The Society Of Plastics Engineers presents the first ever Annual Technical Conference(ANTEC) outside of North America to be held in Mumbai-India. This will be a Global Technical Conference for the the Plastics & Polymers Industry.Over 100 papers to be presented under 6 Technical Sessions/Forums. Check out SPE website www.4spe.org for further details.Call for papers in April 2012.

1. SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS
presents
December 6-7, 2012
Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel
Mumbai, India
SPE is bringing an ANTEC conference to India in December 2012. The program will span two full days, consisting
of six sessions per day in five major topic areas. More than 100 technical and technical/commercial papers will be
presented. The five major topics areas will focus on:
1. New Technology Forum
A New Technology Forum will concentrate on the areas associated with carbonaceous nanomaterials, including
graphenes and carbon nanotubes
2. Advances in Materials Forum
Topics include polymers in medical devices, bioplastics, composites, aerospace, and automotive
3. Advances in Processing Forum
Topics include extrusion, injection moulding, blow moulding, thermoforming, calendaring, and rotational
moulding
4. Advances in Materials Performance Forum
Topics include design innovation, polymer modifiers and additives, polymer composites, failure analysis,
polymer blends, and recycling
5. Advances in Machinery Forum
Topics include design of screws, barrels, mixing equipment, down-stream equipment, hydraulic, all-electric,
control system, robotics and other plastics processing machines
Call for Papers
A Call for Papers will be issued in mid-April 2012. It also will be posted to the SPE website (www.4spe.org).
For details, contact Vijay Boolani, Technical Program Chair, in India at +91-22-24302826/2790 (vboolani@4spe.org)
or Barbara Spain in the United States at +1 203-740-5418 (bspain@4spe.org).
Exhibition Opportunities
Table top exhibit space is available for companies wishing to exhibit at ANTEC MUMBAI 2012. For details, contact
Vijay Boolani, Technical Program Chair at +91-22-24302790 (vboolani@4spe.org).
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities for the conference are available. For details, contact Ken Braney, Chair, at
kbraney@4spe.org or Ashok Misra, Co-Chair, at amisra@iitb.ac.in.