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2021 Rising Stars: Maggie Highberger Account Manager, M. Holland Co. Maggie Highberger said she became drawn to the plastics industry because of its "continuously growing" opportunities and technology. Highberger was born in Kansas City and graduated from Pittsburg State University in Kansas with a bachelor's degree in plastics engineering technology. Her first plastics-related job was an internship at Kohler Co. in Sheridan, Ark., making toilet seats and components. "The internship taught me not only how to work with my hands, changing molds, but also how to build relationships with everyone...

2021 Rising Stars: Casey Blabolil Laboratory Manager, Materials Engineering, Mar-Bal Inc. Casey Blabolil's first job was as a product development chemist with thermoset compounder and molder Premix Inc. He said he had no idea about the thermoset plastics industry prior to joining. "In fact, before my interview, I looked up the company to gain some insight on what the job was. However, I got confused when I saw they made plastics but was molded into so many different things I didn't know what they actually did," said the Madison, Ohio, native. Blabolil, now laboratory manager, materials engine...

Applications open for Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship Plastics News Report Bill Bregar Staff Portraits at K Show October 2019 Foto: Caroline Seidel Detroit — Applications are being accepted for the Bill Bregar Memorial Scholarship, which was established on behalf of the Bregar family by Crain Communications and the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation. This fund supports aspiring journalists and business communicators in plastics and manufacturing industries. Bregar, who died in 2020, spent 31 years reporting on the plastics industry and joined Crain Communications' Plastics News as a...

With NPE canceled, Antec moves to May Print The Society of Plastics Engineers is moving its 2021 Antec event to May, as a result of the cancellation of the in-person NPE trade show. "The unfortunate cancellation of NPE gives SPE the opportunity to move its annual technical conference back to its traditional May timeframe," SPE CEO Patrick Farrey said in a Jan. 20 news release. In recent years, when Antec fell in the same year as NPE, the conference and trade show had co-located. For 2021, however, SPE originally planned to hold Antec separately from NPE, as an in-person event in Denver. In De...

SPE’s Antec moves to May in wake of NPE cancellation The May 2021 edition will also feature a new online platform, selected to enhance the social and business connections between attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors. January 21, 2021   Canadian Plastics In the wake of the cancellation of the in-person NPE2021 trade show, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is moving its 2021 Antec event to May. “The unfortunate cancellation of NPE gives SPE the opportunity to move its annual technical conference back to its traditional May timeframe,” SPE CEO Patr...