PERSPECT IVESection S-71 Covering Eastern North CarolinaNewsletter of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Piedmont-Coastal Section, North Carolina

Promoting the Scientific & Engineering Knowledge of Plastics

Volume XV No. 1 Sept 2015 A few SPEcial Words from our President

For golf reservations and information contact

Jackie Ryba, (919) 345-6709,

marty.ryba@juno.com or Walt Carey

(919) 631-9202, waltcarey@charter.net

see pages 3 & 14 for more info

Marty RybaMemorial

Golf Outing

Sept 8, 2015See Page 3

The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club -

Chapel Hill

Put on your calendar

Tuesday September 8th

“MARTY” RYBA MEMORIAL SPE GOLF OUTINGsee pages 3 & 14

The 2015/2016 SPE-Piedmont Coastal Section year is beginning and I would like to welcome everyone back.

My name is Leon Suttles and I have the privilege of serving as President of the section. I am looking forward to working with the great board of directors we have this year.

During our summer planning meeting we identified a number of interesting tour opportunities, and a tentative calendar is included in the newsletter. Updates will be made throughout the year as we finalize details and confirm tours.

This year the Annual Martin A. “Marty” Ryba Memorial SPE Golf Outing is be-ing held on September 8, 2015. Jackie Ryba and Walt Carey have done another fantastic job organizing this great event. I ask that you help support their efforts with attendance and hole sponsorships. Contact information and details are included in the newsletter.

Last year was very successful for the Piedmont-Coastal section. We earned the Pinnacle Award (Gold) from the national SPE office. We also enjoyed growth in membership and increased participation at monthly meetings. I want to thank all of our members for helping us to accomplish that. One of my goals for the year is to see that continue. I ask that you please help us by identifying potential new members and interesting locations for monthly meetings.

I have a major goal for the next year to see more participation and interaction with students and young professionals. We have great opportunities for our young professionals to learn valuable leadership skills within our organization. Our meetings are a great place for networking with professionals who have been in the plastics industry for many years.

Thank you all for supporting our chapter.

Leon Suttles

President Piedmont-Coastal S71 SPE

OUR NEW 2015/2016 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS

Leon Geoff Dan Lewis Rodney

Officers Name Business Phone Cell (home) E-Mail

President Leon Suttles PCS Company 586-863-7427 ls@pcs-company.comPres-Elect Geoff Foster Core Technology 336-294-2018 336-708-2673(c) geoff.foster@coretechnologycorp.comTreasurer Lewis Wilson ChannelPA 336-314-2776(c) lwilson1492@att.netSecretary Dan Fuccella ATI 919-380-1420 919-349-5911(c) dan@ati-engineers.comCouncilor Rodney Joslin TE Connectivity 336-544-1316 336-314-7667 rodney.joslin@TE.com

Board of Directors 2015/2016 Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Patz, Tim Bryant 2016/2017 Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick 2017/2018 Walt Carey, Matthew Peterman, Tim Earley, Todd BryantBoard of Directors by Position: House - Rodney Joslin; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Tim Earley, Chris Jackson; Rules - BOD; Historian - BOD; Membership - Tim Earley; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen; Awards - BOD; Golf Outing - Jackie Ryba and Walt CareyLiaisons: NCSU - Maury Balik CCCC - Glenn Shearin Carolinas Section SPE - Todd Bryant NC A&T - Geoff Foster

PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through June, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, mljensen514@earthlink.net or mikejen47@gmail.com

telephone at 919-333-2003 (cell). To advertize in our newsletter, contact Tim Earley at 336-693-6466 wolftim@msn.com. Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at

SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-coastal. You should be notified by e-mail when it is posted.

Neither the Society of Plastics Engineers or the Piedmont-Coastal Section is responsible for views that are expressed by individual contributors, either in the articles published in the newsletter or in any of the technical presentations.

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P-C Section Golf OutingSOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS

THE MARTIN A. “MARTY” RYBA MEMORIAL SPE GOLF OUTING ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR PER HOLE GOLF OUTING

Joint Piedmont-Coastal, Carolinas Sections MeetingTuesday, September 8, 2015 - 12:00 NOON Shotgun Start

Golfers can only WIN $100/hole, not lose $100/hole The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club - Chapel Hill

$100.00 Prize on Sponsored Holes - Door Prizes - Awards - 50/50 Raffle Prizes - Golf - SPE Board Meeting - Social Hour - Dinner - A Lot of Fun

2 Mulligans to help win a $100.00 Hole Prize $100.00* per Golfer includes Greens Fee - Cart - Range Balls - Dinner & 50/50 Raffle Details & Schedule Below

Plus: 50/50 Education Raffle, $5 per ticket, 3 for $10*SAVE $10.00/GOLFER BY REGISTERING BY AUGUST 11TH ($90/GOLFER VS $100/GOLFER)

Schedule (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) -10:00 am - 11:30; Check In, Driving Range or Putting Green12:00 NOON SHARP Shotgun StartLunch on your own4:30 pm - 6:30 pm; Continuous Social Hours, Awards, Door Prizes, SPE Presentation4:30 pm - 6:00 pm; All American Buffet50/50 Raffle - Cash winners (expect over $250.00 total pot)A short Board meeting will follow the event- For hole sponsorships ($250/hole), golf reservations and information contact Walt Carey, (919) 631-9202; waltcarey@charter.net or Jackie Ryba, (919) 345-6709; marty.ryba@juno.com.- Confirm space is available before sending payment. Payment may also be made by credit card. Call Walt Carey at 919-631-9202 for instructions on credit card payments. (The course pro shop will no longer take our credit card payments!) - Make check payable to: P-C Section SPE or Society of Plastics Engineers, Federal Tax ID # 51- 0195190- Remit checks: P-C Section, SPE c/o Walt Carey, Outing Co-chairperson, 712 Dogeye RD, Benson, NC 27504-7407 - Country Club attire required. (No blue jeans or denim allowed. Shirts must have collars)- For directions, phone number (919-542-5501) and to check out the course layout, go to The Preserve’s link: http://www.thepreservegolf.com

NOTE: Format - play your own round of golf (not Super ball) and keep your score card. There are no prizes for how well you score. The $100 prize won on each hole is based on one of the following; Closest To The Pin (on par 3’s), Closest To The Pin, Second Shot (on some par 4’s), Most Accurate Drive (closest to the line) and Lon-gest One Putt Made (on some holes). Singles & doubles will be paired with other golfers.-- If possible, please bring a Door Prize from your company (include your business card).

PLAN EARLY MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY PAY EARLY & SAVE MONEY PLAN TO HAVE A FABULOUS TIME!!!

Training: Consultants/Training Page WebsiteApplied Technologies Inc. . . . . 5 www.ati-engineers.com chemlabconsulting, LLC . . . . . 5 www.chemlabconsulting.comPorticos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 www.porticos.net

Equipment:Fordham Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 9 www.FordhamPlastics.com

MaterialsClairant Corp . . . . . . . . . . . 6 www.clariant.comDayson Polymers . . . . . . . . . 7 www.daysonpolymers.comPlasticomp, Inc . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.plasticomp.comPolymer Resources . . . . . . . . 5 www.prlresins.comPolymer Technology & Services . 4 www.ptsllc.comPolyOne Distribution . . . . . . . 2 www.polyone.comTriangle Central Warehouse . . . 6

Processors Aimet Technologies, INC . . . . . . 5 Brady@aimet.comAmerican Extruded Plastics . . . . 6 www.aeplastics.com American Injection Molding . . . 2 www.aimolding.comFR Male and Associates . . . . . . 8 www.FRMale.comPolymers Center of Excellence . . 5 www.polymers-center.orgRaleigh Precision Products . . . . 9 www.raleighprecision.comSapona Plastics, LLC . . . . . . . . 6 www.saponaplastics.comSyracuse Plastics . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.SyracusePlastics.com

ToolingCarson Tool and Mold . . . . . . . 4 www.carsonmold.comEmerald Tool and Mold . . . . . . 4 www.emeraldtoolandmold.comHi-Tech Plating . . . . . . . . . . . 8 www.hitecplating.comFR Male and Associates . . . . . . 9 www.FRMale.comMaloney Tool and Mold . . . . . . 11 www.maloneycos.comMeusburger USA . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.meusburger.comPCS Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.pcs-company.comRichmond Tooling . . . . . . . . . 4 www.richmondtooling.comSuperior Tooling, Inc. . . . . . . . 5 www.sti-nc.comTool-All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.toolall.com

THANK YOU!The members of the Piedmont-Coastal Section, a non-profit organization, thank these sponsors for

their generosity. Donations to our section are used for educational purposes.

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Danville Community College

Our Sponsors

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MEMBERSHIP REPORTPiedmont-Coastal

Section S71As of August 19, 2015

we have 227 members!

Welcome to another great year of membership with Piedmont Coastal section. We have 227 total mem-bers (including students) as of August 19, 2015. We have 85 student members. Thanks to CCCC, NCSU and North Carolina A&T State University for their support.

I encourage every member to sign up a new member for the 2015-2016 year. Let’s all work toward increas-ing our membership. If you have changed jobs or loca-tion, please send me a note. If you have any email, employment, or phone number changes, please contact me as well.

If you have someone you feel can benefit from joining SPE, give them an application or send me their name and I will submit it to SPE and have you as the refer-ring member.

The newsletter will be posted on the main SPE web-site this year. With everyone using smartphones, it is better to download the newsletter at your conve-nience.

Go to SPE4.org>communities>Sections>NC>Piedmont-

coastal. We are still accepting new ads for our newsletter for the 2015-2016 year. There is also more information

in the newsletter.If you have any questions, please contact me by

e-mail at wolftim@msn.com.

Tim Earley, SPE Piedmont Coastal Section S71 Membership and Advertising Chairman

wolftim@msn.com336-693-6466 cell (Main)

Business:Business Development Manager - Plasticomp

Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. SPE is the largest global professional society serving the plastics

industry, with members in more than 70 countries, and is the premier source for quality technical information. This LinkedIn

group is sanctioned by SPE.SPE maintains a member group in LinkedIn that is open to all interested people in the industry (paid SPE membership

not required). To join visit http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=857357

If you want to ask a technical plastics related question, or contribute your expertise to someone else’s query,

log in to LinkedIn.com. Click on Companies and search for Society of

Plastics Engineers.

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Scott ZuberScott@FordhamPlastics.Com

866-467-0708 / 919-302-2571

Doug MillerDMiller@FordhamPlastics.Com

336-264-5658

Please give us an opportunity to help you succeed….call to have one of our experienced Sales Staff review your requirements today!

www.FordhamPlastics.com

Equipment and Services Line-UpNissei America

Injection Molding MachinesStar Automation

Robots and Automation Equipmentand End of Arm Tooling

Reiloy USA Screw and Barrel Solutions

RJG Process Monitoring, Control

And TrainingZAG

Used Equipment SalesUBE Industrial

Large Tonnage Molding MachinesMatsui America

Resin Drying and Press Side Aux

HFA Conveyors and Boxfill Systems

Tecnomagnete Magnetic Platens

Gamma�uxHot Runner Control Solutions

AEC Applications Engineering

Whitlock Material Handling and Blending

Nelmor Size ReductionCooling and Heating Systems –

Chillers, Towers

We just want to remind you that your fellow SPE members are one of your most valuable member benefits. They can help you answer technical questions…solve process problems…maximize efficiency…find a consultant or contractor…promote your products or services…and network in your specialty, interest, or geographic area.

The SPE Online Membership Directory gives you access to the largest community of plastics professionals in the world—15,000 members in 70+ countries, searchable and reachable 24/7.

And it is only for SPE members. Use it to find and connect with the people, answers, and solutions you need. It’s easier than ever!

To search the SPE Online Membership Directory, log in to your SPE membership account at

www.4spe.org.

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Location: TE Connectivity, Page Road, Greensboro, NCAttendees: Todd Bryant; Tim Bryant; Tim Earley; Leon Suttles; Walt Carey; Dan Fuccella; Maury Balik; Lewis Wilson; Geoff Foster; Brandon Frederick; Justin Patz; Pat Mannella; Matthew Peterman; Christopher Jack-son; Rodney Joslin; Glenn Shearin (phone in)Meeting was called to order by Todd Bryant at 6:35PM.Minutes of April 29, 2015 BOD meeting Motion to Approve: Rodney Joslin Second: Tim Earley Motion voted and carried Treasurer’s Report- Tim Bryant1. Current Section Balance (savings/checking): $18,691.75 2. Net Income for SPE fiscal year 2014/2015 through May 2015: $4,371.90 Motion to Approve: Todd Bryant Second: Maury Balik Motion voted and carried3. Lewis Wilson, Leon Suttles to be added to, and Rodney Joslin to be retained as signees to bank account. Meeting to be scheduled for signing at Wells Fargo.4. Annual Audit of Accounts: To be scheduled for August, 2015 by Tim Bryant. Available attendees: Tim Bryant; Leon Suttles; Walt Carey; Rodney Joslin; Dan Fuccella; Tim Earley; Lewis Wilson.5. Cash flow reporting for 2015 Golf outing will differ from the past in that the incoming payments will come directly to the P-C Section. All credit card charges will go through SPE Int’l. Reported by Walt Carey and Tim Bryant.6. Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2015/2016a. Motion to maintain budgeted Scholarship support at 2014/2015 levels; subject to revision upon review of Golf Outing proceeds in October 2015 and review of intended use of scholarship funds as to be reported by each intended recipient. Moved: Rodney Joslin Second: Tim Earley Motion voted and carried

A copy of the approved 2015-16 Budget is attached at the end of the these MinutesMembership Report - Tim Earley1. Current P-C Section membership is at 229, including 85 student members.2. Membership is down from last year, reflecting a general trend in the Society.3. The P-C Section membership is the 14th great-est nationally.4. It was suggested that we seek ways for the Section to provide value to student and younger pro-fessional members – as they are our future.Education Report - Maury Balik1. NCSU Student Scholarship a. Motion to award the NCSU Student Scholar-ship in the amount of $1,500 after July 1, 2015. Moved: Walt Carey Second: Tim Earley Motion voted and carriedb. Voted on the two NCSU Student Scholarship applications and selected Alexey Bondarev as the recipient of the award.2. NCSU Materials Science & Engineering Senior Design Coursea. 2 semester program, 3 to 4 students per proj-ect team, ~12 teamsb. Seeking corporate sponsorship partners with project topics for 2015/2016 school yearc. Sponsorship confirmation needed by July 31, 2015Advertising Report - Tim Earley1. Tim has communicated with all past advertis-ers and entire P-C Section membership list and orders are beginning to come in for the 2015/2016 P-C News-letter season.2. Next step; Tim Earley and Christopher Jackson to contact additional potential advertisers.Councilor Report - Rodney Joslin1. Rochester, NY Section is being withdrawn due to inability to meet SPE Section requirements.2. Todd Bryant to provide SPE Int’l a list of P-C Section volunteers as required.

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Phone: 203.775.0471 Fax: 203.775.8490www.4spe.org

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Vice Pres/Marketing Thierry D’Allard tdallard@4spe.org

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CONTACTS

Website TechnicianPedro Matos pmatos.4spe.org

Annual Awards:Sarah Sullinger ssullinger@4spe.org

Membership Programs:Sue Wojnicki swojnicki@4spe.org

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Society of Plastics Engineers - Piedmont-Coastal Section (S71)Newsletter Advertising Campaign Update

The Piedmont Coastal Section S71 of SPE 2015/2016 advertising campaign to renew and recruit new advertis-ers for the Piedmont-Coastal Section monthly on-line newsletter, the “Perspective” is underway. Advertising in our monthly newsletter can lead to new customers for your organization – our newsletter is e-mailed to over 500 professionals in North & South Carolina and posted to the global SPE website. Our section is proud to be one of the top growing sections in the world. You can view our newsletters at the SPE website –

http://www.4spe.org/Communities/sectiondetail.aspx?itemNumber=5389. Then click on the newsletter.

Your support via an advertisement in our newsletter is vital to improving the current and future workforce in the plastics industry. A key mission of SPE is to promote and provide the knowledge and education of plastics and polymers worldwide. Locally, you can greatly impact the workforce in your area by advertising with us, as these monies are used to support local student scholarships and educational grant programs. We appreciate your consideration in assisting us to continue to provide support for training in the plastics industry.

Newsletter improvements, implemented without an increase in the cost of the advertisement, include:

• We have a quick link to your company website on the index page listing all our sponsors.

• Text and advertising are now more interspersed than before to ensure readers know the companies that support the Piedmont Coastal Section’s programs and offer cost effective services and products.

• Our newsletter is published electronically and is posted to our Section Web Page and broadcast as an e-mail - an attachment to all our section members, other section members in our area and many non-mem-ber friends of our section – your ad will be sent to over 500 professionals - SPE members and friends of SPE throughout North and South Carolina.

We appreciate your support and hope that you will sponsor, or consider sponsoring an advertisement in our newsletter to support the Society of Plastics Engineers and its plastic industry supporting programs. Also – ½ page and full page Ads can be changed monthly in order for you to highlight different specialties of your com-pany.

Fee Schedule – one cost covers one year (10 monthly issues)

Ad size – Ads may be in color AD Cost Structure Approx Print Size of Ad

• Business card (1/8 Page - 2”x3.5”) $250 1.75”x 3.25”

• ¼ Page $475 3.5” x 4.75” or 2.25” x 7.0”

• ½ Page $900 3.5” x 9.5” or 4.75” x 7.0”

• Full Page $1,700 7.0” x 9.5”An electronic version of your ad may be e-mailed to Mike Jensen, at mljensen514@earthlink.net or a hard copy (business card, etc.) may be mailed to: Mike Jensen, 420 Kings Hollow Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603. If you would prefer to make an educational donation to us without advertising, we will proudly recognize your spon-sorship by posting your website on each newsletter and recognize your company on education night. Sponsor-ship levels are: Gold - $200; Silver - $150; and Bronze - $100. We appreciate your consideration in advance and we look forward to hearing from you. Please submit your check payable to P-C Section, SPE to: P-C Section SPE, c/o Tim Earley, PO Box 1036, Mebane, NC 27301. If you have any questions or require an Invoice – please contact Tim Earley at 336-693-6466 or wolftim@msn.com. The S71 Piedmont Coastal Section is a very active section and is proud to support the students and institu-tions in our area in their pursuit of the advancement of the plastics industry.

Tim Earley - Newsletter Advertising Chairman, P-C Section, SPE

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Planning Calendar for 2015/2016

Month Topic Company Tour Responsible person

8-Sep P-C Golf Outing The Preserve Walt Carey

13-Oct ?? ?? GE plant- Mebane or GE jet engine plant, RTP Dan Fuccella

10-Nov Thomas Bus Tim Earley

8-Dec Christmas party The Flame, Sanford Rodney Joslin

12-Jan John Deere, Fuquay-Varina Tim Earley

9-Feb Education night NC A&T, Greensboro Nanoscience Center Geoff Foster

8-Mar Leon Suttles

12-Apr Med Plastics Mini-Tec PCE, Charlotte

Dan Fuccella

Todd Bryant

10-May Carolina Golf Outing

14-Jun 2016-17 planning meeting

TE, Pegg Road, Greensboro Leon Suttles

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3. Rodney Joslin plans to attend the next Councilor Meeting which will be in Pittsburgh, PA.Carolinas Section Liaison - Todd BryantTim Earley volunteered to be the P-C Section / Carolinas Section liaison for 2015/2016.New Business: Results of elections and appointments1. Officers: Outgoing Incoming President: Todd Bryant Leon Suttles Pres-Elect: Leon Suttles Geoff Foster Secretary: Lewis Wilson Dan Fuccella Treasurer: Tim Bryant Lewis Wilson2. Board of Directors: 2015/2016: Maury Balik, Glenn Shearin, Justin Patz, Tim Bryant 2016/2017: Geoff Foster, Chris Jackson, Pat Mannella, Brandon Frederick 2017/2018: Walt Carey, Matthew Peterman, Tim Earley, Todd Bryant(Dan Fuccella relinquished his 2017/2018 BOD seat to Mat-thew Peterman)3. Appointed Positions:a. Section Councilor: Rodney Joslinb. House: Rodney Joslinc. Education: Maury Balikd. Advertising: Tim Earley, Chris Jacksone. Rules: BODf. Historian: BODg. Membership: Tim Earleyh. Newsletter Editor: Mike Jenseni. Awards: BODj. Golf Outing: Walt Carey, Jackie Rybak. University Liaison: i. NCSU: Maury Balik ii. CCCC: Glenn Shearin iii. NC A&T: Geoff Foster4. Bylaws: Tim Earley is to distribute copies of other Sections’ bylaws to the P-C Officers and BOD members for review and feedback. He will then consolidate and incor-porate suggestions and resubmit for final discussion and action.5. Clark Broome: The Board moved to pursue an appropriate means of recognizing Clark Broom for his many years of dedicated service to SPE on the Section and International level. Matthew Peterman is to contact Russell Broome for assistance and direction.

June Minutes - Continued from Page 106. Proposed Programs for 2015-16: The follow-ing schedule of events was agreed upon by the Board of Directors. The “Responsible person” is to arrange and confirm arrangements:

SPE PLANNING MEETINGJune 30, 2015

PROPOSED PROGRAMS FOR 2015-16(relocated to page 13)

A motion was made and seconded that the June 30, 2015 P-C Section BOD meeting be adjourned.Motion voted and carried.Respectfully Submitted,Dan Fuccella, Treasurer, SPE Piedmont-Coastal SectionJuly 15, 2015

Golf Outing Early Registration Time Has Run Out

Our Section’s annual golf outing, known as The Martin A. “Marty” Ryba Memorial Golf Outing, is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th at The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club in Chapel Hill. This is the club we have had our outing for the last several years. It is a good test of golf skills, but more importantly our outing presents each and every golfer the opportunity to win $100 on each golf hole. By the time this newslet-ter reached you, the opportunity to save $10.00 per golfer for early registration will have expired. As I indicated in earlier issues of the newslet-ter, The Preserve Golf Club will no longer take credit cards for our early golf outing registrants this year. We were able to set up credit card payments for our golfers and hole sponsors through SPE headquarters. Those who have utilized the website to register have told me that the process is quite simple and very easy to use. For those of you who plan to play, but have not registered, I urge each of you to go to the web-site, https://eiseverywhere.com/ehome.129503 and register NOW. The course should be in excellent shape since the greens will have been reseeded and our outing will be the first group to play on the new greens! It should be a marvelous time. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at (919) 631-9202. I look forward to seeing all of you golfers on Tuesday, September 8th for a noon shotgun start.Best regards to everyone --- Walt CareyP-C Section, SPE Golf Outing Co-chairperson