Winners of the 2015 Plastics for Life global parts competition were:
Grand Award : Single-Collimator Molded LED Headlamp Lens nominated by Ford Motor Co. of Dearborn, Mich., U.S.A.
(nomination previously won the Process, Assembly & Enabling Technologies category at the 44th-annual SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Competition).
Protecting Life Category : Rescue Backboard nominated by Profile Plastics, Inc. of Lake Bluff, Ill., U.S.A.
(nomination previously was the Silver winner of the 2014 Heavy-Gauge Twin-Sheet category at the 23rd-annual SPE Thermoforming Conference);
Quality of Life Category : Nissan GT-R Composite Decklid nominated by Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan
(nomination previously was a Body Exterior winner at the 14th-annual SPE Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition and a Body Exterior finalist at the 44th-annual SPE Automotive Innovation Awards Competition);
Improving Life Category : 40-ml Triangular Shaped Precision Products Bottle nominated by W. Amsler Equipment Inc. of Richmond Hill, Ont., Canada
(nomination previously was the overall first place winner of the Packaging Division category at the 30th SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference);
Sustaining Life Category : Foam Core Parking Stop nominated by Pinnacle Plastic Products of Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.
(nomination previously won both the Industrial-Other category and the People's Choice-Industrial category awards at the 30th SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference);
People’s Choice Category : Bowling Pin Elevator nominated by QubicaAMF of Mechanicsville, Va., U.S.A.
(nomination previously was both the Gold winner of the Twin-Sheet Heavy Gaugecategory as well as the People's Choice-Thermoforming category winner at the 23rd-annual SPE Thermoforming Conference);
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