SPE Thermoforming Division Provides Matching Funds To Support Plastivan~(TM) Traveling Program For Plastics Education

摘要

BETHEL, CT, USA-The Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has made a $20,000 matching grant to support SPE's PlastiVan~(TM) traveling plastics education program for elementary and high school students. The SPE Foundation will draw from the amount to match funds provided by companies in the thermoforming industry to pay for PlastiVan visits to schools or company facilities hosting student programs. The Thermoforming Division expects the $20,000 contribution to be the first in an annual series of grants to support plastics education, according to James M. (Jay) Waddell, a Division official and managing partner of Plastic Concepts & Innovations, Mt. Pleasant, SC.