ONLINE VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR 'PEOPLE'S CHOICE' AWARD IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS DESIGN COMPETITION AT NPE2009
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Photos and Data on Candidates Are Posted at www.plasticsdesign.org; Winners in Peoples Choice and Other Award Categories Will Be Announced during NPE2009
WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., May 00, 2009: Anyone with an interest in plastics design can now go online to view the candidate products in the first International Plastics Design Competition (IPDC) and can even vote for the winner in one category—the ''People's Choice.'' Winners in all categories will be announced during the NPE2009 international plastics exposition, held June 22-26, 2009 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
Visitors to the IPDC website at www.plasticsdesign.org can view photos and information on candidate products by clicking on ''View Entries'' and can cast their People's Choice vote by clicking on ''Vote Now.'' (The system permits only one vote per site visitor.) Judging in all other categories will take place during NPE2009, when the products will be on display in the IPDC pavilion in the McCormick West building (Booth W123000).
Award winners will be announced at a ceremony on the evening of Wednesday, June 24, the third day of NPE2009. The event will begin with a reception in the foyer outside the West Building ballroom at 5:00 p.m. and continue in the ballroom with awards presentations starting at 6:30. Tickets are available by contacting Patti Gillespie at SPI: Tel: 1-847-506-6409. Email: pgillespie@plasticsindustry.org.
The triennial NPE is produced by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), whose Alliance for Plastics Processors (APP) sponsors the IPDC. The IPDC is supported by Design News, GlobalSpec , the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Plastics News Global Group, and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL).
The APP is the successor to SPI's Structural Plastics Division and for 35 years has sponsored a design competition renowned in North America as a showplace for innovative plastic products. The IPDC expands the scope of the competition to include products of all types and from any country
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The NPE2009 international plastics exposition will take place June 22-26, 2009 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The event is produced by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI). Co-located with the NPE trade show will be seven other SPI- and partner-sponsored conferences and expositions, including SPE's ANTEC 2009 technical conference. Visit www.npe.org.
Founded in 1937, SPI is the plastics industry trade association representing the third largest manufacturing industry in the United States. SPI's member companies represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw materials suppliers. The U.S. plastics industry employs 1.1 million workers and provides nearly $379 billion in annual shipments. www.plasticsindustry.org.
Photos and Data on Candidates Are Posted at www.plasticsdesign.org; Winners in Peoples Choice and Other Award Categories Will Be Announced during NPE2009