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Industry Representatives Attend PMC’s Popular Extrusion Workshop

06.15.2011 General Information, Plastics & Polymer

Mauricio Rojas, of Rotuba Extruders in Linden, N.J., measures the diameter of an extruded length of plastic Addison Hammer, left, of Quadrant Epp USA Inc. in Wytheville, Va., joins James Womack, of Ascend Performance Materials in Pensacola Beach, Fla., in tracking measurements on the extruderPlastics industry representatives traveled to the plastics facilities at Penn College this week for the Plastics Manufacturing Center’s Extrusion Seminar and Hands-On Workshop. The seminar and workshop are led by extrusion consultant Chris Rauwendaal and Penn College instructor Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics technology. Hands-on segments were hosted in the college’s plastics laboratories and included use of the college’s extrusion industry equipment.

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