ANTEC Anaheim 2017
 
Plastics for Life(tm) Global Parts Competition

We all know that plastics help improve the quality of life, and in many cases help extend and protect life. Whether it’s for medical, packaging, toys, cars, planes, agriculture, education, industrial, electronics, or building & construction applications, join us in celebrating all that polymeric materials do to make life better on this planet by submitting part nominations for the 4th annual SPE® PLASTICS for Life™ global parts competition. Parts must already have won a category or a competition in an SPE conference or mini-conference in the past year. Maximum 5 nominations per SPE division, section, or SIG.

2017 ANTEC® will be held May 8-10, 2017 at the Hilton Anaheim in Anaheim, CA, USA. Winners in 4 categories plus a People’s Choice and Grand Prize Award winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 before the Tuesday evening reception on the Exhibitor Floor. Judging (feature-based) categories are as follows:

Protecting Life

Preservation
Safety
Containment
Protection

Quality of Life

Mobility
Communication
Luxury/Comfort
Recreation
Entertainment

Improving Life

Education
Energy
Opportunity
Health

Sustaining Life

Environmental
Conservation
Sustainability
Recycling
Reduction

Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2017

A GRAND PRIZE AWARD winner, the competition’s most prestigious award, will be selected from the highest ranked winner in the other 4 categories (allowing the previous 2nd place winner in that category to advance to 1st place). A separate People’s Choice award will be given to the application with greatest number of votes from conference attendees. Winners announced live at the press conference-Tuesday, May 9 @ 11:00am. 



2016 Grand Prize Award Winner—Thermoformed Pods Made of Thermopalstic Polyurethane, Les Produit Plastitel, Inc.

Previous Winners

Winners from 2016’s event at ANTEC® Indianapolis

Winners from 2015’s event at ANTEC® Orlando

Winners from 2014’s event at ANTEC® Las Vegas
 

Questions?

Contact Gene Havel, +1 203.740.5457