Recent Events
ARMO Global
Conference
Berlin, Germany, September 17-19, 2006. See http://www.rotationalmoulding.com/berlin.htm
for details.
ARM
International Latin American Division Conferences
Mexico City, Mexico and Sao Paolo, Brazil August 28-31, 2006. See www.rotomolding.org
for details.
ARM Australia Annual Meeting
Perth, Australia, July 23-26, 2006. See www.rotationalmoulding.com
for details
2a.
Encuentro Iberoamericano de la Industria del Rotomoldeo
Cancun, Mexico, June 15-18, 2006. See www.convencionrotomoldeo.com.mx
and www.rotoshow.com
for details.
ARM South
Africa Annual
Conference
Johannesburg, South Africa, March, 2006. See www.armsa.co.za
for details.
ARM International SAR Division 2nd Annual
Conference
Rotomoulage, Thermoformage et Soufflage
ARM Australia Conference, Hong Kong, July 24-26, 2005.
ARM Australia took their show on the road into
China and Hong Kong in the form of plant tours and their annual conference.
There was a good turnout for the event - details can be seen at Hong
Kong 2005.
Chinese Rotomolders Association (ARMC) Opening Ceremony,
Shanghai, June 18-19, 2005
Rotational molding is growing rapidly in China and
now with the formation of their rotational molding group, they have a focal
point for the industry. Their inaugural meeting took place in June in Shanghai
with a range of speakers from overseas and China. See Shanghai
2005 for details.
SPE ANTEC 2005, May 2, 2005, Boston,
Massachussets
A well packed afternoon session of rotational
molding papers from various research groups. A listing of the papers can be
seen at ANTEC 2005.
ARMSA Annual Conference, May 18-19,
2005 Johannesburg, South Africa
I always love to visit South Africa but I'm sad to
say that I did not make it to this one. However, from the reports, it was a
good meeting with over 80 people in attendance. You can see a report on the
meeting at the ARMSA website http://www.armsa.co.za/news.htm
Borealis European Conference, April 21-22, 2005,
Brussels, Belgium
Launching their continuing but renewed approach to
the European market, Borealis brought together over 100 molders from all over
the continent to hear about new developments and network. See Borealis
2005 for details.
ARM
International 28th Annual Spring Meeting, March 13-16, 2005
A visit to Disney World, a chance to catch up with
friends (over 220 of them), some interesting papers and a chance to relax. See Orlando
2005 for more details.
Ontario Rotomolding Working Group Conference
Canadian molders, university researchers and government
came together for an excellent meeting to discuss how to promote the
rotational molding industry in Toronto on November 23rd, 2004. Canada has a
lot of funding available for R&D at present and they are taking advantage
of some of it for the benefit of rotomolders in the region. See Ontario
2004 for a report.
1er.
Encuentro Iberoamericano de la Industria del Rotomoldeo
Polimers Mexicanos hosted the 1st Meeting of
Latin-American Rotational Molders in Acapulco on November 11-13, 2004. This was
a combination of presentations by international suppliers followed by seminars
and training courses for two days with over 100 people in attendance (most of
them molders). See Mexico 2004 for more details.
ARM International 29th Annual Fall Meeting,
October, 2004
As the main event of the rotomolding calendar, the
Fall ARM in Cleveland event was a resounding success with over 400 people in
attendance. With over 60 tradeshow booths and a full technical program, it was a
great networking opportunity with visitors from over 24 countries. See
Cleveland 2004 for more details.
Practical Aspects of Rotomolding,
Toronto, August 30, 2004
This turned out to be a very interesting session with
molders from the Ontario region and even visitors from Pakistan and Chile. I
also took the opportunity to visit with Prof. John Vlachopolous and Dr.
Elizabeth Takacs at their facilities in McMaster University. They have some
excellent equipment and some very interesting projects not only in rotational
molding but also in fields such as micro-injection.
John and Elizabeth with their lab-scale rotomolding machine...
...and with their micro-injection molding machine. This type of work is
aimed at producing micro-machines for such things as internal surgery in
humans!
TOPCON 2004, Cleveland, Ohio, June 6-8,
2004
The Rotational Molding Division of SPE held its biannual
TOPCON event in Cleveland and attracted 170 people to a packed two day agenda
of speakers and exhibits. See TOPCON 2004 for more
details.
ANTEC 2004 (SPE), Chicago,
Illinois, May 16-20, 2004
The Rotational Molding Division of SPE held a one day
event at the ANTEC show in Chicago with excellent reviews - paper numbers were
lower but the quality generally acknowledged as high.
ARM South Africa Annual Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa,
12-13 May 2004
ARMSA held their annual conference at the Ngoyama Lion
Park again - excellent spot to visit.
Practical Aspects of Rotomolding,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, May 3, 2004
The second in this years series for ARM International
held in Minnesota.
3. PEC (Pan European Conference) Meeting, Rome, Italy, 21-23 March
2004
Despite being set
against a background of slower growth in Europe than hoped for, the 3PEC
meeting was very well attended with over 380 attendees (and 75 spouses as
well) representing over 35 countries. As always, it was a great chance to see
lots of old friends and meet a lot of new faces. See PEC
3 Rome for a review of the papers and the toga party...
Practical Aspects of Rotomolding, La Mirada,
California, 1st March 2004
The first in this year's series of four training seminars
was held in sunny California. A very interesting part of the country with a
different approach to molding in general. Good group.
ARM International's 28th Fall
Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2-4, 2004
The major event in the rotomolding calendar lived up to
expectations with a very healthy turnout of 370+ people in exotic Kansas City,
Missouri. There was a good technical agenda and a series of workshops to
complement the supplier booths and some excellent entertainment to round-off
an enjoyable meeting. See ARM Nov '03 for a review
and more details.
Rotomolding Seminar, Telford, UK,
October 9th 2003
Polymer Training in the UK once again hosted my Practical
Aspects of Rotational Moulding Seminar at their excellent Telford training
facility. We had 16 attendees from all over the UK for a very good interactive
session. I am talking with the center staff about return visits next year so
keep checking back if you are in the UK and interested in good solid
rotomoulding training. You can also check the Polymer Training website at www.polymertraining.co.uk
Practical Aspects of Rotomolding, Tarrytown,
New York, 15th September 2003
This was the last in the current series of seminars
'on-the-road' for ARM International. We had a good turnout despite the fact
that the quantity of molders is not as great in the northeast of the country.
The group was lively and had plenty of questions. I'll post plans for future
seminars around the country as they are developed.
ARMA Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 13th - 16th July 2003.
See ARMA 2003 for a review of the conference.
ARMSA Annual Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 21st -
22nd 2003.
See ARMSA 2003 for a review of the conference
and our trip to the Kruger Park afterwards.
SPE ANTEC 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, May 5-6, 2003. www.4spe.org
An excellent technical program with 18 rotomolding papers presented over
two days. See ANTEC 2003 for more details on the
presentations.
ARM Spring Meeting, Doubletree La Posada, Scottsdale, Arizona, 30th
March - 2nd April 2003
A typical Spring meeting with time to relax and socialize. There were 143
attendees (plus spouses) with 45 suppliers and 32 molder companies represented.
Practical Aspects of Rotational Molding, Mexico City, Mexico, 10th and
11th February 2003
See Mexico City for more details on the event
and some sights of the city itself.
Practical Aspects of Rotational Molding, Hutchinson, Minnesota, 3rd and 4th February, 2003
Ridgewater College has established a research and teaching facility for
rotational molding in Minnesota. They are hoping to grow this into a long term
resource for the industry. Anyone who is interested in working with them
should contact Matt St. Onge at mstonge@ridgewater.mnscu.edu
They are planning to repeat the training seminar next year in May.
Practical Aspects of Rotational Molding, La Mirada, California, 9th
December 2002
The first in the latest series of events for ARM taking rotational molding
training closer to molders home areas in an effort to reduce costs and
encourage more people from a facility to attend. This is a snapshot of some of
the attendees. Thanks to all who attended and also to Jim Hummel of Mold in
Graphics for an informative presentation on how their systems can help molders
solve everyday problems.
Rotomould 2002, 19-22 October, Melbourne, Australia.
See http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~armaus/page2.html
for more details.
RotoplasTM, Rotational Molding Exposition,
6-7th October 2002, Toronto, Canada
Although smaller in physical layout than the previous show in Cleveland, we
had more exhibitors on display and an excellent turnout of 1450 people. See RotoPlas
2002 for a review of the show.
ARM 27th Annual Fall Meeting, 8-9th
October 2002, Toronto, Canada
The accompanying Annual Fall Meeting was also well attended with some 480
delegates there to see the 17 speakers and attend the 6 workshops on offer.
See ARM Oct '02 for more details.
ARMSA Conference, 12-14th June 2002, Johannesburg,
South Africa
ARM South Africa had a very successful show in June. I was not able to
attend but I was given a review of their event by President Gary Lategan and
am very happy to include some of the highlights and a summary of the papers
presented. See ARMSA 2002 for details.
RETEC 2002 - Rotational
Molding Division of SPE, 9-11th June
2002, Cleveland, Ohio.
We had around 130 people turn out for this event to see some good papers on a
wide range of topics. See RETEC 2002 for more details.
Pan European Conference, 5-7th May 2002, Paris, France
There was a great turnout for this event. Over 375 delegates (not counting
spouses) from over 30 countries came to see forty (yes, forty!) speakers present
information on products and ideas from all over the world. See PEC
2 Paris for a review of the meeting.
ANTEC
2002 - Rotational Molding Division of SPE,
5-9th May 2002, San Francisco, California
I didn't make it to this one but the schedule looked interesting and I
helped to judge the student papers. See www.antec.ws
for more details.
Practical Aspects of Rotational Molding - 8th April, Lacrosse,
Wisconsin
20 people attended the latest roadshow event in the tri-state area of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. This was a very lively group with great
interaction and lots of questions. My thanks to George Barton of Chemtrend and
John Newhouse of Lakeland Molds who contributed with sessions on mold release
and mold construction. More events are planned - keep an eye on the ARM
web-site for future dates around the country as we take this show on the road!
ARM 26th Annual Conference, 27-29th January 2002, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Over 250 people attended the latest ARM meeting held in Minneapolis. It
felt more like a Spring meeting and the local weather also obliged with an
unusually warm spell. Unfortunately, this meant that Orla was also able to
move around more freely and she obliged with her usually active credit
card! See ARM Meeting Jan '02 for more details.
Persico SpA - 25th Anniversary Celebration, 7th December 2001, Nembro,
Italy
A celebration of 25 successful years at the Persico facility. One
hundred customers and over 1200 people from the local community participated in
this memorable event. See Persico for photographs and
more details.
Practical Aspects of Rotational Molding, 3rd December
2001, Cleveland, Ohio
35 people attended the first presentation of ARM's Practical
Aspects of Rotational Molding Seminar presented by Paul Nugent. The seminar
is aimed at supervisory and senior operator staff and concentrates on
discussions of hands-on issues. The plan for this seminar is to take it around
the USA to locations that allow molders to send their people with minimal cost.
The next event is planned for Minnesota sometime in March/April 2002.
