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NPE Press ReleasesSubscribeSUCCESSFUL NPE2009 COMES TO A CLOSE AFTER A WEEK OF CONCENTRATED BUYING POWER THAT DEFIED TODAY’S ECONOMY NPE2009 Was a Multifaceted Array of Events, Broader in Scope and Richer in Content than Previous NPEs, with More than 1,000 Educational Presentations Alone FIFTEEN AWARD WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED AT NPE2009 FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION PHOTOS: For four high-resolution photos from the awards ceremony, visit the Press page at www.npe.org, click on the link under “Multimedia Gallery,” and see Images 27-30. NPE2009 OPENS AS ‘A CATALYST FOR INDUSTRY RESURGENCE,’ PROVIDING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES THAT PAVE THE WAY FORWARD The 26th NPE since 1946 and the 19th to Be Held in Chicago, NPE2009 Is by Far the Broadest in Scope, including a World-Scale Trade Show and Co-Locations of Leading Industry Events PLASTICS LEAD THE WAY IN HELPING AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS MEET PRESIDENT OBAMA’S NEW RULES FOR FUEL EFFICIENCY Taking Place One Month after Today’s White House Announcement, NPE2009 Will Focus on Fuel Savings, Innovative Design, Production Economy, and Sustainability NEW DATA SHOW NPE2009 WILL SURPASS NPE2006 IN SIZE AND SCOPE Next Month’s NPE Promises to Be a Success ‘in Defiance of the Economic Crisis’ IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SPI, MORE THAN HALF OF CHICAGO HOTELS AGREE TO LOWER RATES AN AVERAGE OF 14% FOR NPE2009 VISITORS Discounts Apply Retroactively to Existing Reservations as well as to New Ones ONLINE VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR ‘PEOPLE’S CHOICE’ AWARD IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION AT NPE2009 Photos and Data on Candidates Are Posted at www.plasticsdesign.org; Winners in Peoples Choice and Other Award Categories Will Be Announced during NPE2009 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLYMERS BASED ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES WILL MAKE NPE2009 A MILESTONE IN PLASTICS HISTORY A Wealth of Exhibits, Conferences, and Displays at NPE2009 Will Be Dramatic Proof that Bioplastics Have Moved into the Plastics Industry Mainstream NINE INDUSTRY LEADERS AND INNOVATORS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE PLASTICS HALL OF FAME IN A GALA CELEBRATION AT NPE2009 Industry Pioneers from U.SA., Canada, South Africa, Austria, and Italy to Be Honored in Formal Event at New McCormick West Ballroom on Monday of NPE Week SPI ORGANIZES CONTENT-RICH ‘BUSINESS OF PLASTICS’ CONFERENCE FOR NPE2009, WITH MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS Sessions to Focus on Business Strategy and Practices, Workplace Issues, Resin Trends, Sustainability, Bioplastics, Nanotechnology, and Process Innovations DOW CHEMICAL COMMITS TO UNDERWRITING OF ANTEC™ PROGRAM AT NPE2009 AND WILL CO-SPONSOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PAVILION ANTEC Conference Will Have a Record 750-Plus Original, Peer-Reviewed Technical Presentations INTENSIVE FOCUS ON PLASTICS DESIGN TO MARK NPE2009, WITH SPECIAL EVENTS DEDICATED TO DESIGN ENGINEERING, TOOLING, AND RAPID PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT One highlight of NPE2009 will be the first International Plastics Design Competition SPI UNVEILS MASSIVE INCENTIVE PLAN TO MAKE PARTICIPATION IN NPE2009 MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL EXHIBITORS AND ATTENDEES Amount Set Aside to Support Exhibitors Is Nearly $3-Million, including Credits toward Exhibit Services Ranging from $150 for Smallest Booths to $4,500 for Largest AUTOMOTIVE FOCUS AT NPE2009 WILL BE ON INNOVATIVE DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY, AND PRODUCTION ECONOMY NPE2009, Far Broader in Scope than Previous NPEs, Will Present Technologies for Cutting Costs Today while Developing New Values for Tomorrow EXPANDED NPE2009 WILL BE ‘AN ABUNDANT SOURCE OF POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES’ FOR MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS Far Broader in Scope than Previous NPEs, this Multifaceted Event Will Provide Innovations and Solutions for Designers, Processors, and OEMs PACKAGING TO PLAY PREEMINENT ROLE AT DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED NPE2009, NOW WITH MANY NEWLY CO-LOCATED EVENTS Special Exhibits and Conference Sessions Will Focus on Sustainability and Bioplastics as Well as Innovations in Packaging Materials, Design, and Production ONLINE ENTRY OPENS FOR INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION, CULMINATING IN PROMINENT DISPLAY AND GALA AWARDS CEREMONY AT NPE2009 Also Available Online, as of April 1, Will Be Voting for ‘People’s Choice’ Award NEW ONLINE RESOURCE FROM SPI HELPS MAKE ATTENDING NPE2009 EASY AND PROFITABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
NPE2009 EXPANDS TO UNPRECEDENTED SIZE AND DIVERSITY WITH ADDITION OF 4 MORE CO-LOCATED EVENTS, FOR A TOTAL OF 8 NPE, until now best known as the Western Hemisphere’s largest international plastics trade show, will be this and much more in 2009, it was announced today by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), producer of the triennial event. SPI URGES INTERNATIONAL REGISTRANTS FOR NPE2009 TO TAKE EARLY ACTION ON APPLYING FOR A VISA TO ENTER THE U.S. Advice to Prospective Visitors from Countries Subject to U.S. Visa Requirements: ‘Don’t Miss Out on the Greatest Plastics Event on Earth’ APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY APRIL 1 FOR THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION, TO BE CO-LOCATED WITH NPE2009 Designers, Processors, Moldmakers, and OEMs from Any Nation and Any End Market Can Obtain Complete Information on Participating at www.plasticsdesign.org INNOVATIVE NPE2009 PAVILION TO FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL HELP SHAPE TOMORROW’S ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY DuPont Will Sponsor ‘Emerging Technologies Pavilion’; Government Agencies Will Anchor Sectors on Sustainability, Bioplastics, Nanotechnology, and Energy NPE2009 ATTENDEE REGISTRATION OPENS, GIVING ACCESS TO MULTIPLE TRADE SHOWS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS REGISTER Button Is Now ‘Live’ at www.npe.org; Discounts and Multi-Event Package Plans Are Available Online
REGISTER Button Is Now ‘Live’ at www.npe.org; Discounts and Multi-Event Package Plans Are Available Online NEW TECHNOLOGY PAVILION TO SPOTLIGHT ‘DOZENS OF INNOVATIONS’ INTRODUCED BY EXHIBITORS AT NPE2009 Companies Exhibiting Elsewhere at NPE2009 Can Submit Their Most Advanced Developments for Possible Inclusion in New Technology Pavilion SPI ISSUES CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS IN NEW ‘BUSINESS OF PLASTICS’ EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PLANNED FOR NPE2009 The Education Committee for the NPE2009 international plastics exposition is now accepting abstracts for presentations in a new educational program, called the “Business of Plastics,” to be offered at NPE2009, it was announced today by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI). The triennial NPE show is organized by SPI and takes place on June 22-26, 2009 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. ‘INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION’ AT NPE2009 WILL SHOWCASE INNOVATIONS IN COMPONENTS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS Achievements of Processors, Designers, Toolmakers, and OEMs from Many Countries Will Reflect Show-Wide Focus on Cutting-Edge Technologies and Sustainability MOLDMAKING EXPO™ TO CO-LOCATE WITH NPE2009, YIELDING ‘ONE-STOP SHOPPING’ FOR MOLDMAKERS, MOLDERS, AND OEMS Co-Location of NPE, MoldMaking Expo, and ANTEC™ Creates ‘an International Plastics Convocation Unprecedented in Breadth and Technological Richness’ CHINESE PARTICIPATION AT NPE2009 PROMISES TO BE STRONG SPI’s Advice to People Planning to Travel from China to NPE2009: Don’t Wait until the Last Minute to Apply for a Visa VISITORS AT NPE2009 WILL HAVE MANY WAYS TO ACCESS BIOPLASTICS, NANOCOMPOSITES, AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES Latest Advances Will Be the Focus of 2,000 Exhibits, Massive Educational Program, and Pavilions for Emerging Technologies, Special Industry Sectors, and Issues like Sustainability MEXICO WILL LEAD LARGE LATIN AMERICAN ATTENDANCE AT NPE2009, THE GREATEST WESTERN-HEMISPHERE PLASTICS EVENT Show to Offer Plastics Professionals from the Entire Region ‘Unprecedented Access to New Technologies as Well as Business and Technical Conferences’ EXHIBIT SPACE CONTRACTED FOR NPE2009 ALREADY EQUALS 82% OF FINAL TOTAL FOR NPE 2006, AS 864 COMPANIES MAKE SELECTIONS SABIC Innovative Plastics and Nypro, Inc. Are Among Significant ‘New’ Participants SPE’S ANTEC™ CONFERENCE TO CO-LOCATE WITH SPI’S NPE2009, CREATING ‘A WORLD PLASTICS EVENT OF UNPARALLELED SCOPE’ In a plastics industry first, the 2009 edition of ANTEC™, the world’s largest plastics technical conference, will take place during the premiere international plastics exposition of the year—NPE2009. The events will take place at Chicago’s McCormick Place on June 22-26, 2009. SPI NAMES FREEMAN AS NPE2009 SHOW CONTRACTOR, RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING NEW COST-SAVING PACKAGES FOR EXHIBITORS Service Packages Are One of Many Innovations Planned to Benefit Exhibitors and Visitors at NPE2009 International Plastics Show NPE2009 ‘OPENS FOR BUSINESS’ AS SPI SENDS OUT EXHIBITOR PROSPECTUS, STARTS NPE WEBSITE, AND UNVEILS NEW DESIGN First ‘Digital Drawing’ for Exhibit Space Will Take Place at New McCormick West Building in Chicago on February 19-20 INNOVATIONS BY NEW SPI TRADE SHOW TEAM WILL MAKE NPE2009 ‘RICHER IN CONTENT, BROADER IN SCOPE, THAN ANY PREVIOUS NPE’ The NPE2009 international plastics exposition and conference will be a great leap forward in NPE history, with a broad array of innovations to make participation more exciting and profitable for exhibitors and attendees, it was announced today by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI, exhibiting at K-2007 in Stand 13 / B59-18). The association sponsors the triennial NPE and will present NPE2009 on June 22-26 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. NEW NPE2009 MANAGEMENT TEAM TO TRANSFORM GLOBAL EVENT Since the middle of the three-year cycle leading up to NPE 2006, the makeup of the team now in charge of preparing for NPE2009 has been almost completely transformed, according to The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), founder and sponsor of the triennial NPE show. NPE2009 will take place June 22-26 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. NEW PLAN FOR NPE 2009 REPLACES EAST BUILDING WITH INNOVATIVE McCORMICK WEST FACILITY JUST BEING COMPLETED IN CHICAGO Show Will Be Held in South, North, and West Halls; Exhibit Space Drawing Slated for February of 2008 Will Take Place in West Hall’s New Ballroom—Chicago’s Largest EXPOSITION MANAGEMENT EXPERT GENE SANDERS IS NEW SPI VICE PRESIDENT OF TRADE SHOWS, WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR NPE 2009 The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) has appointed Gene Sanders as vice president of trade shows, it was announced today by SPI President and CEO William Carteaux. Bringing 26 years of experience in the management and marketing of industry shows and conferences, Sanders assumes responsibility for SPI’s triennial NPE international plastics exposition. SPI APPOINTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR NPE 2009, WITH NEW POSITIONS REFLECTING BROADENED SCOPE OF THIS GLOBAL SHOW Randy Pearson, President of Xaloy Extrusion, Is Named NPE 2009 Chairman Test Press Release English Intro |
