P E R S P E C T I V ESection 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 XXXIV No. 7 Mar 2010

March 9th4:00 pm Tour of BD (Becton

Dickinson) Treyburn Manufacturing Facility

1 Becton Circle, Durham, NC 27712

Meeting Location: El Rodeo Mexican

Restaurant 3600 North Duke Street,

Durham, NC 27704 919-479-9995

5:30 pm Board of Directors

Meeting

6:30 pm Dinner

7:45 pm Presentation - John Hall, BD Project

Manager/Engineering will draw on his 20 years of

experience to discuss the use of plastics in medical

applications

Tour 4:00 pmBOD 5:30 pmDinner 6:30 pmSpeaker 7:45 pm

Cost - $25see page 10

A few SPEcial Words from our President -SPE Colleagues,

I am proud to announce that our Coastal SPE Chapter has again attained SPE Gold Pinnacle Status from our National SPE Headquarters. The Pinnacle program was established in 2005 to recognize Sections and Divisions that successfully cre-ate and deliver member value during year. Sections and Divisions are reviewed in four categories of achievement: organization, technical programming, mem-bership and communication. Two levels of achievement are possible: Silver and Gold. Thanks to the hard work of our Board of Directors and Chapter members for helping us to obtain the status again. Only eleven of the sixty some Sections received Silver or Gold status in 2009.

We had a very informative tour and meeting last month at Static Controls in Sanford. Static Controls had blow molding and injection molding equipment run-ning during our visit. The company manufactures toner cartridges for the printer industry. Static Controls had a very impressive “lights out” molding facility. Our speaker gave a very informative discussion on NIMS certification (National Insti-tute for Metalworking Skills).

I would encourage you to attend our next meeting at the Becton Dickinson -Trey-burn facility in Durham, NC, March 9th. The plant tour will be of an impressive medical molding facility with a productive discussion on “Plastics in the Medical Industry” at the dinner meeting. Please be aware that you must pre-register for this tour due to security restrictions. If you do not pre-register, you will be unable to tour the plant. The plant tour will be at 4PM. Please see the meeting details in the newsletter - page 10.

We will be sending out a membership survey in the next month. We would like input from all our members on issues related to how the chapter is managed, monthly meetings, and all the ways the chapter can better serve you. Please re-view this survey and return your data. Your input is needed to make a stronger and informed chapter.

With the hard times the plastic industry is facing we need to be supportive of our chapter and each other. Support our local plastic industry from the resin representatives, toolmakers, machinery suppliers, manufacturers, molders, and OEM’s.

Thank you for being a part of this Chapter and for all the work you do on behalf of SPE Piedmont-Coastal. We look forward to seeing you at the March meeting.

Tim Earley, President Piedmont –Coastal S71 SPE

2009/20010 PIEDMONT-COASTAL SECTION OFFICERS

Tim Glenn Don David Clark

Officers Name Business Phone Cell (home) E-Mail

President Tim Earley Whiteridge Plastics 336.578.2589 336.693.6466(c) wolftim@msn.comPres-Elect Glenn Shearin CCCC 919-718-7343 919.776.7497(h) gshearin@cccc.edu gshearin@windstream.net Treasurer David Tiffany NNE Pharmaplan 919.359.6649 919.989.7665(h) whodat53@nc.rr.comSecretary Don Aikin Don Aiken & Assoc 919.819.5309 919.556.2302(h) daikinassoc@nc.rr.comCouncilor Clark Broome Tyco Electronics 336.665.4527 336.686.0007(c) eclarkbroome@tycoelectronics.com

Board of Directors 2009/2010 Maury Balik, George Millington, Jackie Ryba, Andy Newell 2010/2011 Larry Linkous, James Scott, Russell Broome, Paul Sonkin 2011/2012 Darlene McNeish, Dan Fuccella, Jared Goble, Steve Hamm

Board of Directors by Position: House - Tim Earley; Education - Maury Balik; Advertising - Walt Carey; Rules - Jim Scott; Historian - Walt Carey; Membership - George Millington; Newsletter Editor - Mike Jensen

PERSPECTIVE is published electronically monthly from September through May, to inform members of the Section’s activities, national events, and news. Communications should be sent to the Editor: Mike Jensen, 420 Kings Hollow Dr, Raleigh, NC 27603; mljensen514@earthlink.net, or telephone at 919-329-7390 (home).

To advertize in our newsletter, contact Walt Carey at 919-631-9202 or email at waltcarey@charter.net

Our newsletter is available on our web page at International SPE two weeks prior to the next meeting, at http://www.4spe.org/technical-groups/newsletters/161. 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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The February 2010 meeting at Chef Paul’s in Sanford marked the annual Education Night for the Piedmont-Coastal Sec-tion. This year the section donated more than $11,000 to various institutions for education.

Central Carolina Community College’s Tool and Die program received $2500 for the Dean Wakefield memorial scholar-ship and $2500 for general educational purposes. Last year, SPE funds were used to support tuition expenses for three students at CCCC: Jason Meads, Taylor Upchurch and Kelvin Puckett. The Department of Materials Science and Engineer-ing at N.C. State University received $3500 for the SPE Senior Scholarship, which was held by Justin Greene this past year. The Polymers Center of Excellence in Charlotte received $2500, which will be used to support student interns and complete an SPE awards disply in their conference center. Unable to attend this meeting was Salma Azam, the 2010 Essay Contest winner. She received an iPod Touch, and Panther Creek High School in Cary, NC received $250 from the Piedmont-Coastal Section. Salma’s essay is entitled “Plastic: The Unsung Hero of American Society”, and was printed in the February edition of the Perspective. Dr. Balik presented the Essay Contest awards at Panther Creek High School on February 15, 2010.

The Piedmont-Coastal Section congratulates the students who received these awards and wishes them well as they com-plete their education and pursue jobs in the plastics industry.

Education Night 2010Maury Balik

Education Committee Chair

Dr Maury Balik presenting check to our NCSU winner

Glenn Shearin and the CCCC Scholarship Recipients

Dr Maury Balik with our Essay winner, Salma Azam from Panther Creek High School, along with Mrs. Cara Nichole Karra- her AP Chemistry teacher who encouraged Salma to enter the contest,and Mr. David Brown- the Assistant Principal

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Upcoming Piedmont-Coastal SPE Meetings

Mar 9: 4:00 Tour of BD in Durham

Apr 13: Tour of Elster

May 11: Planning meeting, Tyco in Greensboro

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MEMBERSHIP REPORTPiedmont-Coastal Section S71

As of February 7th we have 146 members!

The MEMBER-GET-A-MEMBER program is increasing our membership – we had a 5% growth in January.

Keep up the great recruiting effort while earning free months of membership.

For a new member you recommended – you get a 3 month extension to your membership (or pick from a BRONZE list of

prizes). If you get 3 new members you get a 6 month extension (or pick from a SILVER list of prizes) and if you get 5 new

members to join before May 31st you get 12 months extension to your membership (or pick from a GOLD list of prizes).

You will need to have the new member put your name and ID (Membership number) and enter the special code MGM-R in the lower right section of their application– SPE will use this to track you new members and award the appropriate award after May 31, 2010. There is a special Membership Form to use – contact

me and I will e-mail you the special form.

SPREAD THE SPE WORD – GET NEW MEMBERS – Your efforts are resulting in new members – Keep up the good work!!

If you work with anyone or have an association with anyone that you feel would benefit from the advantages of SPE – ask them if they are current members. If not recommend those prospective members to join our great group – networking, finding new customers and much more are available through SPE.

If you are not a member of SPE and are receiving this newsletter and want information on joining SPE – particularly with a new low introductory rate, please contact me (contact information below) and I will get you the information on joining our group with the new low membership rate.

Plan on coming out to our 2010 planned functions – bring a coworker and let them enjoy the activities of our section. See you at the next function.

If you have any questions, please contact me by e-mail at georgemillington@ec.rr.com.

George MillingtonMembership Chair – Piedmont Coastal Section S71President, Plastic Molding Connection, Inc1134 Veranda Court, Leland, NC 28451Phone 910-512-0834

E-mail georgemillington@ec.rr.com

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MinutesPiedmont Coastal Section SPE, BOD Meeting

February 9, 2010The meeting was called to order by President Tim Earley.The following board members were present:

Tim Earley, President Don Aikin-Secretary Maury BalikPaul Sonkin Jim GriffithGlenn Shearin, President-Elect George MillingtonDan FuccellaAl BarbourJoe Henz-Carolinas SectionDavid Tiffany

Minutes from the January Meeting were accepted as submitted.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved as submitted. The board requested that David Tiffany prepare a year to year comparison of the section’s balance sheet in preparation for the planning session later in the Spring.

Newsletter Ad Report: Tim Earley reminded the board we will need to find a new ad chairman for next year to replace Walt Carey.

Golf Outing Update:-Walt Carey reported via email that the Bluegreen Corp still owes the section approx. $2100 from the Golf Outing, which Walt and Jackie are working to collect.

Tim Earley reported that Jackie Ryba has indicated she would be willing to continue working the golf outing provided enough other members stepped forward to help with details and specific assignments.

Membership Report: George Millington reported our “unofficial” membership as of Feb ’10 at 146 (one new member’s official status was temporarily delayed, but has now been resolved). This number is up from January’s membership of 139 and January 09 membership of 123. This represents a net increase of approx. 19% from January ’09 to February ’10.

George also suggested, and the board agreed, that a member survey covering items such as plant tour/program ideas and interests, best geographical spots for event based on members’ willingness to travel and best day of the week for our annual golf outing (weekday or weekend?). George will endeavor to get some feedback in time for the May planning session.

Education- Maury Balik informed the board that the essay contest winner would be unable to attend the evening’s award ceremony. He will set up a visit to Panther Creek HS to make the award to the winner along with the check to the HS. Maury hopes to have this event done in time to include information in the newsletter.

He also brought up the need to re-evaluate our educational expenditures to ensure they are properly aligned with our current financial status.

New Business: We need events for March and possibly, April, depending on the status of the Carolinas Section golf outing. Joe Henz will try to get us information as soon as possible regarding the status of the outing.

In the meantime, several board members will contact various companies for tour opportunities in March and April. Companies to be contacted include: John Deere/Fuquay, Pentair (Tim Earley), Elster (Jim Griffith) and Becton Dickinson (Dan Fuccella). Maury Balik reported that he had spoken with Tyco/Fuquay but they felt they didn’t have enough of interest to warrant a tour.

The meeting was adjourned by the President.

submitted by Don Aikin, Secretary

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SPE Piedmont-Coastal SectionDon’t forget to register for our March 9th Tour and Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010Tour: 4:00 pm Tour of BD (Becton Dickinson) Treyburn Manufacturing Facility (please see note, below) 1 Becton Circle, Durham, NC 27712-9483 Meeting Location: El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant 3600 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704 Phone 919-479-9995 5:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm Dinner 7:45 pm Presentation - John Hall, BD Project Manager/Engineering will draw on his 20 years of experience to discuss the use of plastics in medical applications

Cost: $25

Registration: To make reservations please contact Dan Fuccella at Applied Technologies, Inc: dan@ati-engineers.com, Office: 919-380-1420, Mobile: 919-349-5911

NOTE: FOR PLANT SECURITY REASONS, ONLY PRE-REGISTERED VISITORS WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE FACILITY. NO BD COMPETITORS (ANY DIVISION) WILL BE PERMITTED ON THE TOUR. PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL FOR THE TOUR, AS LATE COMERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO CATCH UP TO A TOUR GROUP. SINCE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE ATTENDEE NAMES IN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR BADGES TO BE MADE; YOU MUST HAVE YOUR RESERVATION INTO DAN FUCCELLA NO LATER THAN 4PM FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010. TOUR ATTENDENCE IS LIMITED TO 25 MEMBERS, WHICH WILL BE ALLOTTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS.

There is seating for up to 35 people at the restautant. Please specify whether you wish to go on the tour and/or dinner on your reservation.

Thank You,

Dan Fuccella

Address 1 Becton CirDurham, NC 27712

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• Sr. Project Manager – BD BioScience

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMI)

• Certified New Product Development Professional (PDMA)

• Certified Microsoft MS Project

• Six Sigma Green Belt (Process and Design for Six Sigma)

• BS – Biology/Chemistry/Mechanical Engineering

• MS – Management Science

• MBA – International Business

• MPM – Project Management

• 40 Years Experience – R&D, Product Development, Marketing, Manufacturing, Project Management (AHSC, Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Entrepreneur ) Illinois, California, Utah, New Jersey, North Carolina

• 11 US Patents, 2 European

John Hall, BD Project Manager/Engineering will draw on his 20 years of experience to discuss the use of plastics in medical applications

John P. Hall

SPE Piedmont-CoastalMarch Meeting - Speaker

7:45 pm, El Dorado Mexican Restaurant3600 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704

Phone 919-479-9995