Volume 62 ▲ Number 3 DETROIT SECTION - SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS - “THE CHARTER CHAPTER” January 2018
Detroit SPE Welcomes the Next Gen Chelsea Barriga & Jason Merkle of Chase Plastics Lead Next Gen Outreach See details on page 5
Scholarship Winners See details on page 14 Letter from the Editor Eve Vitale
As Director of the Society of Plastics Engineers support industry with good people. Our work is moving Foundation, I’ve had the privilege to be involved with young people through the pipeline of initial interest thousands of students around the country over the last (PlastiVan®— changing the perception of plastics one 18 months. These students range in age from 3rd grade classroom at a time) through training at the college and through graduate school. The SPE Foundation’s Mission university level (Schoolcraft College and all of our student is to support the development of plastics professionals SPE chapters), and our newer Next Gen initiatives to by funding quality educational programs, scholarships keep young professionals engaged in industry. and student experiences. We accomplish this through We give back to the industry that has served us well, the a variety of programs including PlastiVan®, HOP Kits, industry that at times can be frustrating and is always supporting educational STEM events, supporting student challenging, but somehow we continue to love it enough SPE chapters, and making grants to middle schools, high to share our talent, treasure, and time to keep it alive. schools, colleges, and universities in support of plastics programming and labs. This issue highlights our Next Gen event coming up in March. Please read about Chelsea Barriga and Jason My volunteer work with SPE Detroit melds perfectly Merkle from Chase Plastics who have taken on the with my work at the SPE Foundation. The more time challenge to bring more young professionals into our I spend with the good people of SPE Detroit, the Detroit Section. You can also read about our 2017 more I see the motivation behind the scenes. Putting Outstanding Member of the Year, Dr. Adrian Merrington. together world-class conferences, interesting technical These two stories are just a snapshot of the dedication of dinners, scholarship programs, supporting PlastiVan®, our Detroit SPE members. supporting Future Cities, etc. – takes the personal drive and motivation of many of our members. I’ve asked With gratitude, Eve myself why do I do it? Why do WE do it? Besides the personal networking advantage, it’s really the desire to
In This Issue Eve Vitale
Editor’s Message—Eve Vitale page 2 Detroit SPE 2018 Planned Events page 11 President’s Message—Wayne Hertlein page 3 KraussMaffei Technical Dinner page 12 2017 Outstanding Member Adrian Merrington page 4 2017-2018 Detroit SPE Scholars—Tom Miller page 13 The Next Gen Arrives in Detroit—Eve Vitale page 5 Scholarship Winners Announced page 14 Nominations for SPE Detroit Board of Directors and page 18 Next Gen March Madness Networking Event page 7 Councilor—Irv Poston ExxonMobil and American Plastic Toys Save the Day page 8 Detroit Section Executive Board and page 19 for Toy Donation Program—Eve Vitale Committee Members Material Auction Invitation—Dawn Cooper page 10 President’s Message Wayne M. Hertlein, President
Hello, Detroit Section Members: is held yearly and the national champions have come from Michigan for many years. It’s hard to believe that my second term as president is over half completed. A lot has happened since On February 5, 2018, we will have our next Board the last time I wrote to you. The 47th Annual of Directors meeting at the ACC in Troy. On Friday, Automotive Innovation awards were held on February 23, 2018, we will be hosting our 24th November 8, 2017, at the Burton Manor in Livonia. Annual Materials Auction at the MGM Grand Hotel Over 900 people attended this event and all of & Casino in Detroit, MI. This event raises funds for the automotive companies and suppliers were the Educational Programs of the Detroit Section. represented. I would like to congratulate all of the Please give us your support by donating to the award recipients of the event. auction, attending the auction, or both. The supply of this year’s PE material for our annual We will have another Technical Dinner meeting on Toy Donation was affected by Hurricane Harvey February 26, 2018. The topic will be “Krauss-Maffei in August and almost did not happen. Chevron Presentation & Facility Tour.” This dinner will be Phillips had to declare Force Majeure when its held at the Krauss-Maffei facility in Brighton. plant was affected by the Hurricane. DowDupont Inc. & ExxonMobil Chemical Company stepped up On March 5, 2018, we will have another Technical and saved the day with their donations. American Dinner. The topic will be “Carbon Fiber” and will be Plastic Toys Company in Walled Lake managed to held at the Michigan State University Management get the toys manufactured in the nick of time. I Education Center in Troy. would like to thank American Plastic Toys for their From March 27, 2018 - March 29, 2018, SPE dedication to molding and assembling all of the International will host the 3rd annual TPO toys, DowDupont Inc., and ExxonMobil Chemical Conference in Shanghai, China. This Conference Company for donating their materials, Maple Press was developed in Detroit and is now a stand-alone for donating the labels, and E.L. Hollingsworth for event. We are looking forward to a great turnout donating the transportation. for that conference. On December 7, 2017, we held our annual BOD Finally, make sure to mark the AutoEPCON Christmas party at the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester. conference on your calendars to be held on May 1, This was a great time to enjoy the holidays with the 2018, at the Troy Marriot, in addition to the ANTEC Board Members and their spouses. We have many to be held in Orlando, Florida, from May 7, 2018 - exciting events scheduled to take place in 2018 as May 9, 2018. The ANTEC conference has been held well. continuously since 1942 and presents all of the new Starting in January, we have the ESD Future City and innovative papers on plastics from around the Competition on January 22, 2018. Every year the world. Detroit section sponsors the “Incorporation of Plastic We are looking forward to seeing each of you at Materials Awards” for the students. Future City is a our upcoming events. project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. This year’s theme is “The Age-Friendly City”. This national competition www.SPEdetroit.org 3 Society of Plastics Engineers Detroit Section plastics recycling and plastics sustainability. The majority of his employment has been with the former Michigan Molecular OUTSTANDING Institute where he was a Senior Associate Scientist and Assistant Professor. He had been at MMI from 1992 when he joined as a Visiting Scientist and Post- MEMBER doctoral Research Fellow until it closed in 2015. During this time, he was the Principal Investigator 2017 on a number of projects, the author of numerous papers, presentations and of four book chapters. He is also, for reasons he’s still not entirely clear about, listed in Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers. Adrian held a number of positions after leaving MMI before he joined Trinseo earlier this year. Trinseo is a global materials company and manufacturer of Dr. Adrian Merrington plastics, latex and rubber. His new position with
drian Merrington, B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D., Trinseo as a Quality and Analytical Specialist AM.R.S.C., C.Chem., C.Sci., has been allows him the benefit of using his existing an active member of SPE since 1994. He expertise in a new and exciting role. serves SPE on both the Detroit Section and Sustainability Division Boards of Directors. He is Adrian was recently blessed enough to marry the wonderfully patient Liane. They share their past-President of both Detroit Section and the lives with his son Ian, step-sons Lucas and former mid-Michigan Section, being amongst Casey, step-daughter Tori and three un-named those members instrumental in the merger of goldfish. They are still in the process of moving the two Sections. He is Technical Chair and into their home in Midland. In addition to family interim-Councilor for the Sustainability Division. life, Adrian enjoys watching and coaching He also serves at the International level on the football (soccer), watching football (football, I Sections Committee with responsibility for know, it gets confusing), photography, reading leading the team that is creating awareness of graphic novels, traveling and discovering new the committee’s activities. restaurants with his wife. Adrian has a passion for education and research, particularly in the areas of plastics, 4 www.SPEdetroit.org The Next Gen Arrives in Detroit Eve Vitale
Detroit SPE is not known for its Young Professional Ferris and UMass Lowell both have very active crowd aka Next Gen in SPE terminology (SPE’s student SPE Chapters, and Jason was surprised to definition is 35 and under.) I won’t even attempt to see a huge drop off in SPE participation once he calculate the average age for our board members, graduated and entered the plastics industry full but I can assure you it is easily north of 50. As a time. Chelsea relocated from Chicago to Detroit and powerhouse Section this is one area Detroit SPE has attended her first SPE event in September, 2017. The struggled with for a number of years, but fortunately lack of young professionals prompted a discussion help is on the way. between Chelsea and Jason. They knew there was a large untapped pool of young plastics professionals Chelsea Barriga and Jason Merkle, with the full in the metro-Detroit area; they interacted with them support of their employer, Chase Plastics, are leading on a regular basis as sales and business development the charge to engage young metro-Detroit plastics staff for Chase Plastics. Knowing the value of professionals in Detroit SPE events and membership. SPE membership (can anyone say networking?) Our Next Gen Committee is hosting the first of a they decided to put together a plan to encourage series of networking events during March Madness participation of the 35-and-under crowd. on March 15th at HopCat Royal Oak. This local beer bar has won national accolades for being one of the Their hope isn’t just to acquire members, but to very best in U.S. and they hope the location will help engage them fully. “I think there is a lot to be draw a decent crowd. gained from Next Gen,” Chelsea said. “We want to bridge the gap from those who were involved in Chelsea and Jason have entirely different paths into SPE in college and our members who have been in the plastics industry. Chelsea had a marketing and the industry 20+ years.” Jason’s perspective comes finance background and interned at Chase Plastics from being familiar with the industry his whole in the accounting department the summer before life. “Senior plastics professionals look back on the her senior year in college. “I realized that accounting golden age of industry growth, which was exciting. wasn’t for me, but I loved Chase Plastics,” Chelsea I’m not convinced those days are gone,” remarked says. (The value of a good internship or co-op is Jason. Innovation was and remains an important being able to figure these things out before you start element in industry vitality and opportunity. your fulltime career!) Kevin Chase saw something in Chelsea that prompted him to offer her a position Next Gen is an important means to develop the in sales, teaching her everything she knows about relationships and collaboration necessary to ensure plastics. “That was 10 years ago and I’ve never the future of the plastics industry workforce. Many looked back.” of us have enjoyed those connections for decades, but there is an obvious dearth of Next Gen plastics Jason’s story is one that many of us won’t find professionals in SPE’s ranks. It was easy for us to unusual. “My father worked in plastics my entire ignore while many of us were still in our 40’s and life,” Jason begins his story. He was brought up 50’s, but in 2018 the gap echoes loudly when we understanding the value and opportunity in our look over our shoulder for those who will follow in industry and sought a B.S. in Plastics Engineering our footsteps. Technology from Ferris and an M.S. in Plastics Engineering from UMass Lowell. “Chase Plastics Jason has a clear vision for Detroit’s Next Generation. offered me a job coming out of grad school “It’s an opportunity to rebuild the camaraderie in following three summers of internships and the last plastics and to promote collaboration among young five years have passed in the blink of an eye.” engineers for innovation purposes as well as to spur www.SPEdetroit.org 5 competition for growth,” he said. He hopes the culture and community of Chase Plastics,” remarked personal and professional connections made will Chelsea when asked how she is supported in her SPE continue to unify the plastics world in its efforts to efforts by her employer. “Chase is, and will always overcome challenges to the industry. The benefits remain, a big supporter of our time spent on SPE are not only perceived to be for our industry but and its activities.” have a personal nature. “We also want to have fun and hopefully gain some friendships as well,” For that we are grateful to Chase Plastics, Jason and Chelsea said. Chelsea and their Next Gen Committee. With busy personal (both are married with young The first Detroit SPE Next Gen event will be held children) and professional lives, finding the time for Thursday, March 15th at HopCat in Royal Oak from SPE isn’t always easy, but working at Chase Plastics 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Cost is $15/person and will include makes it easier. Jason detailed how Chase Plastics drinks and appetizers. If you are 35 and under we has always been conscious of the potential in its hope to see you there! young employees, wanting to foster involvement of the next generation for continued growth in the plastics industry. “Next Gen fits perfectly within the
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Hurricane Harvey became a thorn in Detroit SPE’s side Production was behind schedule, but American Plastic when the destruction caused in late August affected Toys put in Herculean effort to get the first 23,000 toys Dawn Cooper’s ability to get the 12,000 pounds of molded on December 15. They were sent to the United resin necessary for our annual toy donation program. Way on December 18—just in time for Our usual donor, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. was Christmas toy giveaway programs. The under force majeure—an unforeseeable circumstance second batch was divided between that prevents the fulfillment of a contract, due to the the American Legion, the Engineering destruction of one of its plants in Texas. Society of Detroit and the Vietnam Veterans of Detroit. “I was devastated,” Dawn said. “We’ve been donating toys since 1999. I couldn’t believe that our giving streak When American Plastic Toys president, John Gessert, might be ending.” But for those who know Dawn, was asked why they supported us every year and worked you won’t be surprised that instead of giving up, this extra hard this year to meet our deadline he responded, circumstance kicked her into high gear and she worked “The team at American Plastic Toys concentrate our her contacts. The good news from DowDuPont Inc. charitable efforts to the communities close to our was that they had 3,000 pounds of resin they could facilities. This helps each location fortify our relationship donate, but to utilize American Plastic Toys machine in the relative community. We look forward to the SPE time judiciously, we needed all 12,000 pounds at once. project every year and the staff in Rose City raises to the task of molding, assembling and packing the special Enter Donna Davis, Sustainability and Advocacy Manager SPE vehicles annually. We are proud of the collaboration – Plastics and Resins, ExxonMobil Chemical Company with all of the companies and people that pitch in to (EMCC) from Spring, TX. Donna is also one of the few make this project successful year after year.” female past presidents of SPE and is being inducted We are fortunate to have new and long-time committed into the Plastics Hall of Fame this year. Like Dawn, she partners for our program: ExxonMobil Chemical is known for making things happen. Her solution was Company, DowDuPont, Inc., American Plastic Toys, not simple, but it was elegant. EMCC had a shipment Maple Press, and E.L. Hollingsworth. But most of all we of resin on its way to a distributor. We needed the resin are lucky to have Dawn Cooper at the helm to get the quickly to meet our deadlines for production. EMCC job done. bought the resin back from the distributor and changed its shipping location to Rose City, the home to one of American Plastic Toys’ production facilities.
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DETROIT SPE 2018 PLANNED EVENTS
DATE EVENT LOCATION
February 5, 2018 SPE Detroit Section Board ACC Meeting February 23, 2018 Material Auction MGM Casino Detroit
February 26, 2018 Krauss-Maffei Presentation & Krauss-Maffei Facility Tour Ford Road Brighton March 5, 2018 Carbon Fiber Michigan State University Technical Dinner Management Education Center 811 W. Square Lake Rd. Troy March 15, 2018 Next Gen March Madness HopCat th 35 and Under 208 W. 5 Street Royal Oak March 27-29, 2018 2018 Shanghai TPO Shanghai, China Conference April 9, 2018 SPE Detroit Section Board ACC Meeting April 23, 2018 TBD Michigan State University Technical Dinner Management Education Center 811 W. Square Lake Rd. Troy May 1, 2018 2018 Auto EPCON Detroit Marriott - Troy
May 7-9, 2018 2018 ANTEC Orlando, FL
May 14, 2018 Plastics in Orthopedic Surgery Michigan State University Technical Dinner Management Education Center 811 W. Square Lake Rd. Troy May 21, 2018 SPE Detroit Section Board ACC Meeting June 11, 2018 3D Printing for Medical Michigan State University Applications Management Education Center Tom Hughes, CEO Fiber Tuff 811 W. Square Lake Rd. Troy
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12 www.SPEdetroit.org 2017-2018 Detroit SPE Scholarships Tom Miller, BASF
The Detroit SPE Education Committee awarded represented: Central Michigan University, Ferris 23 scholarships worth $50,000 for the 2017-2018 State University, Kettering University, Michigan school year. This includes three special recipients State University, Michigan Tech, Mid Michigan who were recognized at the TPO Conference: Community College, and the University of Nichol Francis, 2017-18 Irv Poston Scholar, Alice Michigan. Seven academic disciplines were also Kilvington, 2017-18 Reg Bell Scholar, and Daniel represented: chemical Engineering, electrical Pisarski, 2017-18 Delta Polymers Scholar. The engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical awards went to two graduate students, seven engineering, packaging engineering, plastics seniors, eight juniors, six sophomores, and one engineering technology, and polymer science. freshman. Seven colleges and universities were
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Andrea Allen Blaise Burmania Kettering University Ferris State University Junior Sophomore Chemical Engineering Plastics Engineering Tech. $1,500 $1,000
Forrest Baker Edgar Castro-Aguirre Kettering University Michigan State University Sophomore Graduate Student Mechanical Engineering Packaging Engineering $1,000 $2,750
Hunter Bartholomew Antonia Chin Ferris State University Kettering University Freshman Junior Plastics Engineering Mechanical Engineering Technology $750 $2,000
Demetri Blackwood Samantha Chouinard Kettering University Michigan State University Junior Senior Industrial Engineering Packaging Engineering $2,000 $2,500
Brendan Bozyk Samantha Fox Kettering University University of Michigan Sophomore Junior Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering $1,000 $2,000
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Dillon Frost Calloway Salmon Kettering University Kettering University Senior Junior Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering $1,250 $2,000
Alex VanBuren Fabiola Iniguez-Franco Mid-Michigan Community Michigan State University College Graduate Student Sophomore Packaging Engineering Plastics Engineering Tech. $2,750 $1,000
Charles Mancino Kevin Anthony Kettering University Michigan Tech University Senior Junior Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering $1,000 $2,000
Maryam Memon Karl Finkbeiner Kettering University University of Michigan Senior Sophomore Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering $2,500 $1,000
Alexander Payne Joshua Nelson Ferris State University Kettering University Senior Junior Polymer Science & Plastics Mechanical Engineering Engineering $2,000 $2,500
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Irv Poston Recipient: $5,500 Nichol Francis University of Michigan Senior Chemical Engineering
Reg Bell Recipient: $5,000 Alice Kilvington MSU Senior Chemical Engineering
Delta Polymers: $3,000 Daniel Pisarski University of Michigan Sophomore Mechanical Engineering
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DETROIT SECTION EXECUTIVE BOARD and COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2017-2018 Title Name Company O/W Phone Cell Phone Email President Wayne Hertlein Letica 248-608-2052 586-243-6078 [email protected] President Elect Eve Vitale Series One LLC 810-814-6412 [email protected] First Vice President Laura Shereda Asahi Kasei Plastics, NA 517-223-5133 [email protected] Second Vice President Dawn Cooper Summit Plastic Molding 248-390-2499 [email protected] Past President Adrian Merrington Trinseo LLC 989-633-4187 989-641-2796 [email protected] Treasurer Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 [email protected] Councilor Sandra McClelland Solvay Speciality Polymers 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 [email protected] Secretary Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc. 248-703-5995 [email protected] Director Emeritus Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 [email protected] Nippani Rao Asahi Kasei Plastics 248-444-1753 [email protected] Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 [email protected] Norm Kakarala Inteva Products Retired 248-433-1227 248-840-6747 [email protected] Ron Price Global Polymer Solutions 248-738-5504 248-563-6343 [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2017-2018 Advertising Co-Chair Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc.248-618-6809 248-703-5995 [email protected] Co-Chair Chris Surbrook Midland Compounding, Inc 989-495-9367 [email protected] AutoEPCON Conference Co-Chair Gary Kogowski Entec Polymers/Ravago Americas 248-797-7433 [email protected] Co-Chair Sandra McClelland Solvay Speciality Polymers 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 [email protected] Awards Co-Chair Nippani Rao Asahi Kasei Plastics 248-444-1753 [email protected] Co-Chair Pete Grelle Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC 248-752-2611 [email protected] Communications / Web Content Co-Chair Marc Bahm BASF 248-496-2811 [email protected] Co-Chair Adrian Merrington Trinseo LLC 989-633-4187 989-641-2796 [email protected] Education Fund Chair Sandra McClelland Solvay Speciality Polymers 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 [email protected] House/Programs Co-Chair Sassan Tarahomi Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers, Inc. 586-819-0650 586-434-9126 [email protected] Co-Chair Bob Petrach Safety Technology International, Inc. 248-703-5995 [email protected] Intersociety Wayne Hertlein Wilbert Plastic Services 586-243-6078 [email protected] Material Auction Co-Chair Dawn Cooper Summit Plastic Molding 248-390-2499 [email protected] Membership Gary Kogowski Entec Polymers/Ravago Americas 248-797-7433 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Eve Vitale Series One LLC 810-814-6412 [email protected] e-Communications Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 [email protected] Nominations/ Elections Co-Chair Irv Poston Retired (GM) 248-646-9574 [email protected] Co-Chair Nippani Rao Asahi Kasei Plastics 248-444-1753 [email protected] Plastivan & Essay Contest Co-Chair Tom Miller BASF 586-291-5289 [email protected] Co-Chair Todd Hogan Dow Chemical Co. 989-636-5303 [email protected] Public Interest Co-Chair Dawn Cooper Summit Plastic Molding 248-390-2499 [email protected] Scholarships Co-Chair Tom Miller BASF 586-291-5289 [email protected] Co-Chair Adrian Merrington [email protected] Education Sandra McClelland Solvay Speciality Polymers 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 [email protected] Technical Programs TPO Sassan Tarahomi Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers, Inc. 586-819-0650 586-434-9126 [email protected] AutoEPCON Sandra McClelland Solvay Speciality Polymers 586-264-0063 586-292-1794 [email protected] TPO Conference Co-Chair Sassan Tarahomi Mitsubishi Chemical Performance Polymers, Inc. 586-819-0650 586-434-9126 [email protected] Co-Chair David Okonski General Motors 248-521-9101 [email protected] WebMaster Co-Chair Marc Bahm BASF 248-496-2811 [email protected] Co-Chair Adrian Merrington Trinseo LLC 989-633-4187 989-641-2796 [email protected] Historian Co-Chair Tom Powers Consultant 248-877-0689 [email protected] Co-Chair Wayne Hertlein Wilbert Plastic Services 586-243-6078 [email protected] Golf Outing Nippani Rao Asahi Kasei Plastics 248-444-1753 [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator Keith Siopes 248-797-4607 [email protected]
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