Society of Plastics Engineers Medical Plastics Division Newsletter December 2017 / January 2018

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1 Society of Plastics Engineers Medical Plastics Division Newsletter December 2017 / January 2018 GREETINGS FROM THE CHAIR Dear Members: Although still early in 2018 we have a lot of Technical Programming lined up for the first half of the year. In case you missed it, our Medical Plastics MiniTec on Friday February 9 th is all set with a full day of exchanges. We teamed up with the Southern California Section home to many Medical Device Manufacturers and Startups and took advantage of those who will be in Anaheim for MD&M West If you hadn t planned on going to Anaheim in early February, I urge you to not miss two events that are a Big Deal for our Industry. A link to see the program and register is included here ( As if that wasn t good news already, ANTEC 2018 is shaping up to be one for the history books for our Division. We are grateful to Amin Sedighiamiri and Ajay Padsalgikar for working hard on this years Technical Program which will include Panel Discussions and Keynote presentations from Industry Leaders. This year will mark the fourth time our biggest conference is co-located with NPE to make a perfect event for technical exchanges and networking with all the key players in the Medical Plastics world. Inside This Edition SPE MPD BOD & Committees 3 Newsletter Editor 9 Councilor s Report 11 Membership Report 12 CompaMed Show 20 Anaheim MiniTec Preview 25 Upcoming Events 34 Treasurer Report 40 1

2 GREETINGS FROM THE CHAIR (continued) Many of our board members continue to work hard on introducing a web-based platform for presentations and exchanges and we fully expect to get that going this year. Our objective is to connect our members with various technical experts in simple, yet powerful, interactive sessions. We will be holding elections again for board members whose terms are expiring. This is an opportunity for those with new ideas to help shape how our Division brings technical content to MPD members and we welcome anyone interested in joining us. Of course, we are always looking to hear from members. Drop us a line and let us know how we are doing! Thanks for reading, -Pierre. Do you have questions about MPD Membership? Please Ed Fewkes fewkesej@corning.com Are you interested in volunteering for the BOD? Please Pierre Moulinié pierre.moulinie@covestro.com 2

3 MEET YOUR SPE MPD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MPD Board Appointments (1-year terms) Ned LeMaster Teel Plastics Technical Program Webinars Lead Victoria Nawaby Sealed Air Education Co-Chair Amin Sedighiamiri Eli Lilly & Company ANTEC 2018 Technical Program Committee Nitin Sood Getinge Group Communications Committee Chair Harrison Yu Bondable Biopolymers Communications Committee Interdivision Lead 3

4 MEET YOUR SPE MPD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MPD Board Members with Term Expiring in 2018 Ali Ashter Getinge Group Treasurer / Finance Committee/ Technical Program Committee Len Czuba Czuba Enterprises Councilor Margie Hanna Czuba Enterprises Finance Committee Chair Bob Herman Quality Insights Education Committee Co-chair Maureen Reitman Exponent Member Technical Program Committee & Awards Committee 4

5 MEET YOUR SPE MPD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MPD Board Members with Term Expiring in 2019 Vipul Davé Johnson & Johnson Technical Program Committee Chair Ben Poon Baxter Healthcare Secretary Michael Wallick Invibio Awards Committee Co-Chair Bhavin Shah Tepha Vice-Chair 5

6 MEET YOUR SPE MPD BOARD OF DIRECTORS MPD Board Members with Term Expiring in 2020 Ravishankar Ayyar Eli Lilly & Company Awards co-chair Ed Fewkes Corning Membership co-chair David Jaekel Exponent Membership co-chair Ajay Padsalgikar Abbott ANTEC 2018 Technical Program Committee Louis Somlai Eli Lilly & Company Communications Newsletter Editor 6

7 MEET YOUR SPE MPD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pierre Moulinié Covestro Division Chair Norris Tollefson Alcon Past Chair Kathy Schacht SPE SPE Liaison Do you have questions about MPD Membership? Please Ed Fewkes Are you interested in volunteering for the BOD? Please Pierre Moulinié 7

8 MEDICAL PLASTICS DIVISION COMMITTEES Division Chair Pierre Moulinié Technical Committee Director: Vipul Dave ( 19) ANTEC 18 co-tpcs : Ajay Padsalgikar ( 20); Amin Sedighiamiri Webinars Lead: Ned LeMaster Member: Maureen Reitman ( 18) Education Committee Co-Chair: Bob Herman ( 18) Co-Chair: Victoria Nawaby Awards Committee Co-Chair: Michael Wallick ( 19) Co-chair: Ravishankar Ayyar ( 20) Member: Vacant Member: Vacant Vice-Chair Bhavin Shah ( 19) Education Committee Oversight Membership Committee Oversight Secretary Ben Poon ( 19) Communications Committee Chair: Nitin Sood Newsletter : Louis Somlai ( 20) Inter-division collaborations: Harrison Yu Photos: Vacant Website : Vacant Historian: Vacant Finance Committee Chair: Margie Hanna ( 18) Treasurer: Ali Ashter ( 18) MPD Chair: Pierre Moulinie Ass t Treasurer (Past MPD Chair) Member: Vacant Past Chair Norris Tollefson Awards Committee Oversight Assistant Treasurer Councilor Len Czuba ( 18) Membership Committee Co-Chair: Ed Fewkes ( 20) Co-Chair: David Jaekel ( 20) Member: Ben Poon ( 19) Are you interested in volunteering for the BOD? Please Pierre Moulinié pierre.moulinie@covestro.com 8

9 Happy New Year fellow MPD Members! Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter! I appreciate your efforts to help me improve this communication tool; again please keep the feedback coming my way: somlai_louis@lilly.com Please do take a look at the detailed membership reports included in this newsletter for your review. A more extensive financial report and forecast will also be published in the coming months. In my opinion our division is healthy and growing; please continue to help us make this division one of the best in SPE. As Pierre mentioned, we have many exciting industry events coming up in 2018 such as MDM West, MiniTec at Anaheim (after the MDM West show; see the preview in our newsletter), as well as our Annual Technical Conference co-located with the National Plastics Expo in Orlando this May (see advertisements within the newsletter as well as on the SPE website We continue to seek firms interested in advertising in our newsletter. Your board has recognized the need to increase fundraising for the division so we have renewed our efforts towards this funding avenue and sponsorship. If you are aware of a firm or organization that would benefit from advertising in our newsletter please let them and me know. Best regards, Louis NEWSLETTER EDITOR GREETINGS FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR Newsletter Suggestions? Want to Advertise? Please Louis Somlai somlai_louis@lilly.com 9

10 NEWSLETTER SPONSORSHIPS Sponsors We are seeking Sponsor Display Ads for our Award-winning Division Newsletter! To show your support of the Society of Plastics Engineers and in particular, the Medical Plastics Division Newsletter, please consider taking part in this important communication effort. Sizes Available (Full year amount, i.e. 3 issues) Full page (8½ X 11 ) $1,250 Half page $750 Quarter page $400 Eighth page $250 SPECIAL ADVERTISING PRICES UNTIL ANTEC 2018 ACT NOW!!! The newsletter, as scheduled, is prepared and circulated three times per year (plus the occasional 4 th or bonus issue). Every Medical Plastics Division member, approximately 500, receives a copy ed directly to their listed address. Additional copies are also circulated (via the Chain) in our continuing effort to reach new and prospective members and other interested individuals. To show your support please contact Louis Somlai at ( somlai_louis@lilly.com). Thank-you for your support! 10

11 COUNCILOR S REPORT Dear Medical Plastic Division Members: I would like to encourage everyone to plan to attend ANTEC and to make your travel plans early because of the popularity of this event which is being cohosted with NPE 18 in Orlando. We especially urge our board members to attend the only face-to-face meeting of our board. The good news regarding the technical program is that this year, there has been a very good number of papers submitted and because of slightly fewer conference rooms for concurrent sessions, the ANTEC program was expanded and will continue from Monday morning May 8 th thru Thursday, May 11 th. SPE Awards will be presented on Sunday evening preceding the opening of ANTEC and we encourage everyone plan to attend! Also note, the Medical Plastics Division will hold their board meeting, annual division meeting and host an open get together for dinner during our time together. Watch for details and plan to attend and join us! Another important date to note is Friday, February 9 th. Our division is cohosting a MiniTec with the Southern California section the day after this year s Medical Device & Manufacturing West Show in Anaheim. Anyone attending the MDM West show would make a valuable diversion if they attended our MiniTec with 12 remarkable presentations by some of the strongest technical specialists in our industry. Refer to the website to register and for more information. Best regards, Len 11

12 MPD Membership Report Dear Medical Plastic Division Members, Over the past few months, the MPD board has been analyzing the 2017 membership and enrollment data for our SPE division, and we wanted to share our findings in the latest newsletter. As emphasized in the following pages, MPD membership has continued to grow over the second half of 2017 across most membership types. We have maintained a wide distribution of members across the U.S., and regardless of our heavy U.S. influence, we have members that span the globe with high concentrations in Europe and Australia. We hope to continue this growth and expansion over the next year with an emphasis on our members needs and increased technical content/programming. To best tailor new technical content, the membership committee wanted to understand our member s industrial and academic affiliations. As highlighted in the last chart, Analysis of Affiliations, we have a high concentration of members in the medical device /pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries with strong representation from plastics suppliers, consultants, and universities; however, our data is incomplete for almost 20% of our members. To learn more about our current members, the MPD will be conducting a voluntary membership survey this year. This survey will help the MPD board gather more input on membership industry affiliations, technical programming needs, and maximizing the value of the MPD to our members. Please be on the lookout for this in the coming months. We would like to thank you for your continued support of the Medical Plastic Division and helping us grow in If you have any questions about membership, please contact us. Best Regards, Dave 12

13 Member Ship Total Sept *Increase by 12 from Aug 2017 MPD Membership Report 13

14 *Increase by 9 from Sept 2018 MPD Membership Report 14

15 2017 MPD Membership Report 15

16 2018 MPD Membership Report 16

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18 2018 MPD Membership Report 18

19 2017 MPD Membership Report 19

20 CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Check out what you missed CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 (13NOV to 17NOV): COMPAMED (~780 exhibitors from ~35 countries; ~20,000 visitors) is the leading trade fair for suppliers of medical technology products and services. MEDICA (~5,100 exhibitors from 66 countries) the world's largest medical trade fair. 20

21 CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Check out what you missed CompaMed / Medica 2017: An Overview of Products & Categories 21

22 CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Check out what you missed CompaMed / Medica 2017 Show Educational Seminar 22

23 CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Check out what you missed CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Expo Hall 23

24 CompaMed / Medica Show 2017 Check out what you missed CompaMed / Medica 2017 Show Wearable Technologies Educational Seminar 24

25 Anaheim MiniTec Preview 25

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34 UPCOMING EVENTS 34

35 UPCOMING EVENTS Kai Wender, Arburg Held the day after MDM West!!! 35

36 UPCOMING EVENTS 36

37 UPCOMING EVENTS NOW CLOSED Coming Soon! Preliminary Program to be published in the next newsletter! 37

38 UPCOMING EVENTS NOW CLOSED Coming Soon! Preliminary Program to be published in the next newsletter! 38

39 UPCOMING EVENTS 39

40 TREASURER S REPORT TREASURER S REPORT Ali Ashter Do you have questions about the Treasurer Report? Please Ali Ashter ashter2000@gmail.com 40

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