What's different about this NPE.Several new attractions will set this year's Big Show apart from previous events: * Make room for rubber: For the first time, the plastics show will have a TPE/Rubber Pavilion, co-sponsored by the Society of the Plastics Industry Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. SPI's members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment (SPI) and the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA (RealMedia Architecture) See RealMedia. ). It will highlight both TPEs and thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. rubbers. * Molds, molds molds: Another first for NPE will be the North American Moldmakers Pavilion, sponsored by SPI's Moldmakers Div., the American Mold Builders Assoc. (AMBA AMBA Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Spanish) AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AMBA American Mold Builders Association AMBA American Mustang and Burro Association AMBA Association of Master of Business Administration ), and the Canadian Association of Moldmakers (CAMM CAMM Council of American Maritime Museums CAMM Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials (Ohio State University) CAMM Computer-Assisted Material Management CAMM Computer-Aided Manufacturing Management ). Thirty to 40 companies are expected to participate. There will be hundreds of other tooling-related exhibits elsewhere in the show. * Leading edge: Also first for NPE is the New Technology Pavilion highlighting four technologies expected to have broad implications for the future of plastics: nanotechnology, bioplastics (see p. 9), energy efficiency, and recycling. SPI will also host its second International Degradable Plastics Symposium immediately before NPE (June 14-17) in Chicago. (Contact Nancy Jones at SPI, 202-974-5267.) And Executive Conference Management will present the Nanocomposites 2006 conference in Chicago on June 18-19 (734-737-0507). * Do it in the mold: Ask a panel of experts about another leading-edge topic over lunch at the show. Plastics Technology will sponsor a Q&A session on in-mold technologies--decorating, labeling, finishing, and assembly--on Wed., June 21 from noon to 1:30. Admission is free. * A touch of Disney: See a fully automated manufacturing cell mold, assemble, and label an eight-piece toy robot, similar to the way it is produced for crowds of children and parents at the Fantastic Plastics Works exhibit at Innoventions at Epcot in Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. It's running in booth N-4401. |
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