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What's New | IAPD News — April Issue

 

Upcoming IAPD Webinars

Thursday, May 30

Join us for Filtration: Separating Fact From Fiction – Applied Filtration for Fluid Handling Systems    

Hear from Michael Woodhurst, Technical Manager, Hayward Flow Control, as he provides an in-depth discussion of fluid handling filtration processes and products used in solving the very common to the most demanding applications in the fluid filtration arena.

In this webinar presentation attendees will learn:

  • Scope of Fluid Filtration Processes

  • Markets – Residential, Commercial, Industrial

  • Why Filtration?

  • Straining vs. Filtering

  • Components of Filtration

  • Basics of Basket Strainers

  • Basics of Media Filtration

  • Application and Use

  • Maintenance Techniques

The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 30 at 10 a.m. (CDT).

 

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Tuesday, June 25

Join us for Plastics Recycling 102: Tips and Best Practices

Does your company recognize the importance of plastics recycling and want to implement a recycling program but isn’t sure how to proceed with the next step? Andy Fergurson, environmental manager for Cope Plastics, will help you solve the recycling puzzle with the Plastics Recycling 102 webinar, covering:

Value in Materials

  • Which materials give you the biggest bang for your buck
  • Stages in the recycled product life cycle

 

Value in the Process

  • Understanding the “Cycle” of recycling
  • How to increase the value through your process

 

First Steps

  • Where to start
  • What to measure
  • How to market your efforts

 

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As a follow up presentation to Plastics Recycling 101 presented in February, Plastics Recycling 102 will give you an in-depth look at plastics recycling.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, June 25 at 10 a.m. (CDT).
 

Attend IAPD’s 57th Annual Convention

Join us Monday, September 30 to Wednesday, October 2 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel for a plastics celebration in South Beach.

 

 

Click here for the 2013 IAPD Convention & Showcase Schedule


NEW IAPD Plastics Application Design Competition!

The theme for 2013 is “Celebrating the Power of Plastics” and one of the many highlights of the week will be the first-ever IAPD Plastics Design Competition, featuring innovative uses of plastics in different applications.

The competition is open to all companies, individuals or universities. However, if an applicant is not an IAPD member, the applicant must be collaborating with an IAPD member company.

Designs made with materials produced or distributed within the IAPD family of plastics in the stock shapes, engineering, see-through or pipe, valves and fittings families of products will be considered.

Three finalists will be selected to present their designs at a special luncheon on October 2. The entry can be physically or digitally displayed during the presentation.

Click here for the IAPD Application Design Competition rules.

 

Education for your Entire Sales Force

IAPD’s Excellence in Sales Program is a certificate program which provides the tools inside and outside sales professionals need to perform in any market with tips on time management, communicating effectively, identifying the best customers, capturing them and keeping them for good.

 

Get Started
More information and a link for enrolling online through the IAPD Resource Center are available here.