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2013 Annual Report | 3 Annual Highlights Expanding Knowledge Through Collaboration 2013 Introduction . 01 Member Companies & Directors & St . Louis Staff . 19 Annual Highlights . 02 . Designated Representatives . 12. MTI Fellows . 19 MTI’s Vision . 10 Report of the AmeriTAC Chair . 14 Technical Advisory Councils . 20 MTI’s Mission . 10 . Report of the AsiaTAC Chair . 15 . Financial Statements . .22 . Benefits of Membership . 10 Report of the EuroTAC Chair . 16. Membership Dues Information . 25. Report of the Chair – Executive Director’s Letter . 17. Board of Directors . 11. Board of Directors . 18 . The Knowledge Resource for Materials Solutions Why does MTI membership remain solid and grow despite the currently sluggish global economy? Because we continue to be the primary provider of knowledge and solutions for people who seek answers to material problems. Those who become members in our organization quickly see the value of their membership and stay with MTI for a long time. The MTI menu for members includes . • Wealth of Knowledge • Networking • Problem Solving • Solutions MTI is always adjusting and refocusing its strategy so we can continue meeting the needs of our members. Their needs are always changing in today’s rapid technology development. Knowledge transfer is in a continuous state of change. That’s why we are always looking for better and faster solutions to the problems that we face. In many cases, the new normal today also requires us to solve issues with fewer resources than were available in the past and provide definitive answers according to a timescale that is measured in hours and days instead of weeks and months. Collaboration is the key ingredient in our formula for success. Every individual member brings a dish of expertise from one or more area to the “pot luck” of tangible and digestible solutions. So why not make use of MTI’s instant access to a wide range of industry experts and its online problem solving opportunities? Annual Highlights Changing of the Guard After three years leading MTI’s Board of Directors, Ed With the Board of Directors, Macki helped guide the Naylor’s term as Chair is coming to a close. Along with organization to grow and become truly global. He was Executive Director Jim Macki, he steps down from his named a Fellow in 2011 for his many achievements. More leadership role in October 2013. Naylor’s successor will be than anything else, Macki leaves MTI in a better state than announced after AmeriTAC 112 in Savannah, Georgia. it was when he began as Executive Director (+4 member companies). Eighteen years after he joined the MTI staff Unlike Macki who is officially retiring at the end of the (15 years as the Executive Director), Macki will be retiring year and planning trips that don’t involve microphones in December 2013. and PowerPoint presentations, Naylor plans to continue as a member of MTI’s BOD. John Aller will take over as MTI’s 8th Executive Director. Aller brings a unique experience to the No one will replace Naylor’s unique style of leadership. organization with his background working for producer An engineer with a passion for fishing, he reeled in staff and supplier companies. He has also started and owned and BOD members for a Strategic Planning Session in an international engineering software business and has 2010 and made several adjustments to keep MTI on the served as a consultant to the processing industries, teaching right course. During his three years as Chair, membership companies around the world how to apply Risk Based remained stable, and the organization weathered the latter Inspection (RBI) to aging plants. In addition, Aller is a half of a downturn in the global economy. former AmeriTAC Chair and MTI Board Member, giving him an insider’s perspective of the organization. Despite a hardnosed drive to get the job done, Naylor also showed a fisherman’s patience during his term, enabling his Along with a new Chairman of the Board (to be named fellow leaders to lead and allowing efforts to blossom. When in October 2013), Aller will lead MTI as it continues to it was time to pull together a team or wrap up a discussion, expand globally. Leadership will inherit an organization like any good engineer, he just took charge. that has remained stable through an economic downturn and expanded into Europe and Asia. MTI sits on a stockpile According to Naylor, the three–year commitment passed of technical information that staff are working to deploy by quickly, and the work load was never overburdening. via the web site and in eLearning training modules. Aller’s He called it a great opportunity to grow personally and background in software makes him ideal to help lead staff professionally. Although leadership isn’t for everyone, his in support of the Knowledge Management PDC and Project experience is proof that it can be a rewarding opportunity. Teams driving these changes. It’s truly a new world for MTI. For others, the experience is so positive that it’s hard to say With these significant changes in staff and Board goodbye. When MTI hired Macki as its Associate Director leadership come different perspectives, new ideas and in 1995, the organization was 18 years old. By 1998, he had plenty of opportunities to help MTI deliver even been named Executive Director, succeeding Tom Gibbs, greater value to its member companies. who had succeeded Bert Krisher. Left to Right: Ed Naylor, Jim Macki, John Aller 2 | The Knowledge Resource for Materials Solutions Members Migrate to New Web Site Forum Knowledge Management Building Member Resources MTI’s web site continued to evolve in 2013. In March, the Over the last 37 years, MTI has developed a virtual warehouse old online forum was mothballed, and members transitioned worth of technical data on materials engineering. Forty to a forum integrated into the new web site. The enhanced volumes of that information are searchable on the Granta forum provides members with new features, including web site. Reports and other valuable information are stored powerful capabilities that allow them to customize their on MTI’s new web site. That includes information like experience. Members are able to view detailed posts with TAC Awareness Bulletins, which cover subjects ranging their mobile devices, allowing them to answer questions from stress corrosion cracking to corrosion under insulation quickly or ignore posts that aren’t pertinent to their areas of to dissimilar metal welding. Over the past year, the expertise or interest. Feedback has been positive and traffic Knowledge Management PDC has been translating these has been steadily increasing. Participants have discovered technical documents into other languages, including how useful it is to get real–time answers to their critical Spanish and Chinese. The PDC is also uploading new questions from one of the most experienced networks of documents, links, and slide decks (including a set of materials engineers on the planet. sustainability presentations) to the expanding silo of information under Member Resources at mti–global.org. When the forum concept was first created at MTI, members often waited for TAC meetings to get answers. As projects generate new information and company Today, technical questions are often answered or leads to representatives request access to additional technical an answer are shared in a matter of minutes. The forum resources, MTI’s knowledge base will continue to grow and offers a growing database of questions and answers that deliver value to its member companies. A single question members can access anytime, anywhere. can open the door to new subject matter and possible solutions for members and their industry colleagues. In 2014, MTI envisions new features on the web site, including searchable eBooks. The goal is to try and put as much useful information as possible on the site, accessible via a single search engine. Many more pleasant surprises are in store for members. Materials Technology Institute | 2013 Annual Report | 3 Annual Highlights Accelerated Testing of FRP Effort Yields Improved Approach Users of FRP in the chemical industry have long recognized ASTM C–581 in some cases,” points out Rasmussen. Swerea the limitations of the currently used test protocol to KIMAB wrote the test procedure in an ASTM test format determine material compatibility. The questionable data in anticipation of it being used as a standard in the future. it generates and the time it takes were a motivation for a project authorized in February 2010, which was championed The new process represents a step–change from the way by Pradip Khaladkar of Dupont. Swerea KIMAB recently FRP is currently tested using the ASTM C–581 protocol. completed this major undertaking for MTI in four phases. The value of this work will increase as MTI member companies and resin suppliers shift to this approach “The main objective was to develop a test which would and create more data. predict the long term properties of FRP in a short term exposure – that is, an accelerated test,” according to There were challenges that the Project Team had to meet Khaladkar. “The final report contains excellent visual along the way, according to Rasmussen. “For one, a very and quantitative data of degradation and proposes a test large amount of experimental data has been produced, protocol that determines the primary damage mechanism, covering degradation in several different chemical the rates thereof and their secondary effects, which can be environments and with different FRP types,” he says. used to determine the life of the equipment.” “In turn, this has demanded much effort from KIMAB but also the project team to correlate and interpret. In “Furthermore, it was the goal to reduce the test time from my opinion, having the project team so deeply involved the 6 – 18 months typically applied with ASTM C–581 in the evaluation has also contributed to much valuable to a maximum test time of three months,” adds Anders input to KIMAB and further strengthened the overall Rasmussen of Haldor Topsoe, a Project Team member.
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