A Word from the President
Hello everyone,
From what I see on the ground, quite a few things are being prepared for this year 2012. This is rather encouraging, despite some disappointing news in the media. You've probably heard: The company Mabe is shutting the doors of its factory in Montreal. Sad news because it was probably the last appliance factory in Québec.
We had planned a visit to that same industrial plant in May. Obviously our projects will not come true. We will try to find another idea, but it may be simply that we were cancelling this activity.
Until then, two major events to put on your calendar: our Annual Seminar Day will be held at NRC on March 13th and the mega-exhibition NPE-ANTEC 2012 in Orlando. We are organizing together with the FEPAC, a dinner for all the people who come from Quebec, on the evening of April 3rd. You will see more details about this in the coming days. We hope to see you there in large numbers!
To return to NPE-ANTEC, we are proud to announce that our Past President Pierre Hamel will receive an award (see section later in this Bulletin). For those who would like to participate in this ceremony, it will be held at lunch time at the Hilton Hotel in Orlando on April 1st. For more information, contact our director Paul Browitt.
The first organization meeting for Expoplast 2012 in Montreal was held recently. The SPE will take charge of the conferences and we invite all of you who wish to present or who have ideas to let us know. The theme of the conference, which will be held in November, will be "Advanced Manufacturing".
Finally, I am pleased to inform you that more and more industry people become members of the SPE. We welcome them with joy! Know that you do not need to be a certified engineer to become a member. You can be a technician, sales representative, designer, operator, president, whatever ... as long as the cause of plastics and composites is important to you!Marie-France Sosa
President
Plastiques GPR
Développement des Affaires
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