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48 PLASTICS NEWS, April 3, 2012 Breakfast Continued from Page 20 Sanders, particularly since that country’s big exhibition, Chinaplas, starts less than two weeks after NPE2012 ends. “We have more Chinese attendees and more than 250 Chinese exhibitors, which is the largest contingent from that country at any NPE,” Sanders said. That also reflects the growing internationalization of the show. Exhibitors from outside the U.S. account for 40 percent of the exhibitor count at NPE 2012, up from 33 percent in 2009. Approximately 41 percent of all international exhibitors come from China, SPI said. Gene Sanders speaks at the press breakfast kicking off NPE2012. BOOTH 273 COME AND There are 14 international pavilions at the show, an emerging technology pavilion and pavilions focused on different markets, including bioplastics. Three educational programs will take place concurrently with the show: the SPE Antec plastics technology conference, a Spanish-language seminar, and SPI’s Business of Plastics Conference. Sanders also said that he expects attendees from more than 19,000 unique companies — which is similar to the two previous shows, and that those companies represent “more than $100 billion of purchasing power. “We did a pretty extensive outreach to get people to come to Orlando,” Sanders said. “We expect more than 50,000 people at the show. “We had more than 30 million impressions” with our advertising, and those messages “reached more people internationally than the past two shows combined,” he said. SPI president Carteaux also put to rest rumors that the show will not be returning to Orlando in 2015 as a contract has not yet been signed for that show. “We’ve committed to doing two shows in Orlando, and we will be Maguire improves PRS By Mike Verespej PLASTICS NEWS STAFF SEE THE DIFFERENCE! View SINGLE’s Alternating Temperature Technology (ATT) in operation ORLANDO, FLA. — Maguire Products Inc. (Booth 5963) has enhanced its Purging Recovery System that transforms purgings into regrind to expand its capabilities and increase its efficiency. The new design will allow the company’s PRS to work with shear-sensitive polymers. Polystyrene, which can melt as frictional heat builds up in standard equipment, and flexible vinyl, which stretches when worked by cutting blades and can jam conventional granulators, can both be used. The Aston, Pa., company said the design improvements permit reclaim of the 85 Shore A vinyl that is commonly used in wire and cable. Purging Recovery Systems “now in use by injection molders who make multiple changes consistently recover purgings at a rate of 1,000 pounds per eight- hour shift,” said Maguire’s vice president of marketing and sales B. Patrick Smith. “If the polymer is worth one dollar per pound, the PRS pays for itself in 30 shifts.” Maguire said its enhancements include the configuration of the eight rotor knives making up the plane, new clearances around the plane, and the angle of attack of the knives between the purging and the plane. The company also cited the low-energy use and price of its products. According to Maguire, its PRS system uses three small motors with a combined horsepower of 11, compared to a standard heavy-duty granulator that typically has a motor size of 100 horsepower or more. In addition, the company said its PRS system is priced at around $30,000 compared with the typical price range of $100,000 to $200,000 for standard heavy-duty granulators. back in 2015,” he said. He said a automotive markets. “That is a lot of reshoring going contract had not been signed because SPI discovered a number of on [with manufacturing moving things in preparing for this year’s back from China] and the plastics show that “it needs to negotiate.” industry will benefit from that,” “If things continue to go as well he said. “The automotive growth as they have, I foresee us being has driven a lot of investment over the last sevhere for the longeral years.” term,” Carteaux Carteaux also added. ‘We’ve comsaid the emerging “It has been 965 shale gas industry days since we mitted to doing “puts us in an exmade the decision two shows in tremely competito come to Orlantive position from do,” said John EffOrlando, and a plastics manuman, chairman of we will be back facturing perforthe NPE 2012 steerin 2015.’ mance for years to ing committee. “I come” because 80 think it is one of percent of plastics the best moves Bill Carteaux in the U.S. are that the plastics inPresident, SPI made from natural dustry has ever gas. He said the made. There were plastics industry over 40 volunteers on the show committee. We did in 2011 had a $17.8 billion trade our diligence and we think it has surplus and the number should continue to increase. paid off.” “We continue to [do] better Separately, Carteaux said the economy continues to grow at a around the world … and have immoderate pace, and the industry proved ever since 2005” when the stands to benefit both from industry experienced a signifireshoring and the rebound in the cant decline, said Carteaux. Plastics News photo by Michael Marcotte 3-D printers grow PLASTICS NEWS REPORT FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Additive manufacturing — the new trade term for rapid prototyping — should continue double-digit growth rates and hit $3.1 billion worldwide by 2016, according to a report from Wohlers Associates Inc. By 2020, the same of additive manufacturing products and services should reach $5.2 billion, the Fort Collins research firm said. Once considered exotic, the technology is moving into the mainstream because of the growth of low-cost models called three-dimensional printers. The 3-D printers are increasingly available to students, re- searchers, do-it-yourself enthusiasts, hobbyists, inventors and entrepreneurs, Wohlers Associates reports. The 270-page global study is called Wohlers Report 2011. President Terry Wohlers cited the Urbee car, developed by Jim Kor, who runs KOR Product Design in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as an exotic new application. The complete body of the Urbee was made with Stratasys fused deposition modeling machines. The car has a drag coefficient of 0.15, making it more aerodynamic than a Toyota Prius, Wohlers said. Wohlers discussed the Urbee at a conference last fall organized by the Industrial Technology Centre of Winnipeg. 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