VOLUME 54 NUMBER 4  JANUARy 20161

Newsletter of the Palisades - New Jersey Section

Communication Excellence

Pinnacle Gold

2015 Section Awards

The Society of Plastics Engineers January 2016

Table of Contents

This Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Editors’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Upcoming Meeting Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Sure House Project and Award . . . . . . . . . . 3

Sponsor Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5,6

BOD Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

JANUARY 21, 2016

CHEMICAL REGULATORY UPDATEPUTTING POWER INTO POWERPOINTRICHARD W. JOHNSON, PENN COLOR

Chemical Regulatory Update This presentation will discuss the ongoing changes that are taking placeglobally regarding regulations on chemicals.  New ones will be presented,along with changes to existing regulations.  The details of these regulationswill be summarized, as well as the reasons behind the regulations and theirimplications and impact.  

Putting Power into PowerPointThis will be a discussion about getting the most value out of the powerpoint presentation during a job interview.  Some critical elements aboutpower point slide design will be reviewed, but the main focus will be onmaximizing the impact of the delivery of the presentation.  

BIography:Richard W. Johnson, Ph.D., is a Global Regulatory Leader at Penn Color Inc.in Hatfield, PA. Rich is responsible for the regulatory compliance of PennColor’s wide range of colorants. Rich has served on the Vinyl DivisionBoard of Directors and Technical Committee, and has presented papersat ANTEC®, VinyltecTM, and to our Palisades Section.

MEETING LOCATION:  Olde Mill InnPassaic Room225 Morristown Rd. (Rt. 202)Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

ThURSDAy January 21, 20154:00 PM Board Meeting 5:30 PM Networking6:00 PM Dinner and Speaker Presentation

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UPCOMING MEETING DATES

Jan. 21, 2016  Section Meeting

Feb. 18 Section Meeting

March, TBD Section Meeting at Rutgers

April 21 TBD

May 23-25  ANTEC®2016

June, TBD Awards Meeting

Sept. 20-22 Vinyltec, Iselin, NJ

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Editor’s Note

happy New year!  Many thanks to last month’spresenters, Paul Steck from Exothermic Mold-ing and Chris Case from Reduction EngineeringScheer. Those who attended had an opportu-nity to learn something new, and discussionssuggested some potential new collaborations.

When you attend a meeting you never know if someone youmeet might be able to solve one of your problems, or if you canhelp meet someone else’s need! We will miss seeing Sal & ErikaMonte as regular attendees, but best wishes to them as theyrelocate to Florida (and continue to run Kenrich Petrochemicals). 

In this issue, check out the article from the Stevens team de-scribing their award winning “Sure house” that used plasticsas part of its innovative design. If you have an innovative usefor plastics or company news that you want to share, please sendit along and we will consider it for publication in the newsletter. 

Thanks for reading,Jennifer Markarian, Editor

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President’s Message

Sal Monte, former President of this sec-tion, wrote a careful analysis of what hesaw as the purposes and needs for im-provement in SPE. This was in a post tothe Leadership Lane last August and oneof his main conclusions was  that “TheMission  of  SPE  is  to  EDUCATE  ThE

MEMBERS.”  I’ll focus on some of Sal’s other conclusionsin subsequent months but for the moment, let’s talk abouteducation. Certainly, we try to do that in the Palisades –New Jersey section. In our past two meetings, we’ve touredthe Leistritz plant to get a practical feel for twin-screw ex-truders and we’ve had excellent talks on pelletizing and re-action injection molding.

In some upcoming talks, beginning with the January meet-ing, we’re going to take education of the membership intoa non-technical sphere and focus on how one sells oneself.This will presumably be of considerable interest to membersof  the  student  chapters  but  also  useful  to  those  of  uswho’ve finished our formal studies but find ourselves inter-ested in getting a better job or perhaps just a job.

The first topic will be addressed by Dr. Rich Johnson whowill give a double-barreled talk at our January meeting cov-ering two subjects, the first being current regulatory devel-opments and the second how to do a presentation. We’veall seen the hopeless talk in which the presenter projects aslide densely covered with numbers and says, “I supposeit’s a bit hard to see at the back of the room.” however,there are some simple concepts that will help everyone givebetter presentations that deliver a message and make sureit’s retained. When your message is that “I’m someone whocould help your operation,” you want it to be clearly under-stood and remembered. The same is of course true whenyour message is “My company is the one you want to dealwith for XyZ.” As one of my best bosses used to say, “youget only one chance to make a first impression.”

Later, for our March meeting with the Rutgers student chap-ter, Peg Schipper, our Social Media Manager, will cover theuse of social media and a professional recruiter will presentinside guidance on constructing a résumé. Come to bothmeetings to make sure you have all the tools you need andyou can do some valuable networking at the same time. 

Mike Fisch

Congratulations to BobMacFarlane on receiving

an award for his service asa member of the Board.

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A team from the Stevens Institute of Technology recently wonfirst  place  in  the  2015  US  Department  of  Energy  Solar  De-cathlon for their “SURE house”. Jack Dispenza, 2nd VP of theSPE Palisades New Jersey Section, was honored to assist the

students with candidate materials for the Sure house weathershielding. Jack said, "I was extremely impressed with the stu-dents' creativity, design detailing and computational analysis onall aspects of the project and architecture. I expect we'll seemore of the composites and thermoplastic weather proofingschemes as people learn about Sure house innovations". 

The article below is contributed by Tom King, a graduate studentand member of the Stevens University Sure house Team. Photosare courtesy of the Stevens University Sure house Team.

The DOE Solar Decathlon is comprised of 10 competitions.  Upto 20 schools are invited to compete every two years, housesare set within a strict parameter of rules, and are to be designedfor real markets. All houses must be 100% solar powered anddesigned  with  energy  efficiency  in  mind.(www.solardecathlon.gov) The SURE house went a step fur-ther. Three main principles drove the designing and engineeringthrough its entirety: generous open floor plan, reduction in en-ergy consumption, and hurricane resistance including dry floodproofing. Design and engineering integration from the onset ofthis project balancing innovation, function, reliability and effi-ciency set the SURE house apart from its competitors. 

An open design concept allows for the maximum open area

within the 1000sf competition parameter. In addition,  the SUREhouse incorporated 1000-sf of exterior deck, which in summermonths expands the house drastically with the use of two lift-and-slide doors, each measuring about 8-ft across. More de-tails can be found at http://surehouse.org/thehouse.

Passive house building techniques were used to create a highlyinsulated and highly efficient envelop. The main driver of Sus-tainable (SU) systems, Passive house, focuses on air sealingand thermal bridge reduction to minimize heat transfer betweenthe outside world and conditioned space, combined with superefficient heating and cooling systems results in a 90% reductionin energy demand annually as compared to typical homes inNew Jersey. Resilience (RE) is where the SURE house stoodout amongst the crowd of high-profile projects this year. In ad-dition to electric power features allowing for ongrid or offgridpower production and grid-free hot water production, the teamdeveloped a structural system able to withstand flood tidal cur-rents up to five feet and 130-mph hurricane force winds Thiswas achieved with a designed wood structure consisting of en-gineered lumber beams and joists, 2x6 wall framing, steel deckexoskeleton and an adhered plastic sheathing layer. 

Sealing doors and windows to flood waters and debris was amore complex design problem. The team designed a series ofglass  fiber  composite  storm  shutters  and  inserts  that  servefunctions including shading the large expanse of south-facingglass, producing DC electric hot water, protecting from stormdriven debris, and water sealing. Lightweight, high strengthconstruction taken directly from marine applications alloweda product that could be operated by a single user and standup  to  the  load  requirements  associated  with  storms.  In  theevent of a storm this house is designed to be evacuated andsurvive on its own. Post-storm, the resident can return, confi-dent that hot water, backup power, and (most importantly) a liv-able interior remains. The SURE house serves as not only aprime example of sustainable, low energy building design butalso as a prototype for the future of coastal design and resilienttechnologies for the residential market. 

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MONSON COMPANIES

VOLUME 54 NUMBER 4  JANUARy 20167

2015-16 OfficersDr. Michael Fisch Consultant President 201-888-9066 mhfisch@alumni.caltech.eduStuart Kapp American Leistritz 1st Vice President 908-685-2333 skapp@alec-usa.comJack Dispenza Design Results 2nd Vice President 908-876-5774 jackdispenza@gmail.comFrancis McAndrew Retired Treasurer 908-273-3152(hm) fbmcandrew@verizon.netRobert Smith Arkema, Inc. Secretary 215-495-3247 robert.smith@arkema.comTom Martin Retired Councilor 201-600-6874 ltctmartin@aol.comS.T. Lee Sealed Air Past President 201-712-7142 st.lee@sealedair.com

2016-17 DirectorsRich Bradley Shawnee Chemical Director 203-938-3003 rbradley4shawchem@gmail.com.Ron Klein Daikin Americas, Inc Director 732-735-4028 rklein@daikin-america.comLen Krauskopf Vinyl Consulting Co. Director 609-275-4561 lenkrauskopf@comcast.netSal Monte Kenrich Petrochemicals Director 201-823-9000 sjmonte@4kenrich.com

2017-18 DirectorsMike Carnese Consultant Director 732-208-4333 mjcarnese@msn.comArt Finkle BASF Director 203-371-6677 arthur.finkle@BASF.comArya Tewatia  Rutgers University Director 908-565-1231 aryatewatia@gmail.com

2018-19 DirectorsMatthew Bobertz CW Brabender, Inc Director 201-655-2552 mbobertz@cwbrabender.comPeggy Schipper Akcros Chemicals, Inc. Director 610-745-6244 peggy.schipper@akcros.comBob Kappus R Kappus LLC Director 908-619-5858 bob@rkappus.com

Emeritus DirectorJay Kotak RK Tech Director 732-447-3093 rktech@att.net

Committee ChairsAwards: Paul Nardone 973-670-0234 pnardone1952@gmail.com.Finance: Art Finkle 203-371-6677 arthur.finkle@BASF.comEducation Chair: Mark Lavach 610-878-6985 mark.lavach@arkema.comEndowment Fund: J. Stephen Duerr 908-500-9333 chemlabconsulting@gmail.comhouse: Pete hayles 732 239-8984 phayles@monsonco.comMembership: Mike Carnese 732-208-4333 mjcarnese@msn.comProgram: Jay Kotak 609-799-9034 rktech@att.netPublications: Jennifer Markarian 908-638-5669 njmarkarian@comcast.netRules & Org.: Robert MacFarlane, Jr. 973-410-0590 ThOServices@aya.yale.eduSocial Media Mgr.: Peggy Schipper 610-745-6244 peggy.schipper@akcros.comSpecial Events: Jim Williamson 610-662-7779 jim.williamson@doverchem.comSponsorship: Pete hayles 732-239-8984 phayles@monsonco.com

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