A selection of technical papers and applications from the Society of the Plastics Industries’ annual technical conferences 1974-2002. Over this thirty year period, the annual conference generated 727 white papers and displayed thousands of new applications.

Here are some samples of the best of the best. We start with several design oriented papers:

The following are process technology presentations. The first one is authored by Dick Angel, inventor and patent holder for the structural foam process (Union Carbide):

Some examples of winning applications in the conference’s Design Competition:

1984 Winners:

1986 Winners: