SPE calls for parts for 2007 Thermoforming Competition.
Press Release Summary:
With theme of Adapting to Form the Future, SPE 2007 Thermoforming Conference will take place Sept 16-19 at Duke Energy Convention Center and Millennium Hotel and will highlight 17th Annual Thermoforming Parts Competition and Showcase. Companies are asked to submit their parts for judging by Sept 10th. Products will be judged for creativity, originality, design complexity, surface finish, secondary operations, technical difficulty, and innovation.
Original Press Release:
SPE Announces 2007 Call for Parts for the 17th Annual Thermoforming Conference Parts Competition and Showcase
Submissions are due by September 10th
Brookfield, CT - With a theme of "Adapting to Form the Future," the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) 2007 Thermoforming Conference takes place September 16-19, at the Duke Energy Convention Center and Millennium Hotel, and will highlight the 17th Annual Thermoforming Parts Competition and Showcase. Companies are asked to submit their parts for judging by September 10th.
Categories include:
o Thin Gauge, Roll-fed:
- Medical
- Consumer
o Heavy Gauge, Cut-sheet:
- Vacuum form
- Pressure form
o Additional Categories for Gold Winners
- Twin Sheet
- Multi-part Assembly
- People's Choice
- Optional Judges' Choice
Products will be judged for their creativity, originality, design complexity, surface finish, secondary operations, technical difficulty and innovation. Judging takes place on the show floor.
"This year we have broadened the categories into a larger grouping, and multiple winners will be announced from that grouping," explains Haydn Forward, chairman of SPE's Thermoforming Conference Parts Competition. "There were many great entries in years past that were a close 2nd to the winner of that category, but these new, broadened categories will allow those companies a greater opportunity for award recognition."
"With the variety of materials, colors and processing options in the thermoforming world, I'm looking forward to the high caliber of entries we will receive this year."
How to submit an entry
To submit your entry, please visit www.ThermoformingDivision.com to download the entry application. Simply click on the "2007 Parts Competition Entry Form" link. For additional information, please contact Haydn Forward, chairman of SPE's Thermoforming Conference Parts Competition: hforward@smi-mfg.com or 858-450-1591.
About SPE
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