ANTEC(TM) & Plastics Encounter to Collocate for 2007; Event Held in Cincinnati will be Industry's Largest in North America.AKRON, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of -- Plastics News and the Society of Plastics Engineers today announced plans to collocate col·lo·cate v. col·lo·cat·ed, col·lo·cat·ing, col·lo·cates v.tr. To place together or in proper order; arrange side by side. v.intr. To occur in a collocation. the Plastics News' Plastics Encounter trade show with SPE's annual technical conference, ANTEC. The combined conference and exhibition will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , from May 6 through 10, 2007. "The Society of Plastics Engineers is quite proud of the fact that ANTEC has become the premier technical conference in the plastics industry," said Susan Oderwald, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and executive director of the society. "We see collocating ANTEC with the Plastics Encounter trade show as a way to increase the visibility of both events and to make attendance even more valuable to SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience members and other plastics professionals." "Attendees and exhibitors have told us that they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to get more value out of the shows they attend," said Plastics News Vice President/Publisher Tony Eagan. "We're confident that this combined event will be a winning proposition for all the involved-- attendees and exhibitors, as well as for both sponsoring organizations," he added. The event will be the plastics industry's largest in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. in 2007, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Eagan. By combining the technical following of ANTEC and the business and operations following of Plastics Encounter, the new event will offer a greater value to a greater number of plastics professionals than ever before, he added. "This event is designed to attract the entire buying team, from top management all the way through to the technical functions," said Plastics News' Director of Trade Shows & Marketing, Linda Whelan. "We've worked out a show and conference schedule that enables conference attendees to visit the show floor and to participate in the technical presentations," she said. Additional details on the event can be found at www.plasticsencounter.com or www.antec.ws. Plastics News: In print. Online. In person. Plastics News is a weekly newspaper that covers the business of the global plastics industry. Owned by Crain Communications Inc, PN brings timely and informative news to 60,000 print subscribers, delivers breaking news to the international plastics industry via two Web sites, PlasticsNews.com and PlasticsNews.com/China, and provides exhibits and networking through Plastics Encounter and Executive Forum events. About SPE The Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. (SPE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the technical knowledge of plastics and plastics technology. The Society maintains an extensive technical library that is available to Society members, and offers technical conferences and seminars, as well as live and recorded technical presentations that are available via the Internet. For more information, please visit www.4spe.org |
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