Since 2001, the SPE Automotive and Composites Divisions have jointly sponsored the annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE). This event is designed to educate and update automotive design and production engineers, sales personnel, and management from transportation OEMs and Tier suppliers about the benefits and expanding importance of thermoset and thermoplastic composites in passenger vehicles, light trucks, and other ground transportation applications. ACCE is the world's leading automotive composites forum. The event provides excellent networking opportunities and draws speakers, exhibitors, and attendees from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Dates: September 7-9, 2016
Location: The Diamond Banquet & Conference Center at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue, Novi, MI 48374, USA (See link HERE.)
Location: The Diamond Banquet & Conference Center at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue, Novi, MI 48374, USA (See link HERE.)
OEMs ATTEND FREE
Those working directly for Transportation OEMs (not their suppliers) -- defined as original-equipment manufacturers who directly produce cars, planes, buses, trucks, and the like for sale -- can attend the event free of charge.
2016 Conference Leadership Team
Conference Chair:
Rani Richardson, Composites & Additive Manufacturing Business Experience Consultant, Dassault Systèmes, Ph: +1.201.675.8361,
e-mail: ACCE-chair@speautomotive.com
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Creig Bowland, Colorado Legacy Group, Ph: +1.704.466.1505
Dr. Michael Connolly, Huntsman, Ph: +1.248.462.0503
Sponsorship Chair: Teri Chouinard, Intuit Group
Ph: +1.248.701.8003 or e-mail: teri@intuitgroup.com
Registration Chair: Scott Marko, SPE International
Ph:+1.203.740.5442, email: ACCE-registration@speautomotive.com
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include attendees within sessions, networking areas, exhibition areas, and
other areas associated with the conference both inside and outside of the
venue. By registering for this event, all attendees are providing
permission for SPE to use any photographs or audio/video recordings that
include them at its discretion on SPE's websites, marketing materials, and
publications. SPE retains ownership of copyright to all photographs and
audio/video recordings obtained by SPE at this event.
2016 Sponsors
This event would not be possible without the continued support of our sponsors. (Company Names in Orchid were Early-Bird Sponsors.)
| Premier PLUS Sponsor & Exhibitor | Ashland Inc. |  |
| Premier PLUS Sponsor & Exhibitor | Carver Non-Woven Technologies LLC |  |
| Premier PLUS, Exhibitor & Reception Sponsor | Hexion Inc. |  |
| Premier PLUS Sponsor & Exhibitor | Core Molding Technologies, Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor, Exhibitor, & Student Scholarship | Michigan Economic Development Corp. |  |
| Premier PLUS Sponsor & Exhibitor | Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. |  |
| Premier PLUS Sponsor & Exhibitor | SABIC |  |
| Student Poster Competition Sponsor | Magna Exteriors |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Addcomp North America, Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Altair Engineering, Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | BASF |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Böllhoff USA |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Composites One LLC |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | DIEFFENBACHER GMBH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Dow Automotive Systems |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Fraunhofer Project Centre @ Western |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Gurit (USA) Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Huntsman |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Plasmatreat |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Owens Corning |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Red Spot Paint & Varnish Company, Inc. |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Solvay |  |
| Premier Sponsor & Exhibitor | Toray Composites (America), Inc. (TCA) |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | A&P Technology |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Abaris Training Resources, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | AlzChem AG |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | AOC Resins |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Arkema Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Autodesk Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Automated Dynamics |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Cannon USA |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | CHOMARAT |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Dreytek Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | EconCore N.V. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Enercon Industries Corp. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Engel |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | ESI Group |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Evonik Industries AG |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | e-Xstream engineering |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | FRIMO Group GmbH |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Great Lakes Composites Institute |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Hennecke, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | IDI Composites® International |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Intertek Transportation Technologies |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | KRÜSS USA |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | LANXESS Corp. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Mafic SA |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fiber & Composites |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Molding Products LLC |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | North American Composites (NAC) |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | National Research Council Canada (NRC-CNRC) |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Pinette Emidecau Industries |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Siemens PLM Software |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Sigmatex Carbon Composite Solutions |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | TenCate Advanced Composites USA, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Toho Tenax America, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Trexel, Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Williams, White & Co. |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | WMG Centre HVM Catapult - University of Warwick |  |
| Associate Sponsor & Exhibitor | Zoltek: A Toray Group Company |  |
| Exhibitor | Persico S.p.A. |  |
| Exhibitor | Adaptive Corp. |  |
| Breakfast Sponsor | SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) |  |
| Coffee-Break Sponsor | Johns Manville |  |
| Coffee-Break Sponsor | Michelman, Inc. |  |
| Advertising Sponsor | American Chemistry Council - Plastics Div. |  |
| Advertising Sponsor | DSC Consumables, Inc. |  |
| Advertising Sponsor | Shear Comfort Ltd. |  |
| Media / Association | AutoBeat Daily |  |
| Media / Association | Automotive Design & Production Magazine |  |
| Media / Association | China Plastic & Rubber Journal |  |
| Media / Association | China Plastic & Rubber Journal International |  |
| Media / Association | CompositesWorld |  |
| Media / Association | Industrias Plásticas |  |
| Media / Association | JEC Group |  |
| Media / Association | Noticiero del Plástico |  |
| Media / Association | Plastics Engineering Magazine |  |
| Media / Association | Plastics Insight |  |
| Media / Association | Plastics News |  |
| Media / Association | Plastics Technology Magazine |  |
| Media / Association | Plastics Technology México |  |
| Media / Association | Prototype Today |  |
| Media / Association | Reciclado y Plasticos |  |
| Media / Association | Rubber Fibres Plastics International Magazine |  |
| Media / Association | The Molding Blog |  |
| Media / Association | WardsAuto.com |  |
