ANTEC 2010 Consultants Corner to offer free technical advice.

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Part of SPE ANTEC® 2010 Conference, Consultants Corner will give attendees opportunity to consult with experts for free on challenges they face in specific technical areas. Attendees can register for appointments-only program at ANTEC website and each appointment will last 30 minutes. Program provides convenient way to discuss current issues with industry experts, who will provide candid opinions on topics such as troubleshooting, equipment options, and best practices.



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New "Consultants' Corner" Will Enable Attendees at SPE ANTEC® 2010 to Obtain Free Technical Advice from Industry Experts



NEWTOWN, CT, U.S.A., - A new program at The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2010 conference will give attendees an opportunity to consult with an expert-for free-on the challenges they face in specific technical areas.

Attendees can register for the appointments-only program, called "Consultants' Corner," at the ANTEC website, www.antec.ws. Each appointment will last 30 minutes.

"The Consultants' Corner provides a fast and convenient way to discuss current issues with industry experts, who will provide candid opinions on topics such as troubleshooting, equipment options, and best practices," said Mark Spalding, ANTEC Technical Program Committee Chair.

ANTEC 2010, the world's largest plastics technical conference, will take place May 16-20 in Orlando, FL. The Consultants' Corner schedule, with topics and industry experts, is as follows:

MONDAY, May 17, 2010: 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Extrusion: Mark Spalding, The Dow Chemical Company

Injection Molding: Pete Grelle, Plastics Professional

TUESDAY, May 18, 2010: 9 a.m.-11 a.m.

Failure Analysis & Prevention: Paul Gramann, The Madison Group

Thermoplastic Materials & Foams: Chul Park, University of Toronto

TUESDAY, May 18, 2010: 3 p.m.-5 p.m.

Extrusion: Tim Womer, Xaloy

PET Packaging Strategies: Scott Steele, Plastic Technologies, Inc.

Injection Molding: John Beaumont, Penn State Erie

Blow Molding: Lew Ferguson, Parisons

Failure Analysis & Prevention: Jeff Jansen, Stork Technimet

WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2010: 9 a.m.-11 a.m.

Thermoplastic Materials & Foams: Hani Naguib, University of Toronto

More information on the SPE-ANTEC Consultants' Corner is available at www.antec.ws, or by calling Lesley Kyle, CMP, at +1 203-740-5452; lskyle@4spe.org.

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