SPE South Texas Section   The Extruder Newsletter

October 2017

The Society of Plastic Engineers

Table of Contents

President’s Message

Steve King

Dear SPE-STX Members,

I hope this finds all of our members safe and well from the most recent hurricanes. Times like this bring out the best in all of us. As always in the spirit of Texas many of our members opened their businesses and homes to those in need. Please find below more information on a couple of instances where a couple of our outstanding members helped neighbors, friends, and employees by providing shelter, food, and safety. Unfortunately this storm impacted thousands so please do not forget those who in times like this are still in need of our continued support.

We have just completed our first social event with an evening at the ball park with the Astros. We experienced a great turn out with many of you attending. Thank you! We hope this will continue for our next event that is planned for October 3rd at St. Arnolds where we will join ASME for a spectacular evening of fine food, spirits, and networking. See details below. We hope you will host friends with some encouragement for them to join SPE-STX. Another event we are supporting is Vinyltec2017 scheduled for October 10-12th. Details for these events are below.

We have had our new website up and running for a few weeks now. We hope you find it user friendly and helpful. Our primary goal is to support our members by providing a beneficial tool all can use. Please feel free to offer any feedback to us for ways to better serve you.

In closing I remind you of one main reason we are here. It is raise support for scholarships for many new students with financial support for education. We contribute significant dollars to many institutions. This would not be possible without the many of our members giving countless hours to this worthy rewarding cause. In order to continue this we need your support by volunteering today.many events.

Best regards,
Steve King



In The News



Vinyltec 2017

When: October 11-12, 2017
The Vinyl Plastics Division and the South Texas Section are co-sponsoring Vinlytec 2017-New and Novel Materials and Processes to Solve Problems
Additional information Click here to register
Where: Marriott Plaza San Antonio
555 S. Alamo Street San Antonio, TX 78205 – (map)

Next Breakfast Bunch Meeting

When: Octoberr 3, 2017
Where: I-Hop, 6508 Washington Ave., 77077, 7:00 AM (map)
Breakfast Bunch Meetings - The first Tuesday of each month all year.


 

 

Fall Kickoff Event saw the Astros win a close game 4-3

Brad Peacock won his 12th game of the season as the Astors beat the White Sox 4-3 September 20. Some 40 SPE members and family enjoyed the win along with Dollar Hot Dog Night at the park!

Let's root for the Astros to go all the way to the World Series.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2073302&trk=hb_side_g

Join the South Texas Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers on LinkedIn. Click on the above link and you will be directed to group page. LinkedIn serves as another communication tool for SPE-STX.

LinkedIn is a free web site for professional networking with over 300 million members in over 200 countries and territories.

LinkedIn enables discussions and networking between SPE-STX members and those related to the plastics industry. LinkedIn compliments the current SPE-STX web and membership to LinkedIn is free.

News Highlight
LinkedIn SPE-STX group currently has over 375 members as of 2014. To date, the tool has been used primarily to promote and discuss SPE-STX meetings.

Members are also notified of meetings from board members plus email blasts sent by SPE International.

As always, both the monthly newsletter and SPE-STX web site are the leading sources of information on SPE-STX activities.

Birch helps neighbors and employees after storm

Birch Plastics supports its employees and neighbors. Read the story reported in Plastic News:
Birch Plastics opens its warehouse to Houston neighbors - Plastics News


Jeff Applegate of Texas Injection Molding LLC, pitches in to help workers from Hurricane Harvey.

Read about it from the Plastics News

 

 

Plastics Information: Check It Out

Houston Public LibraryThe Houston Public Library on McKinney has resources on plastics and polymers. Check out their catalog at http://catalog.houstonlibrary.org. If you are not near the McKinney location, you can arrange to pick up your books at your local branch.

The Fondren Library at Rice University has the most complete collection of books on plastics and polymers. This is also a prime resource for patent and trademark information, as well as other US Government documents. You cannot check out books there unless you join Fondren Library [$50], but you can arrange for books to be sent to your library by inter-library loan. Use their catalog at http://library.rice.edu/.

The next best place to browse is at the MD Anderson Library at the University of Houston central campus. South Texas Section has donated many plastics books to this library. If you plan ahead, you can get a TexShare library card from a library where you are a member, which will allow you to check out books from any U of H library. Their catalog is at http://www.library.uh.edu/.

South Texas SPE 2017-2018 Board Meeting

Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2017

Extending the boundaries - Bismuth Vanadate pigments for the plastics industry

Cristina Zanzottera PhD, Inorganic Product Manager, DCC
Harry Hamers PhD, Technical Service Manager, DCC
Bruce Howie PhD, Manager - Global Product Management and Marketing, DCC.

Abstract

Bismuth Vanadate (BV) pigments (C.I. Pigment Yellow 184) have increased in importance as their field of application has grown since their introduction in 1985 for use in the paints, coatings and plastics markets. They represent an interesting class of pigments, which extend the familiar range of yellow inorganic pigments (iron oxide yellow, lead chrome yellow, chromium titanate yellow, cadmium yellow and nickel titanate yellow). These bright yellow, highly saturated pigments are characterized by their outstanding opacity/hiding power, chemical resistance, excellent weathering and durability. They are valid candidates as alternatives to the green shades of the lead chromate and cadmium sulphide pigments.

Read more.

 


Program Calendar

Date
Event Title
Event Specifics
Topic
Location
Time
10/11-12/17 Vinyltec The Vinyl Plastics Division and the South Texas Section are co-sponsoring Vinlytec 2017 New and Novel Materials and Processes to Solve Problems Marriott Plaza San Antonio
555 S. Alamo Street San Antonio, TX 78205 – (map)
All day
11/17 Technical talk TBD   TBD TBD
12/17 Holiday Social TBD Social TBD TBD

Section Officers

President
Steve King
Solvay
(713) 598-2327
Steve.King@Solvay.com

President Elect
Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Vice President
Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(281) 802-5392
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Secretary Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Treasurer
Peter Lauzon
Peal Processing
(832) 486-3418
pete@pealprocessing.com

Committee Chairpersons

Awards Committee Chair – Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Golf Outing – Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Education Committee Chair – David Hansen
SBC Consulting
(281) 346-0143
david.hansen47@yahoo.com

Housing – Ryan Reese
Dover Chemical
(330) 343-7711
rreese@doverchem.com

Membership Committe Co-Chairs
Chuck Crosby
Braskem Americas
(713) 469-2394
Charles.crosby@braskem.com
Tom Walsh
Walsh Consulting Services
(281) 493-2344
t.s.walsh@earthlink.net

Newsletter –Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(713) 681-5217
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Technical Program – Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Young Professional Chair

Polyolefins 2017 Chair – Robert C. Portnoy
Portnoy Technical Services LLC
(713) 829-8799
rportnoy@portnoytechnicalservices.com

Board Members

Steve King
Solvay
(713) 598-2327
Steve.King@Solvay.com

Kevin Alexander
KWA-Tech, Inc.
(281) 701-7792
Kevin@kwatech.com

Iman Bahrani
Omya, Inc.
(713) 681-5217
iman.bahrani@omya.com

Bill Diecks
Retired
281-381-1264;
bill.diecks@comcast.net

Terry Vermaas
Kisuma Americas, Inc.
(832) 460-5133
tvermaas.aic@swbell.net

David Hansen
SBC Consulting
(281) 346-0143
david.hansen47@yahoo.com

David Grice
C&K Plastics
(281) 352-6761
dgrice@candkplastics.com

Dell Doyle
Dow Chemical
(940) 636-1509
Condelldoyle@yahoo.com

Ashley Raines
281-913.8122
ashley.raines@EGCcomponents.com

Tom Walsh
Walsh Consulting Services, Inc.
(281) 493-2344
t.s.walsh@earthlink.net

Web Content/Section Coordinator

Janell Helton
Houston, TX 77084
713-503-6729
jdhelton@comcast.net