Congratulations to the 2008 PLACE Conference Recognized Best Paper and Best Session Award Winners
The following individuals were recognized at the 2008 PLACE Conference for their 2007 conference presentation or session. Individuals were selected for these awards solely based on feedback provided by the 2007 conference attendees.
2007 PLACE Conference Dragan Djordjevic Award
Gary D. Oliver
Extrusion Dies Industries LLC
“Internally Deckled Coating Dies”
2007 PLACE Conference Best Paper Award
"Case Studies for Improved Sustainability in Packaging"
Jeffrey J. Wooster
The Dow Chemical Company
2007 PLACE Conference Best Paper Honorable Mention
"Understanding Why Adhesion in Extrusion Coating Decreases with Diminishing Coating Thickness, Part III: Analysis of Peel Tests"
Barry A. Morris
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers
2007 PLACE Conference Best Paper Honorable Mention
"Case Studies of Organoclay Nanocomposites in Flexible Packaging"
David Jarus
PolyOne Corporation
2007 PLACE Conference Best Session Award
"Sustainability in Plastic Packaging"
Bruce W. Foster (Co-Chair)
Mica Corportion
Andrew W. Christie (Co-Chair)
Optex Process Solutions LLC
2007 PLACE Conference Best Session Honorable Mention
"Nanotechnology in Flexible Packaging"
Brad Kramer
Nova Chemicals