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NPE 2012 - IDES at Booth #34020 in South Hall

Whew! We just finished selecting our booth space (#34020) for NPE 2012 remotely. Yes, remotely from the comfort of our office at our computers with a cup of java.

We logged into the NPE website to view the live floor plan and worked with an SPI representative at the Booth Draw event in Orlando, FL by phone to select our booth.

We're pleased to be close to the main entrance into the South Hall. We're located near several resin manufacturers including SABIC Innovative Plastics, BASF, PolyOne Corporation, Eastman Chemical Company, DuPont, and Asahi Kasei Plastics.

Here's a live floor plan.

2010 Year in Review: Prospector Plastics Database

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Here's a baker's dozen from the year ... our obsession with making Prospector more valuable for you can really make things happen:

• Translated Prospector into 5 languages
• Addition of Medical Plastics Search
• Addition of Biopolymers Search
• New tabular datasheet with more information (literature, brochures, processing guides)
• New results table with "Quick Connect" widget
• Incorporated CostMate® into Prospector
• Fine tuned the Alternatives algorithm resulting in better matched materials
• Alternative Resin Search and Property Search now work in tandem
• Improved display for Dry & Conditioned Plastics Data
• Data export functionality
• Significant additions to database: 
  • increase in datasheets from 80,547 to 84,219 materials (increase of 3,672 grades)
  • addition of more curves and automotive specification-approved grades
• New Where to Buy tab that includes supplier contact information and pricing data imported from The Plastics Marketplace™
• Introduction of Prospector Mobile Access

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Top 10 Plastics Industry Webinars of 2010

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During 2010, the following webinars drew the most interest based on the number of people that attended and the number of times the video recordings of each event has been viewed.

A full list of upcoming live webinars and pre-recorded on-demand webinars is available here.

1. Scientific Troubleshooting of Common Injection Molding Defects
2. Maximizing Factory Efficiency - Lean Manufacturing for Injection Molding
3. Expert Plastic Material Selection Techniques with Michael Sepe
4. Polypropylene Prices are going up. WHY?
5. How to Replace Metal with Plastic in Gear Applications
6. How to Do Effective Color Change
7. Environmentally Responsible Mold Cleaning with Dry Ice Blasting
8. Designing for Exposure to Aggressive Chemicals and Hot Environments
9. Improve Your Bottom Line Through Process and Productivity Monitoring
10. 10 Procedures to Fine-Tune Any Plastic Molding Process
11. Reducing Costs with Pro-active Maintenance

Top 10 Plastic Product Lines of 2010

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Here is a short list of the top 10 plastic material product lines that were searched the most in the Prospector Plastics Database during 2010.

1. LEXAN*
2. Zytel®
3. Makrolon®
4. Moplen
5. CYCOLOY*
6. Santoprene™
7. VALOX*
8. Delrin®
9. Bayblend®
10. Pro-fax