SPI announces International Plastics Design Competition at NPE-2009
Shifting the long-running Structural Plastics Division (SPD) and now Alliance of Plastics Processors (APP) annual parts competition to a global venue, the Society of the Plastics Industry’s (SPI: Washington, DC) APP division will issue a call for applicants this fall to compete in the inaugural International Plastics Design Competition (IPDC) to be held one year from now at NPE2009. The APP and its predecessor, the SPD, organized 36 previous design competitions, but in a release, SPI says the one at NPE2009 will be the first that’s open to products in any end-use market, from automotive to packaging, and to entrants from any country in the world.
Some of the nominated IPDC parts will be on exhibit at a special pavilion in the new West Building of McCormick Place, while large-scale entrants will be displayed in the main concourses. In addition to a panel of expert judges, there will be one Peoples’ Choice award for the product receiving the most online pre-show votes from visitors at www.npe.org. Winners will be announced during the Plastics Hall of Fame induction banquet on June 22.—tdeligio@modplas.com