It's Your Industry Too! - Fluoropolymers Division

Section Corner
COATERS BREAKOUT
Please join the Custom Coaters
Section breakout at FPD’s
Spring Conference at Kiawah.
Section Agenda
• Regulatory Update
• Issues Mgt. Committee
Update
• “Material Handling”
• Update on Reach, David
Sarvadi, Keller & Heckman
For more information on FPD’s
Custom Coaters Section, go to
www.customcoatings.org
PROCESSORS SECTION
BREAKOUT
Don’t miss the Processors
breakout at FPD’s Spring
Conference.
Section Agenda
• New Business/Old Business
• Join Coaters for Material
Handling Presentation
For more information on FPD’s
Processors Section, go to
www.ptfeparts.org
FPD Section activities continue to be strongly emphasized at all conferences.
Each Section breakout has content of specific interest to its
industry segment. Both the Coaters and Processors Section
are working hard to reach new and old member prospects
and make them aware of what Section membership can do
for them.
Coaters Section… The group wants to increase its efforts
to reach out to coater member prospects. The Section will
continue the trend of bringing vendors of value to the
coaters breakouts and will include additional supplier
presentations at future meetings. The Section is monitoring
California legislation.
Processors Section… The Section name has been changed
to the Processors Section, reflecting the wider scope of its
membership and breakout subject matter.
Steve Schwartz,
Coaters Chair
Wire and Cable… The Wire and Cable section is eagerly
awaiting USGBC’s responses to comments on US Green
Building Council’s LEED draft standard for health care
buildings. The section will continue participation to create
a better standard by promoting the use of science to quantify environmental
Eric Walsh,
Processors Chair
impact of material alternatives. The section has completed preliminary work on a
study comparing life cycle impacts of two plenum rated communications cables
systems and is now pursuing a critical review of the study prior to public release.
Codes and Standards activities are focused on the 2011 National Electrical
Code.•
Industry Highlights - from page 2
Through the use of Echelon technology, DuPont has qualified customers
representing over 90 percent of its sales volume of aqueous fluoropolymer
dispersions to use products that reduce PFOA content by at least 97 percent.
DUPONT PLUNKETT AWARDS… To mark the 70 th anniversary of the discovery of
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), later branded as DuPont Teflon®, DuPont Fluoropolymer
Solutions recently announced the expansion of its long-running DuPont Plunkett Awards with
environmental sustainability as a new selection criterion. The Plunkett Awards for Innovation &
Sustainability recognize companies around the world using fluoropolymers to create innovative
solutions that contribute to sustainable growth and help reduce environmental footprints.
The Plunkett Awards for Innovation and Sustainability will be launched with a call for entries
beginning in August 2008, and will include increased award values and a new honorable mention
category. Winners will be announced at special events around the world in 2009.
DUPONT plans to open a research and development center and a manufacturing facility in China
to cater to the growing demands of the solar energy industry. The research and development
facility will be based in Hong Kong, while the plant will be in Shenzhen. The company expects
growth in the photovoltaic market to exceed 30 percent each year over the next several years.
to Industry Highlights on page 7
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