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FEB 2018

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Plastics Hall of Fame To Induct 10 New Members The Plastics Academy will induct 10 new members into the Plastics Hall of Fame at its awards gala at NPE2018 in Orlando, Fla. The event is scheduled for the evening of May 6 at the Linda W. Chapin Theatre at the Orange County Convention Center. The Plas- tics Hall of Fame, Class of 2018, is as follows: Robert Ackley was instrumental in leading Davis-Standard, LLC to become the leading extrusion machinery manufacturer in North America. He has also served the industry's leading associations in senior management roles, including as chairman of PLASTICS (formerly known as SPI) in 2000-2001, and as a board member of the National Plastics Center and Museum. Ira Boots founded and grew what is now Berry Global, Inc. into one of the world's largest plastics packaging companies. Today, he is the chairman of Milacron, a leading producer of plastics processing machinery. Karlheinz Bourdon worked in senior management positions for Ferromatik Milacron and currently is senior v.p. of integration for KraussMaffei Corp. David Cornell, a pioneer in PET bottle commercialization at Eastman Chemi- cal Co., went on to become a champion of plastics recycling as the technical director of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR). Donna Davis has worked for ExxonMobil Chemical in process design and the devel- opment of polyolefin products, from early gas-phase technology through metallo- cene-catalyzed polymers. Donald Graham founded Graham Engineering Corp., a world leader in the manufacture and sale of high-speed plastics processing machinery. He invented the rotary wheel line for extru- sion blow molding of plastic containers. Max McDaniel, a senior fellow scientist for Chevron Phillips, has been responsible for significant advances in polymer chemis- try, particularly in polymer and catalyst technologies for polyethylene. He has received numerous awards and recogni- tion worldwide and is the author of over 370 technical patents and hundreds of peer-reviewed papers. Steve Maguire, a prolific inventor and founder of Maguire Products Inc., Maguire has trans- formed plastics material-handling technology, as well as how processors control the prepa- ration and consumption of plastic materials. With over 41 patents, his products are visible in most process- ing plants today. Martin Stark, chairman of Bekum America Corp., has continuously strived to promote excellence, provid- ing innovation in process, customer experience, and quality. His lifetime devotion to education has resulted in the establishment and support of many quality programs, from apprenticeships through graduate education in plastics. Hideo Tanaka helped lift Toshiba Machine Co. to its pre-eminent position in the plastics machinery industry. His engineering designs spanned a wide range of processes from nylon inflation blown film through all-electric injection molding machines. Bob Ackley Donald Graham Steve Maguire Planetary Mixer Testing at No Charge Charles Ross & Son Co. has added an advanced planetary mixer at its Ross Test & Development Center in Hauppauge, N.Y., and is making the unit available for testing at no cost. The new 4-gal Plan- etary Dual Disperser (Model PDDM-4) has two high-viscosity blades and two high-speed dispersers. All four agitators rotate on their own axes while orbiting the vessel, ensuring rapid powder wetout and deagglomeration. The jacketed mix vessel can operate under vacuum and reportedly delivers excellent dispersion and unifor- mity over a wide viscosity range up to around 2 million cp. The PDDM-4 is one of more than 40 mixers and blenders showcased at the Ross T&D; Center. A typical mixing test utilizes the end user's actual raw materials and process conditions as close as possible to actual production. Proof-of-concept demonstra- tions such as high-shear emulsification, particle-size reduction, dryblending, vacuum drying, high-viscosity mixing, and three-roll milling are performed routinely. 800-243-7677 • mixers.com 12 FEBRUARY 2018 Plastics Technology PTonline.com T E C H N O L O G Y A N D I N D U S T R Y N E W S St ar t ing Up

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