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American Mold Builder

Leading the Future of US Mold Manufacturing

Educational Opportunities Abound at PLASTEC West 2020

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By Lara Copeland, contributing writer
The American Mold Builder

PLASTEC-WestComing to the Anaheim Convention Center, located in Anaheim, California, Feb. 11 through 13, PLASTEC West offers engineers and executives an opportunity to meet and improve their plastics and processing capabilities. Attendees will meet leaders specializing in plastics and polymers, automation, molds and dies, and additive manufacturing.

The event offers more education than ever before. The 12-track conference program offers something for all attendees – from R&D and design engineers to regulatory and quality professionals. The new educational formats for 2020 include Lightning Workshops, Tech Talk Panels, roundtable discussion, an exclusive keynote presentation, networking events and more. This year’s conference program was designed to meet the needs of professionals in advanced design and manufacturing.

A unique opportunity for conference attendees only, the Tech Talk Panels present a live forum for experts to discuss current product development issues and enhancements, complete with subsequent Q&As. The panels include the following:

  • Overcoming Challenges When Progressing from Prototype to Production Tooling
  • Additive Manufacturing: The Slow & Steady March
    to Production
  • Criteria for Choosing the Right Material for Your Device

Another new experience – the Meet the Speaker Lounge – provides the opportunity to ask those burning questions attendees are left with after participating in a session. For the 2020 event, a meeting lounge outside the conference rooms has been added. This will be a place to meet that favorite speaker, network, ask questions and leave with valuable contacts.

The following AMBA members exhibiting at PLASTEC West may be of interest to The American Mold Builder subscribers:

  • 3D Systems-Booth 3450
  • Accede Mold–Booth 3985
  • BORIDE Engineered Abrasives-Booth 3882
  • Crescent Industries, Inc.-Booth 1572
  • Diamond Tool & Engineering-Booth 3944
  • DMS–Booth 4020
  • Edro Engineering, Inc.-Booth 3560
  • GF Machining Solutions, LLC-Booth 3413
  • HASCO America, Inc.-Booth 4030
  • INCOE Corporation-Booth 3838
  • M.R. Mold & Engineering Corp.-Booth 1346
  • MGS Manufacturing Group–Booth 3059
  • Milacron–Booth 4294
  • Mold Tech, Inc.-Booth 4079
  • Mueller Prost-Booth 4297
  • Prestige Mold, Inc.-Booth 2159
  • Progressive Components-Booth 3945
  • Pyramid Mold, Inc.–Booth 4128