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Meet SPE President Jason Lyons
Starting July 1, 2021, Dr. Jason Lyons, Business Manager, Arkema, began his tenure as SPE's President. Dr. Lyons has been part of the SPE community for many years in many roles that have helped influence his journey to becoming the society's newest President. SPE News asked Dr. Lyons a handful of questions to get to know him a little better. Besides finding out he’s a die-hard Pearl Jam fan, we discovered Dr. Lyons has many passions.

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Urban Air Mobility Creates Demand for Plastics
According to some forecasts, the urban air mobility market will create business opportunities for suppliers and processors of specialty polymers, foams and composites.

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Precision Production

Raising the bar of extrusion quality and efficiency requires controlling the variables.

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A New Era in Composites

Arris Composites’ Additive Molding process uses 3D printing and compression molding to mass produce advanced composite parts.

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What's Happening Around SPE

SPE 2021 President's Cup Recipient Announced

Conor P. Carlin, SPE's VP Sustainabilty, was recently named as the 2021 recipient of the Society’s President’s Cup Award. Dr. Jaime Gomez, SPE’s Outgoing President, presented the award to Carlin during SPE's Honors & Awards Ceremony, which took place virtually on June 29th. The ceremony also presented the Passing of the Gavel and celebrated SPE's 2021 Fellow and HSM award winners.

JSW America’s Paul Martin and Dow’s Pavan Valavala Named to SPE Executive Board

SPE President Jason Lyons appointed Paul Martin, Vice President, JSW America, as VP at Large and Pavan Valavala, Sr. R&D Leader for the Materials Engineering Center in the Engineering and Process Sciences Organization, Dow, Inc., was approved by the Executive Board to assume position of SPE’s VP Professional Development. Each of these positions started on July 1 and will run for one year.

Speakers and Panelists from Gov. of India, UNEP, Borouge, Colgate-Palmolive Confirmed for Recycling and Circular Economy (RACE) Conference - Asia

RACE ASIA, taking place virtually July 15-16, 2021, will feature multiple speakers and panelists from a range of companies and organizations focused on recycled applications and their end use.

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