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PAPER DEADLINE- Nov 14, '08
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Spring 2008 Newsletter (coming soon)
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"Coloring the World of Plastics"™
SPE CAD Mission Statement
The Color and Appearance Division of SPE strives to educate, train, inform and to provide professional interaction opportunities to the global community involved in visual performance and aesthetics of plastics.
Color and Appearance Division / International Society of Plastics Engineers
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Our membership consists of mostly technical people from plastics producers, colorant and masterbatch producers, and plastics compounders and those working upstream and downstream in the supply chain. These pages serve our members and the community of plastics color specialists around the world.
We engineer the color and appearance of plastics, by attending to
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Selection and use of colorants and modifiers. |
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Measurement and matching of color. |
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Effects of colorants and additives on product durability and weathering. |
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Safety in handling, end use, and disposal or recycling. |
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Product quality and cost. |
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Equipment and processes to get the job done right. |
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Just released and now available for purchase: SPE CAD Conference Archive DVD (1961-2007)
This is a compilation of every CAD RETEC and ANTEC (CAD Sessions only) Conference from our beginning in 1961 to 2007. That's 86 conferences, 972 technical papers, and 9168 pages of content. The DVD has a fully text search featureso you can find relevant articles quickly. You can also browse the DVD content by Author or by Conference.
Pricing- $200 for SPE members and $300 for non-SPE members.
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For over 45 years, our annual meeting, CAD RETEC, has been the premier conference and meeting for plastics coloring, attended by leading technologists from around the world. The 2008 meeting "Driving Color into the Next Decade" will be held in Dearborn, Michigan from Sept 21-23, 2008. We are very excited about this year's CAD RETEC as it is being cohosted with the Detroit Colour Council. Please join us!
Conference was a great success! Check back often for information on the next CAD RETEC in Savannah, GA-October 2009.
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ANTEC@NPE 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS on Color and Appearance Topics: PAPER DEADLINE-NOVEMBER 14, 2008.
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Online networking communities are becoming a very important and accepted communication tool. Many members enjoy this method of communication and networking. SPE Color and Appearance Division now has a group by the same name on LinkedIn.com and on Facebook.com. These groups were created so that members can more easily communicate and network with each other. The groups will also be used as an additional communication tool for event and division announcements.
JOINING THE LINKEDIN.COM SPECAD GROUP:
You must be a member of Linked In to join this group. Basic Linked In membership is free. To find the SPECAD group, click here OR on LinkedIn.com go to the " Groups Directory" and search for "SPE Color and Appearance Division."
JOINING THE FACEBOOK.COM SPECAD GROUP:
You must be a member of Facebook to join this group. Basic Facebook membership is free. To find the SPECAD group, click here OR on facebook.com, go to your home page, select "groups" application, and search for "SPE Color and Appearance Division" group.
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The Color & Appearance Technical Division is pleased to announce that once again we are an award winning division of SPE! We were Gold Pinnacle Award winners for our contributions and efforts to the membership and industry during 2007. SPE CAD has been awarded the Pinnacle Award every year since it was first given in 2005. |
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SPE CAD is proud to sponsor and manage the Endowment Scholarship Program. Each year up to 5 scholarships are awarded to students pursuing technical degress with an interest in the coloring of plastics industry. The Endowment Fund was built over the years by proceeds from CAD RETECs. Scholarship awards began in 2006 when the Endowment fund became large enough to be self-sustaining. Since 2006, we've awarded $60,000 to students enrolled in in courses related to the plastics industry.
Scholarship Applications are now being accepted for the 2009-2010 school year.
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SPE CAD encourages all interested parties to become members of the International Society of Plastics Engineers. This organization is dedicated to the communication and education in the art & science of coloring plastics. Specify Division D21 as your primiary division to be included in all future CAD communications.
How to Become a Member
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Your elected CAD Board is Directors is very busy behind the scenes planning the next conference and networking opportunity. There are 32 volunteer board members to support the approximately 1200 global CAD members. Review our meeting minutes, newsletters, and events to see the latest information on our division's activities.
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Need to reach us or want to know who is on the CAD Board of Directors? Download a fresh list of SPE CAD officers and directors with complete contact information. This document also lists the current officers and directors and their terms.
SPE CAD Contacts
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Visit the SPE CAD Photo Gallery to see pictures from RETEC 2005, 2006, 2007 and ANTEC 2007conferences.
Have a great picture from ANTEC or CAD RETEC to share? Or maybe you have a great "color and appearance of plastics" related picture to share. If so, please email it to tlphillips@xxxuniformcolor.com (remove the XXX from the email address before sending) with a brief description, date taken, and photographer. We just might post it for all to see!
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Special Thanks to these SPE CAD Web Sponsors!
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Disclaimer:
The information in this website is furnished in good faith based on current technology, experience, and knowledge thought to be true. The Color and Appearance Division (CAD) of The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) makes no warranty or assumes no responsibility of any kind, expressed or implied, regarding this information. CAD and/or SPE does not assume any responsibility for any subsequent processing or compounding of any resources or materials in order to produce compound(s) or any finished article(s). Nor does CAD or SPE imply this information may suggest any legally binding assurance of certain properties or suitability for any specific purpose. It is the responsibility of those using this information to ensure their actions complies with any proprietary rights and/or existing laws or legislation.
SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS ANTITRUST GUIDELINES:
It is an SPE Policy that there can be:
1. No discussion among members which attempts to arrive at any agreement regarding prices, terms or conditions of sale, distribution, volume, territories, or customers;
2. No activity or communication which might be construed as an attempt to prevent any person or business entity from gaining access to any market or customer for goods or services or any business entity from obtaining services or a supply of goods;
3. No activity or communication, which might be construed as an agreement to refrain from purchasing or using any materials, equipment, services or supplies of or from any supplier;
or any other activity which violates antitrust or other applicable laws aimed at preventing unfair competition.
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