper Midwest West Service Award. Details about Verne’s career and work have beenincluded as a part of this newsletter later. Congratulations and Thank you Verne!

Finally, we have two events organized this summer – a Minitech on June 23, continuing on our Injection Molding educationseries and a Golf Outing on August 4 at Oak Marsh. Please see details attached and mark your calendars for the two days.

Looking forward to meeting you at our next events this summer!

Sincerely, Shilpa Manjure

3

WELCOME TO OUR NEWMEMBERS - Hamid Quraishi, Membership

Chair

We are pleased to welcome our newest members ofthe Upper Midwest Section. As of March 30, 2015,our section has 363 active members! Tell yourfriends and co-workers about the SPE UpperMidwest Section to help us grow and check out ourwebsite, www.uppermidwestspe.org, and the nation-al website, www.4spe.org, to know all that SPE andthis section has to offer

New Member Affiliation Mark Menuzuber . . . . . . .MTS Systems

1

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 6

4Society of Plastics Engineers • Upper Midwest Section

SERVICE AWARDLuVerne Erickson was honored with a Service Award by the Upper MidwestSPE on April 21, 2015, at the Spring MiniTech Seminar, for his many years ofdistinguished service to the Society. The ceremony was held at the HennepinTechnical College, Brooklyn Park.

Mr. Erickson, a resident of Golden Valley for forty-two years, worked in theplastic industry for forty-four years.  He received his BS degree in Chemistryfrom Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and started his career in the plasticsindustry in 1971 as a color matcher for Charles B. Edwards Co.  Verne heldvarious positions including laboratory manager, plant manager, maintenancemanager, and chief chemical engineer in charge of new product developmentand product safety.  Charles B. Edwards Company was purchased by CooksonPLC of London and became Spectrum Colors, which was purchased by Sandozand became Reed Spectrum which was divested by Sandoz to become Clariant Corporation, a Swiss company.  Heretired from Clariant in December 2014. Verne was a member of SPE and the Upper Midwest Section since 1981.  Heserved for six years with the local division as Awards Chair and in this role revived an event that is now a regular fea-ture of SPE’s Upper Midwest Section.

We are thankful to Mr. Erickson for his dedicated service to the Upper Midwest SPE Board and plastics community!Congratulations!

Verne Erickson honored for his service to SPE’sUpper Midwest Section

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENTThe Upper Midwest section of SPE is proud to announce

our annual golf tournament for 2015.

TUESDAY AUGUST 4, 2015Tee Time: 10 a.m.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.

OAK MARSH GOLF CLUB526 Inwood Ave. N., Oakdale, MN 55128

Register at: https://www.wpgolf.com/oakmarsh/spe.aspxIf you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at: EricS@Harbor-Plastics.com

If you plan to come please e-mail me so I can make sure we have enough space reserved.

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 7

5Society of Plastics Engineers • Upper Midwest Section

SCIENCE CORNER

SCIENCE CORNER continued on page 6

THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE/POLYLACTIC ACID TISSUE SCAFFOLD FABRICATED BY TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION AND MICROCELLULAR INJECTION MOLDING

Hao-Yang Mi1,2, Xin Jing1,2, Brianna Jacques3, Lih-Sheng Turng2*, Xiang-Fang Peng1*

1National Engineer Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

2Polymer Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA 3Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin–River Falls, River Falls, WI 54022, USA

Abstract

Polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) are two kinds of biocompatible and biodegradable polymers that can be used in biomedical applications. They possess rigid and flexible mechanical properties. The TPU/PLA blend tissue scaffolds at different ratios were fabricated via twin screw extrusion and micro-cellular injection molding techniques (a. k. a. MuCell) for the first time. Multiple test methods were used in this study. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) verified the presence of the two components in the blends. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) confirmed the immiscibility between TPU and PLA. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images affirmed that the PLA was dispersed as spheres or islands inside the TPU matrix, and that the phase morphology further influenced the surface rough-ness of cells. The blends exhibited a wide range of mechanical properties that cover most human tissue requirements. It was found from DMA and viscosity tests that 25% PLA significantly reinforces the blends at low temperatures or deformation frequencies.

Introduction

Tissue engineering is aimed at the regeneration of malfunctioning tissues and the fabrication of whole or partial artificial organs for transplantation. It is attracting more and more attention since it was reported by Langer [1]. Tissue scaffolds, which act as extracellular matrices (ECM) for cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and differentiation, play a pivotal role in tissue engineering [2]. The main challenge for tissue engineered scaffolds is to design and fabricate three-dimensional (3D), highly porous scaffolds capable of fulfilling the requirements of the target tissue. The optimal pore size for tissue regenera-tion depends on the type of tissue [3]. Mechanical pro-perties and surface chemistry are two other important factors which influence the usefulness of the scaffold, as well as cell adhesion and migration. Various materials provide different mechanical properties. Likewise, rough scaffold surfaces can help to improve cell adhesion [4, 5].

PLA is the most popular biocompatible and bio-degradable polymer been used. It has also been widely used in the tissue scaffold field, for applications including bone regeneration [6], blood vessel scaffolds [7], and cartilage scaffolds [8]. However, PLA alone can usually only be used in hard tissue scaffolds due to its naturally high strength and brittleness. Recently, bioresorbable polyurethane (PU) scaffolds have been attracting considerable attention as a potential material for tissue engineering [9]. TPU is a class of PU that has been widely employed in medical applications due to its flexibility and excellent abrasion and tear resistances [10]. Therefore, a scaffold combining PLA and TPU at various ratios would yield multiple desirable properties suitable for different tissue applications.

Several methods have been used to fabricate tissue scaffolds including solvent casting/particle leaching, thermally induced phase separation, electrospinning, rapid prototyping, batch foaming, and microcellular injection molding [11-15]. Among them, microcellular injection molding is a relatively new method which is organic-solvent free and has the potential to mass produce tissue scaffolds. In this paper, PLA and TPU were melt blended at a variety of ratios and fabricated into scaffolds via microcellular injection molding technology. The miscibility, mechanical properties, foaming behavior, and rheology properties were investigated.

Experimental Materials

TPU (Elastollan 1185A, BASF Ltd., USA) is an elastomer that provides flexibility to the blends. PLA (3001D, NatureWorks LLC., USA) was selected to improve the rigidity of the blends. Both TPU and PLA have close melt processing windows, thus allowing them to be combined effectively.

Scaffold Fabrication TPU and PLA pellets were dried with a circulating air flow at 100 ºC for 3

hours prior to compounding. Materials with various formulations—including PLA, PLA75%, PLA50%, PLA25%, and TPU—were compounded with a twin-screw extruder (Leistritz ZSE 18 HPe) at 190 ºC (the die temperature) at 110 rad/s screw speed, followed by water cooling and granulation.

The pre-blended granules were dried for 3 hours at 100ºC to remove any moisture before being used for microcellular injection molding. The injection molding machine used was an Arburg Allrounder 320S equipped with a supercritical carbon dioxide supply system (MuCell® Trexel, Inc.). The processing parameters for the microcellular injection molding procedure are listed in Table 1. Both solid and foamed samples were produced.

Table 1. Microcellular processing parameters.

Parameters Value

Cooling Time 60s Clamp Tonnage 200 kN

Mold Temperature 23 °C CO2 Content 4% wt.

Injection Volume 70% vol Injection Speed 20 cm3/s

Plasticizing temperature 190 °C Back Pressure 6 MPa

Characterization Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

FTIR measurements were carried out using a Bruker Tensor 27. The samples were analyzed in the absorbance mode in the range of 600 to 4000 cm-1. Functionalities corresponding to each of the absorption bands were analyzed. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Thermal property measurements were performed on a DSC Q20 (TA Instruments). Samples were encapsulated in standard aluminum pans and covered with standard lids. Samples were heated to 220ºC at a heating rate of 10 ºC/min and held isothermal for 5 minutes to erase prior thermal history. They were then cooled to –80 at 5 ºC/min and heated to 220 ºC again at 10 ºC/min. All tests were carried out under the protection of nitrogen.

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) Thermal dynamic properties of the samples were examined in single

cantilever mode by a TA Instruments DMAQ 800. The samples were trimmed to 35.6 mm long by 12.8 mm wide by 3.2 mm thick. The tests were performed at a temperature range of –60 ºC to 150 ºC at a heating rate of 5 ºC/min with a frequency of 1 Hz. Liquid nitrogen was used to generate the low temperature and control the temperature during heating.

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:13 AM Page 10

6

SCIENCE CORNER continued from page 5

fi

tuTh

csorci M Minortcel EgnnginnacS

rro f fodol g of f gmli fnihth aithwersb oME S.erten cgnidenb

negortindiuqi ln inezorffr acanhthi wMESe pocseoNmaoffoe htthfoe rutcurtsorcimolohpro mesah pehT

seitrpeooper PlacnihaceMMe

95tI(ihitt bgo dff d ostse telisneT

tt

)MM)EEMSSE ( (Syy (ppyoopc

.dsnoce s 40erttup sertfft aedmroffoere per wsnoitaver

ssor cn ispmal cowty bnekorbdnasll A.Vk01foe gatlo vgnitaerelc ac

gnisudetaulaeve erw,eslpmasedmsa,dn aselpma sdilo seh t thff t oygo

ttddthttid)769evin u an odemroffore pere wsra beno

eslpame sh t thgnieh t thtanoitcesse er wsenmiecpsLOEJnokiNaeh t ths alle ws

litfdhtthlacinahce mlasr

Th

s.elpmsanim/m m 5ff 5 oeedp s at aMTSA (dohtthe mtt msetdradnats

o cro f fospmal cevisesrpmoctrsinehtthithwdteiaatecossamr teeh t thst ae ssa wniatrs

hti) wC º3 (2reutraepmetSA (scitsal pff p oseitreporp95nortsnI(enihcamgnitset

yttysiosciVVi

)000 2RA (ethytisocsi vexlpmoe chT

ru

e vgaerve ahe t threwstlues ralcitsitat S.esserpmo cerewselpma sllA.)596 DMelpma sralugnatce rff r ostsen toisserpmo

sawtnemutrsinemasehTt.nemutreut ds teeh t hff tt onemeiruqe rntioainm

A.nim/m m0 5ff 5 odeep sdaeh-ssro c amroffoere per wstse teh T.)836 DMTSemtsetdradnatsehtotgnidrocca,)769

ettleeltCT E, 05 2 A wsdenle bhtdn alaierate mrue ph t hff t o

fi

fi

ye vi fff foe ulae vniart s%0 5o tdeeh tgniwollo f fose

ithwdettiftuosnotiaitmi l toeelisne t%00 6 Atenibamt aedmelisnetroffodohtthe

deda i vedruseamsa

Pdn aUP Terupdesaercn itnetnoc

pnoitelpedALP anor zewole baswff oytilibicsimmitale dna tehT

e rRIT F. 1erugiF

fi dn aAL Pehttahtthmrifnochcih w,AL Pt a atskae pow tdahsdnel beh t hff t oll A.dmaceb ,67dnuoraderruccohcih w,kaetnetn coAL Peh t h asreake wecamebd an

noitelpe deh T.llews aAL Pdn aUP Tuig F.ff.ct (s teMA Deh t hmor f frtsluse rta

L P,%05AL P,%57AL P,AL Pff P ostluse

tuydutssih t thnides uUP Tds aserutarepme tema seh t th

UPTehthnehwwhrellamseme ht,lyrla-imi. Sdeasecrn itt itnetno cUP Teh tro f fokae pe thdewoh sylrale c) 3eru

.selpmaam sUP Tdn a,%52AL

L Pdn aUP Tff ToytiilibcisM

.sd/a r020o1 t. 0omrffrmroffore pere wstse teh tff t olla

.)ex000 2RA (eretmeoh ra

stlusR ReIIR ReFTTI

mmy sdn aictremmys aethdna,)–OONHC–e (anhetrue peh t th, 1erugi Fn inwohsed io tdes usawRITF

ru

AL

noisuscsiDnd astulsRe

n a ann iesaercn in ahti w,C º09 1tt 1 ademretmeoe gtal peelt sCT E, 0m m5 2 A

ar, puor g2HC–eh t thff t oniotarib victrem w,1-m c058 2dn a an539 2t askae peh t thde thsteaateicdinhcih w wh,1-m c2333t aka

ff onoitcurtsno cralucelo meh t hyffyitne

ycneuqer f frralugd aneds usawyr

citsiretacar chearo tgnolebhcih w whn ipuorgH– NesA.sdnel beh t th

.sso lygerenlyteelpmo cerew Pdn aUP Terup

golophrrpho M MoeshaP

esah psuounitnoca eo tdetcennocPehtnidevresbo

ylmroffoin uerewhpro mesah peht

d an)a (e 4rugiF aAL Peru pehTs usa wMES

tuu

AL Pro f fokaake pprah seh T.elbicism imlydn aAL Pehttahtthmriffinochcih w,AL P

yggy

h ss a,serehp sAL Pemo ss alle wsa,se helpma s%05AL Peh T.reht ohca

ehpsehtthhguohtneveelpmas%57ALPno co N.xirttra mUP Teh t thn idialn io pegral A.sdnel beerh teh tff t oygolohugi F.nosirapmocr fo,yelvitecpes, r)b (olohpromecaffaru sderutcarffrUPTdn a

ohpro mesah peh t thydut srehthru f fuo tdes

egarot sdipa rdetaatcidn iAydutssih t thnides uUP Td

eh T.)d ( 4erugi Fn inwwnohUP Tdn aAA aL Phtthobdatsom aldanegarlerewseresawesah pAA pL PsuounitnserehpsAL Peh tff t onoitro

wohs) (ehguroht) (c 4sreun inwwnoh ser astluse rygo.sdnel bUPT/AL Pff P oygol

fi

fi

.edifitende ierweneppahnoitcae rlacimehcah t thdemrifno cstluse rRITFe pehthdn a,AL Pniedtsiex

P Tgnisaercn iy bdecnahneomrehtthru F.UP Tff T oskaep

isslyan AAMMA D Ddd DnaCSD

sno cdeniame rstnenopmocesaercnit nteno cUPTethorffrdesongai debnachcihwwhFn inwwnoh sstluse rCSD

tu

wwe no necni sgnidnel btlemgniruddeccu sdnuopmo cerewUP Tdn aAA aL Pt a

nisaercn ihtthiwdesaerce dytisnetn ikaetaatk ae puporgO=C–eh T.tnetno cUP tniskae peh tff t oytisnetn ieh t th,ero

aec bUPTe h tff toe pole she tlih w wh,tantsT (erutarepmteniotisna trssalgeth,dsnaanrtssalgetarapesyletelpmo cehtthmowAL PdnaUP Ttt Tahtthetaatcidn i2erugiF

sdno blacimeh co ndnaylluffu-sse.tnetno cUP Tgnyln o1-m c874 1sa wsdnel beh t th

dn aereepte smaotwe thff tho)gTsA.sepolsnoitis,elbicsimmierew

edversborepsi dylmroffoinunarellamshcumerugi Fn inwwnohse sh td an,e)gamioh,niamo dALPesah psuounitnoc

In l c,ff,eir bn I.xirtaat mUP Tehtn idesr%57ALPehtthninaanhtthtneuqerffrsse ldn

nni tda helpma s%52AL Peh t h,)e ( 4etn inah trewe f fehcumerewseerhpe s

Teh tff t oedisn isdnals idemro f fo,revewoh ss a,serehp sAL Pemo ss alle wsa,se

sa wonitaatrape sesah praeoslaerewdnaelpma s%erewtah tserehp sAL PynsA.elpma s%57ALPehtthehtn idelcric (xirttra mUP Teh T.)d ( 4erugi Fn inwwnoh

Am

tt

rtr sgnimocebkae peh t thhtthiwe se bnat c iereh w,doirepercn ihtiwrellam semacebob,sdnelbeerhtehtgnomA

noitaelcun.niotaizlltasyrcirtt aebna cnonemonehp

e smaec bytisentn ieake phtthr cdlo cAL Peh t htaath t th)a (2 Peh to tgnignole bepol sehtth

p

sesaercn itt inetno cAL Ps aregnolltasyr cUP Tstealumti sALt Pa thneeoh s)b ( 2erugi F.tnetno cUP Tgnisaehthdnakaepnoitazillatsyrcdlocehthhtthoseti snoitaelcu ngnidivor pybtneg a

hw,UP Tff T onoitidd aeh t thotdetubi%05AL Pdn a an%57ALe Ph t hn ierprahe s trewo l ao tdevo mkae pnoitazillatsyuo f foosl asawtI.rewollah semace bAL P

p,

tu

,lle ws antioaizgniloo ceh t thswokaepgnitlemeh.AL Peh t thro f fos

as adetc ahcisih T.selpma s%dn aerutarepme terugi Fmor f frdnu

eep

.gnilooc rCS D. 2erugiF

(:sdnelbdn aslaireta meru pff p ostluse

)b (dn agnitaehdnoce s)a

e

s

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:13 AM Page 11

7

SCIENCE CORNER continued from page 6

tu

tuTh

.UP Tithwhcih w wh,sdnel beerh t hll ani

es rateldan tAA tM D.e 3rugiF

yggyolohprrpo M Modd loffofffaafcS

bneewte bdeira verutcurttrsL Peru peh tff toygolohpromoserutcurtsorci mehT

fi

lep-mo csawAL Pt ah tsevor prehtthru f fu

.sdenl bd anslaiertae mrupf ostlues

oezi slle ceh t thttah t thdnuo f fosawtIsdnelreffefffi dyltnaancifingi serewUP Tdn aALn inwohseraselpmasdemao f foehtthfo

leibcsimmilytele

e en aresagm i2,UP Tb) (,ALP

ME S.e 5rugiF

s waUP Tehthfolle ceh t thdn at neehT.5erugiFn

gmai 1tpicrsbu sff s oesgam iedgarle ennd ( a,50%ALPd) (,75%ALP)c (

oiectjnnj iarlulcelocrimf oesagm iM

.segptircsbu S. 25%ALP)end (a) (:selpam seddlo mno

tu

fhAL PLlihw,escaffaru slel chtthooms

. Plalwllced anaceffaceru sllceeh Tg.nimaog f fonirudstniop

pUP Tdn aAL PehT.seigolohporm

ci mdloffofffac sn iecne-rffeidegra lda h))1d ( 5erugiF(aw))1 (e 5reugi (FelpmassALPerupehtote ructurttrs T.slle crehth ohtthi wtcennocff otaath t hnah tregra lhcum bneewte bdeira veruttucurttrs

ttturu

fdlffff%57ALPhidilidnelbeerh t therhtthoe h t hff t oescaffarue she t th))2b (dn a an)a2 (serugiF (salireat meru. Por mesah peh toww th ssegam idgeraln eeeneg-oerete hdivor pcesaffaretn iesah p

eh t thotdetubirtt ae bdluo cerutcurtsorcs it I.slle cllam sdn a ansnoigerwollo h

Peh T.UP Teru pff p otah t tho tesol csaygolohpromehtth,eromrehtruF.elpmas)1c ( 5erugiF (elpmaam s%57ALPeh Tlo hllam sda hslle cerod mn a,AL Poezi slle ceh t thtt tah t thdnuo f fosawtI.sdnel

ni

tu

dnd alacinahaceM

.ecaffaru shguo raL Pyni tda h))2e( bna cecaffaru sllec

ag

hif.hguo rere wsdn

yleviatle reavh)eh toff tyogolphornoitaeluc nsoue

esahpsuoira veehtthtah t hyleki lselpma s%05AL

%52ALPehtforalimi s ada h))dlouh ccih wses waUP Tehthfo

pmmpoCdn aelisenTTen

isene th Te.ruatndo mevisserpmocnwoh ser astluser

erugi Fn inwwnohselisne tehT

r R seitrepor Placigoloehe Rd

eh t thn oylmroffoin udesrepsi dserehp sAL Peh T.)2d ( 5erugi Fn inee sylrael ce b

gpgg

stese T Tesvisesrpmp

rec dessesrttr sdeliye visesrpmocdne alintioagnol eww eo llyemetrx enatu b,sulud

thgih ada hAL Peru P. 7erugi Fs anrpmo cdn asuludo melisne teh t thdn a, 6

dilo sff s ostluse rtse tevisserpmo cdn a

t

gnimro f fosuh t h,ecaffaru slle c 5erugiF (dloffofffac s%52AL

g

fonoitide adhthtiwedseareltitrbts i toeu dkk daerb-at-ns allewsasuludo melisne tlacitsitaatt ssuludo mevisserer aselpma sdemao f fodn a

%05AL Peh t hn iygolohpromllooll ham sdnll aawll ecoffoerewserehpsAL PegraL

dn allawllechtthobnidloffofffac s%.secaffarull se ce thn osnoigerwllo

f,dloffofffacs%57ALPehtthnidialnidnuo

fic

e sahp-ow teh Thguoragnimroffo

cn itt inetno cUPTh t hhttho b, 7erugiFwolyltnaanicifnigs

F.tentno cUPTbna ctt c i,)d (dnaniosserpmo cehTselpma seh t thtahtnikaerb-at-inartsehcae rniarttr sehtdnaselpma sUPTnoitidd anI.UPTisene th Te.ruattun

emao f foff f osuludo melisne teh T.desaerevisserpmo ceh t hdn asuludo melisne tenidorcc A.selpma sdilo s of f stt ofahn t thah trew

fsesrttre svisesrpmoe ch t the,romerhtrusuludo mevisserpmo ceh t thtt tah t hnee se

n teeths astluse rraliim sdewohst s ten cAL Peh tneh wroivahe bdleiytso l

tnetno cUP Tgnisaercnihtthi wdesaercni F.)a ( 6erugi Fn inwwnoh ss a%006de tgniru daker btondidselpma sdnel bdaercedhtthi wdesaerce dsesserttr seht,nrec dessesrttr sdeliye visesrpmocdne ali

naanh trewo lsa wselpma sdeh t hs adesaerce dsuludo meniat damarogtsi heho t thg tnsaweslpma sedmaofforo f fognisaercn ihthi wdesaerce d)c ( 6seruig Fn It.s teeilsn. %5 2o tedsearce dtnetno c

dn a n,selpma sdemao f foro f fotehttah t thswoh s)b ( 6erug

enh wenev,tese tlisente h t thdilo S.tnetno cAL Pgni-safonoitide adhthtiwedsear

t1 1mor f frdegnarsi tlaerev servoc

ma sdilo sff s otaht

nahec M MeccimaynDDyn

nopserorcx irtramvahe btt bnemecroffosuludo megarotso b,ylgnitseretnI

neewte bdetacolnwoh ss a,stset hada hAA hLP

fi u hemo slliflu f fuosl adluo w,aPM00 2o mevis-esrpmoe ch T.snoiatcilpe apuss

,aPM700 1o t 7mor f frdegnaanrdn aselpm

tes T Teslcain

am iyogolhpromeshapeho t thtgnidnmroffoin userehp sAA sL Pdigi reh t hff t oroiva hthgi msih T.serutarepme tww to lt aspma s%52AL Pdemao f fodn a andilo shtthoao f fodn a andilo shto bro f foUP Tdn aAL Pu csuludo megarotseh T. 8erugi Fn i

occaUP Tnahtthsuludomgearot sreghi h

tu

.stnemeriuqe reussi tnaanmh cihwwh,smao f foor f forsuluod mo thguon eegra ls ihcih w wh,

erutarepme teh ts A.segaUP Teh t hn idesrepsi dylm-nie reh t ho teu dnee bevahig hlyetivalerada hselp.detcepx es aselpma sdemere wsdnel beh t hff t osevrucimanydlamreh t ho tgni-dr

%52AL P)e (dn a an,%05ALPor mesahpME S. 4erugiF

.selpma sdilo s%) P (c,UP) T (b,AL) Pf (aoyogolphor

)d (,%57AL) P

ote sh t h,edsearcni

sulduo megaro

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:13 AM Page 12

8 Society of Plastics Engineers • Upper Midwest Section

SCIENCE CORNER continued from page 7

edmao f foff f otese tvisesrpmocs,elpmsademaoffof ostetpor plaicnahc Me. 6eruigF

ty

.eslpam sedmsadil soff sooste tevssierpmo c)c (

ma sidlo sff st ose teilsne t)a(:tss teytre

)d (dnaans,elpmeilsne t)b (,selpm

fhTdlbhtat-noitgaonl eehTgnidlo mnoitcejnnji

mo cdne alisentue sh t thedsearcni att aA.xirttra mUPTerehp sllams

elpmo C. 9erugiF

lhihdhdlffffdtibfe ths ayllacitamarddevorpm ikaerb-at

mnides uyllaitneto pe bya mhcih w wh,gba f fasdloffofffcae sh tff t oesgnae rvisesrpm

lacnihace M.slle cff ossehnguoe racffar shto botn idemro f fott f i,%0 5ff 5 ott onetno c aserehp segra lr o%5 2ff 2 otnetno c at as

nelbdn a anslaireta meru pff p oytisocsi vxe

fi

ALPdidithTn idesaercnit netno cUP T.snoitaatcilpp aeussitelpitlu mralulelcorci mybedatcirb

gera leh t thdemrifnocstse tchih w wh,sdanlsidn aserehp s

eh tn i%5 7ff 7 ot netno c att a a

.sd

dn adilo shttho bro f fosuludomtois hlactistita S. 7eruigF

.selpma sdemao f fo (dnasuludo meilsn te)a (ff ( omargto

kno

tuevisserpmo c)b

1010ZZ1012.oN(t,)44047112.oNNehtf otorppusuoCiphsralohcSsrohthu aehTemeedgelwnokcA

dr oesrutaerpemtPTehthniserehpsfehT.sdnelbeht

tu

kn

fi

cesrenceeffeR

.)209502BC1202 (marogr P3 97dn a)1ro f fosdnu Fhcraese Rlatnemadnu Feht

noitdanuoFecneic SerutaNlnaoitaatNro f fotetitusn Inisnocis Weh t thdn ailcnu

ehtegdelwonkcaoteki ldluo wssnte

.escienueqr f frnoitamroeffo deryltnacifingisALP%52taxirttramUPuoropylhgihadahdloffofffac sdetacirbaffa

fin

stieisreivn Ulatrne Ce thr,16037105.oN(anih Coff Claicnain fe th,yrevocis DresenihCeh t thff totroppus

woltasdnelbehtthdecroffoniALPdesrepsidynitehT.s

temoort astse tnoisserpmoctahthcu syldipa rdeppord

.selpma sdemao f fo)b (dnao megarot sAA sM D. 8erugiF

tse TyggyoogloehR

o T.seicneuqer f frralugn aww aolff oroivahe btnemecroffonier

pesuace bUP Tff T ott onuoma 1erugiFn inwwnoh ssA

rv

tyty

.ertuarepmten iedvresbe oer wstenm-evorpm ion

a (:sdnelbdnaslaireta meru pff p osuludo

luse rsuludo megarot seh t thhtiwrehthegoh rehtn idevresboosl asaw%52AL P

nah t hytisocsi vrehgih ada hUP Teruedsearc-n iytisocsi vxelpmo ceh t,0 1

re olisene th tn

selpma sdilos)a

an. W.D S]7[enegRgne EussiT,no S..S J]6[

.)1002(naan. Y.F S]5[3002 (1204-1104h O..H S]4[

.)7002(. W.W X]3[

uceolmorcaomiBh. Z.ZY]2[egan L. R]1[

elbissopsiti,stlts a atste tygoloeheh T.AL Perupe h t thhtiwgnol a

i

. W.W, HniY. .B, Ggnah. Z.Z, Ygan.)90021 (521-1421,, 6ed Men

, Kgn. O.L, Jdroffoelpp A.Ma, jeej. T G,

auh. C.K, Cu. D.H, ZgneoL. .F, Kgn.)3

.H, Joh. C.HS, mi. K.S, Egan. K a.G S,

, Wneh. C.Y, Cao. Y.H, QniL. , Pgan.)5002 (9852-358 2, 6,selu

.TC, gnauH. M.Z, alpoguneV. , Jgnaanh269-029, 062, ceneic, Sitanac. V.P, Jre

lpp A, Jgno. D.H, Zgan. W

,h O. S,na. H.K, Dkar. P, K

896-976, 7, gn Eeussi, Ta

,42, salireatmoi, Bee. L.H

896-28, 61, 3gru S Jdlro, W

a,nhsirakamR. S, mi. L.T.)9391 (

fic

ALPeht t ha thdnaelbicismimttahthdnuo f fosa wtI.sdohtemiartea meru pff p ostiereporpralullecorci mdn aredurttrex

ere wAL Pdn aUPT

sa wroivaeh btenemcroffoneirra lda hselpma s%57ALP%05ALPehT.esicenueqrffr

thdecroffoine rytlnaicfinigsserehp sAA sL Pynitehtthtahtth

tus adesrepsidA

wydutssihtn ides uUP Tdn aAA aL Peh t thi vdteatigsev inere wsdnel bdn asliaeussi tecudor po tdedlo mnoitcejnnj iritth wsotiat rnereffeifffdindednelt ble m

nsoiuslncoC

.emhtthn iedversb os dUP Tllam s adn a anserehp sAA sL Peg

hpALPsuounitnocadahselpmas% osertuarepm tewot l asdnelbe th

igi rs agnitc aere w%52AL Peh t thn i

fi

CM Y]41[g Sn Emylo P,miKar. P.A S]31[1102 (1271-8171

anW. L]21[a. V.P, JwolsniW

. M.G A]11[kru B. A0]1[eu. G Gu.A S]9[moi, BanyoB. .BBho. L.HC]8[2,13 1,ic SmyolPan. W.D S]7[

yletelpmocere wt s teelpitlu maieh T.sdloffofffac se

wersc-inw tah

onsuhth,niamo dehtthelihwwh,esahniotamroffoe dr ohcih w,srelli fd

i. R, Jtch. D, J. MAC.)1102(0981-388 1, 51,icg S

, Hee. L.H J,ee. L.H, Smi. K.J, Hkar.)1

neh. C, Yteecr. S, EuiL. , Lih. S, Jgan)4991 (7071-8601, 5, 3ermylo, Pitncaana

a, Yknowrez C.A., Lnesroh. T.J, Asoki. M355,oliBdeMp x Evd A,icrisa H. N,ek (71-, 34 1,evR- Btt B Pgn Eeussi, Trechle

.)0002 (16-9 4,1 2,salireatm, Dreauredei. NG., Gztarwch. S, Znanmh

.)90022 (682-5762. W.W, HniY. .B, Ggnah. Z.Z, Ygan

85dil Fti S, Ji

., Wnoo. Y.R, TmiK. K., H

,8, 8gn Enorcttreleocri, Mn.

N. D.,regan. L, Rao. Ba, Y.)4002 (101- 83,

.)8020 (

,ane. D.D, Dsenar. C.L, D

lpp A, Jgno. D.H, Zgan. W

ALPeht t ha thdnaelbicismim

s adesrepsidA

Kr

.)0102(amrK. A]51[.)1102 (881-771C. M. Y]41[

a Mdemoi B, Jgnru. T.SL, retsuchsam

ngie. R, Jtechu. D, Jzuoaaz. MA, erroC

763-66, 3B2, 9 Bse Rreta

,85, diul Ft icrrepu S, Jrein

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:13 AM Page 9

9

Upper Midwest Section hostsAmerican Injection Molding (AIM)Institute for a Successful MINITECOur Upper Midwest Section hosted a very suc-cessful MiniTec this spring. The MiniTec, entitled“Knowledge is the Catalyst of Growth”, was heldon April 21th at the Hennepin Technical College inBrooklyn Park, MN. The MiniTech featuredspeaker Dave Rose, from the AIM institute. Theevent attracted a total of close to 100 attendeesincluding a combined 33 students from UW-Stoutand Hennepin Technical College.

The seminar was followed by a networking eventat Mad Jack’s and was very well received bythose who attended.

We would like to thank our Program Chair, SeanMertes, and Special Event Chair, Eric Swensiedfor organizing this event for us. Sean is alreadyworking on lining up more speakers in the areasinjection molding, screw design and extrusion inthe coming year. Please stay tuned!

A packed auditorium at the Spring MiniTech session presented by Dave Rose, AIM Institute

WHO CAN HELPYOU

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS, INC.PO BOX 0403, BROOKFIELD, CT 06804-0403PHONE: 203-775-0471 • FAX: 203-775-8490

WEB: www.4spe.orgOffice Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m (Eastern Time)

ACADEMIC OUTREACHGail Bristol 203.740.5447 grbristol@4spe.org

ANNUAL AWARDSSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

ANTEC BOOTH SALES/CONFERENCE MANAGEMENTLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

ANTEC PAPER SUBMISSIONBarbara Spain 203.740.5418 bspain@4spe.org

BOOK ORDERSBonnie Kaczowski 203.740.5428 bakaczowski@4spe.org

CHANGE OF ADDRESSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 membership@4spe.org

COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE AWARDSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIPLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

CORPORATE AFFILIATE PROGRAMGail Bristol 203.740.5447 grbristol@4spe.org

CORPORATE OUTREACHGail Bristol 203.740.5447 grbristol@4spe.org

DUES/BILLING/PAYMENTSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 membership@4spe.org

EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISING888-491-8333 ext. 1063 customerservice+64639@support.boxwoodtech.com

FELLOW & HONORED SERVICE NOMINATIONSSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

GOVERNANCE LIAISONSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

MARKETING/MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORTom Conklin 203.740.5453 tconklin@4spe.org

MEMBERSHIP PROCESSING/QUESTIONSCustomer Relations 203.775-0471 membership@4spe.org

MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS/RETENTIONSue Wojnicki 203.740.5420 swojnicki@4spe.org

PINNACLE AWARDSarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

PLASTICS ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ADVERTISINGJoseph Tomaszewski 908-514-0776

SECTION & DIVISION INVESTMENT PROGRAMDawn Roman-Weide 203.740.5414 dromanweide@4spe.org

SECTIONS, DIVISIONS & SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ADM.Sarah Sullinger 203.740.5422 ssullinger@4spe.org

SEMINAR PROGRAM & IN-PLANT TRAININGLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

SEMINAR REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

SOCIAL NETWORKINGTom Conklin 203.740.5453 tconklin@4spe.org

SPE FOUNDATION/SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTSGail Bristol 203.740.5447 grbristol@4spe.org

SPE INDUSTRY RESOURCE GUIDE800-816-6710 spe@multiview.com

STUDENT CHAPTERSSue Wojnicki 203.740.5420 swojnicki@4spe.org

TOPICAL CONFERENCE PLANNINGLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

TOPICAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONLauren McCarthy 203.740.5472 lmccarthy@4spe.org

WEBINARS (Non Registration)Barbara Spain 203.740.5418 bspain@4spe.org

WEBINARS REGISTRATIONBonnie Kaczowski 203.740.5428 bakaczowski@4spe.org

WEBSITE ADMINISTRATIONPedro Matos 203.740.5438 pmatos@4spe.orgSUBMISSION OF EDITORIAL MATERIAL FOR PLASTICS ENGINEERING;

QUESTIONS REGARDING SPE JOURNALSDan Domoff 203-740-5429 djdomoff@4spe.org

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:13 AM Page 8

10

Councilor’s Corner Tom McNamara - Councilor - Upper Midwest Section

3

1

1 e-Members to be designated as such in the Member Directory 2 Anyone can opt-out from the member directory list 3 Yes for current issue, no access to older issues 4 If serving as SPE Leader 5 Public will have no access 6 Full if SPE Member is serving as a Group Facilitator 7 Planned for Future Release

At our Council meeting prior to the ANTEC in Orlando, new officer positions of President-Elect andVice President were elected. Scott Owens is our new President-Elect and Monika Verheij is a newVice President. Dick Cameron has moved up from the previous President-Elect position to the SPEPresident position for the 2015-2016 operational year. Congratulations to all the new positon holders.A motion was also passed to approve the petitions for eight new student chapters. They are: LamarUniversity, North Carolina A&T State, Stevens Institute of Technology, Texas State Technical College,Texas State University San Marcos, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, UW-Platteville, University ofNorth Texas.

A fair amount of time was spent on the governance structure of the SPE. The Council was broken outinto eight subgroups to brainstorm options for restructure of the governance for more effective opera-tion of our Society. The ideas from each group are being consolidated and action, if any is needed, willbe discussed at the next Council meeting.

In my last report, I informed our UMW members of the addition of a new membership category callede-Member. It is a no cost membership with limited access to the many benefits of SPE full member-ship. Included on the following page is a breakdown of the various member benefits with indication ofthe privileges afforded each membership grade. The intent of the e-Membership is to allow some par-ticipation in the Society with the hopes that the e-Member will see enough benefit to encourage fullmembership at a later date.

As always, please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions, or comments on either the SPEInternational organization or our Upper Midwest Section. My contact information is on the back of thisSPEcialist.

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 5

SPE Education Committee - Tom McNamara

Our Upper Midwest Section is proud to report that we have selected and awarded four scholarships to four very deserving students. Two of theawards were Tony Norris Scholarship Awards (2-year degree programs) in the amount of $400 and two other awards were Jerome FormoScholarship Awards (4-year degree programs) in the amount of $500.

Tony Norris Awards went to:

Amber Robeck, a Plastics Engineering Technology student at Hennepin Technical College. Amber is active

in the SPE Student Chapter and last semester made the President’s List at HTC. She is employed full time at D.S.

Smith Worldwide Dispensers in Lester Prairie, MN while attending school full time. She is also active in fundraising

programs including Special Olympics Minnesota. She aspires to be a manager or founder of a company involved

with plastics.

Elias Hailetelemariam is also a Plastics Engineering Technology student at

Hennepin Technical College. Elias works a full time job at Medtronic, a world class medical device manufacturer,

while going to school at HTC full time. He has worked his way up from assembler to Senior Cell lead-person.

Elias uses some of his income to support his parents in Africa. He volunteers time at the Minneapolis Community

Library. Elias acknowledges the importance of the life saving devices that his manufacturer makes and he aspires

to own an injection molding or thermoforming company in the future. (accepted by Dan Ralph, HTC Plastics

Engineering Technology Program Manager)

Jerome Formo Awards went to:

Michael Beeler, a Plastics Engineering student at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. He has been a member of

the UW-Stout SPE Student Chapter since 2012. He was elected Vice President of the Student Chapter for the

2015-2016 school year. Michael has done many volunteer activities including UW-Stout move-in, campus cleanup,

and State Science Olympiad. He has worked as a Research Assistant in the UW-Plastics Laboratory and as a

Laboratory Assistant helping to instruct other student in the use of all of the equipment in the UW-Stout Plastics Laboratory.

William Miller is also a student in the University of Wisconsin Plastics Engineering program. William has been

awarded the UW-Stout Chancellor’s Award for both his freshman and sophomore years. He was voted to the SPE

Student Chapter Board of Directors and is active with many of the student activities. William has volunteered as

coach of youth athletic programs in his community. He is an Engineering Intern at Profile Xtrusions in Neenah, WI

where he is learning single extrusion, co-extrusion, and tri-extrusion. He has also worked as a Laboratory Assistant

at the UW-Stout Plastics Laboratory. (accepted by Adam Kramschuster, UW-Stout Plastics Engineering Program

Director)

UW-Stout 1ST Annual Golf Event

The University of Wisconsin – Stout held its first annual golf event in May at the Chippewa Valley Golf Course in Menomonie, WI. The event was

organized by the UW-Stout Student Chapter. The event was considered very successful with many companies participating in the fun-filled day.

The weather cooperated and even some of the golf “duffers” won prizes. Our Upper Midwest Section is the sponsoring Section for the UW-

Stout Student Chapter and as such, we did sponsor a hole at the event and had some of our Section Board members attend. We look forward

11

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 4

PRESIDENTShilpa ManjureNorthern Technologies InternationalCorp.4201 Woodland RoadP.O. Box 69Circle Pines, MN 55014763-225-6600763-225-6645 FAXsmanjure@ntic.com

PAST PRESIDENT Danny MishekVista Technologies1850 Greeley Street SouthStillwater, MN 55082651-653-0400dan@vistatek.com

INTERNATIONAL COUNCILOR& EDUCATION CHAIR Thomas McNamaraThermotech1302 S. Fifth StreetHopkins, MN 55343952-933-9438

PROGRAM CHAIR Sean MertesPolymer Technology and Services19095 Wells LaneJordan, MN 55352612-750-5159sdmertes@ptsllc.com

PROGRAM CO-CHAIR Matt HavekostAdvanced Technology Systems255 Roselawn Ave E, Ste 45St. Paul, MN 55117Office: 651-489-6990Cell: 952-484-7436mhavekost@advtek.com

TREASURER / FINANCE CHAIRRolly EnderesChemCeed, Corp.2252 Olson DriveChippewa Falls, WI 54729715-726-2300715-726-2314 FAXrolly@chemceed.comwww.chemceed.com

BOARD CHAIR POSITIONS

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRHamid QuraishiHASSQ Consulting Company460 Wilson StreetWinona, MN 55987507-312-0307hamidquraishi@ymail.com

ADVERTISING CHAIRBill Priedeman405 S. Willow DriveLong Lake, MN 55356612-850-8987bpriedeman@gmail.com

AWARDS CHAIRRichard C. Bopp321 Flatbush RoadWest Coxsackie, NY 12192ginbopp@mhcable.com

AWARDS CO-CHAIRSDave Erickson13502 Essex CourtEden Prairie, MN 55347952-937-0960Cell: 612-868-5682

WEBSITE & NEWSLETTERCHAIR Michael ArneyBoston Scientific3 Scimed PlaceMaple Grove, MN 55311763-494-1347Michael.Arney@bsci.com

SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIRMahin Shahlari4201 Woodland RoadP.O. Box 69Circle Pines, MN 55014P: 913-544-9800mshahlari@ntic.com

SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR &HOUSE CHAIR Eric Swensied Harbor Plastics, Inc.1470 County Road 90Maple Plain, MN 55369763-479-4772763-479-4776 FAXerics@harbor-plastics.com

SECRETARYEric Cybulski3MBuilding 235-3F-08St. Paul, MN 55129651-737-4584ecybulski@mmm.com

BOARD DIRECTORSam McCordMCG BioComposites, LLC3425 Sycamore Ct. NECedar Rapids, IA 52402-7642319-378-0077mccord@mcgbiocomposites.com

Upper Midwest Section Board of Directors 2014 - 2015

SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERSUpper Midwest SectionMahin ShahlariP.O. Box 69, Circle Pines, MN 55014

FIRST CLASS - DATED MATERIAL

PRESORTEDFIRST CLASS MAILU.S. POSTAGE PAIDTWIN CITIES., MN

Permit No. 7732

FORWARDING SERVICE REQUESTED

ww

w.4

sp

e.o

rg

Newsletter June 2015

®

CALENDAR OFEVENTS

MINITECH.......................................June 23, 2015

GOLF OUTING...............................August 4, 2015

MEGATECH ....................................October, 2015

Upper Midwest Section

(S22) MembershipApril, 2015

Section Total ........................ 363

JUNE 2015_2011/2012 6/9/15 9:12 AM Page 1