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Steve Alexander

Steve Alexander serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Plastic Recyclers-The Voice of Plastic Recyclers- a Washington, DC based trade association whose members represent more than 95% of the processing capacity for postconsumer plastics in North America. APR serves the plastics recycling industry by providing technical and educational solutions with a goal of creating more good supply of material for recycling and enhancing the quality of the existing supply stream.

Alexander is also the president of Resource Recycling, Inc., a publishing and...Read more

Rafael Auras

Rafael Auras is a Professor with the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Rafael leads a research group of undergraduate and graduate students interested in mass transfer in polymers, biodegradable and compostable polymers, life cycle assessment, packaging waste, and sustainable packaging systems. He has conducted research projects for Fortune 500 companies and government sponsored research projects. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences regarding biodegradation and compostability of packaging systems, the environmental footprint...Read more

Deepti Salvi

Dr. Deepti Salvi is an assistant professor at the Department of Food, Bioprocess and Nutritional Sciences at North Carolina State University.  Dr. Salvi received her Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University, M.S. in Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from Konkan Agricultural University, India. Her professional experience includes working as an assistant research professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and post-doctoral researcher at the...Read more

2020 Symposium Keynote Address

We are delighted to announce that William P. Raiford, Senior Director Technology - Titanium Technologies for The Chemours Company, will be delivering the keynote address at this year's symposium.

Management of Change

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, June 24, 2020,
2:00pm to 3:00pm
EDT
Management of Change (MOC) is perhaps the most difficult business process to embed in an organization. Exploring this holistic approach to Management of Change drives a roadmap for MOC to bring...

William Raiford

Bill is Senior Director Technology - Titanium Technologies for The Chemours Company in Wilmington, DE.  He is accountable for the R&D, product development and manufacturing technology organizations of the global titanium dioxide pigment business.  Most recently he served as Director - Engineering Technology at Chemours, where has was accountable for leading the company’s efforts to transform and renew the leveraged engineering competencies in support of Manufacturing Operations, large Capital Growth Projects, Sustainability and Process Safety.Read more

A Case Study in Innovative Temperature Control Solutions

Chemical processing, mixing, R&D and analytical laboratories often require a precise and stable fluid temperature to achieve the company's objectives. Having a subpar temperature control system can result in lost batches, unmet deadlines and hight costs for chemical waste removal and disposal.

Read this case study to learn more!

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