Dr. James Throne Lectures in India in 2005
Dr. Throne was the invited lecturer at Two Indian Plastics Institute Programs in India in March 2005. He presented a plenary overview of thermoforming to more than 400 technologists at the IPI meetings in Mumbai (Bombay) on 25 March and in Delhi on 28 March. Jim began his several-hour presentation by summarizing the history of thermoforming. He then outlined new developments in materials, machinery, markets, mold and part design and controls. Reliance Industries Ltd., Supreme Petrochem Ltd., Irwin Research and Development Inc., and Wonderpack Industries PVT Ltd. sponsored his presentations. During his ten-day stay in India, he discussed thermoforming technology with more than a dozen thermoformers, machinery builders, and materials suppliers, many seeking cooperative efforts with North American companies.
Jim Throne Lectures in Thailand and Malaysia in 2008
Peram Rao, President, TechnoBiz Communications, Bangkok, Thailand, invited Jim to present two two-day seminars - Thermoforming and Thermoplastic Foams - i n Bangkok, Thailand in February 2007. Based on their success, he invited him to present two two-day seminars - Thermoforming and Thermoplastic Foams - in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and one two-day seminar - Rotational Molding - in Bangkok, in July 2008.
TechnoBiz Communications offers seminars by such renowned technical leaders as Chris Rauwendaal in Extrusion, Kirk Cantor in Blown Film Technology, and Jim Summers in PVC Technology. TechnoBiz is planning extensive troubleshooting seminars in Extrusion and Thermoforming. Mark Strachan will be leading the Thermoforming seminars.
TechnoBiz Communcations is also organizing a two-day International Conference, Thermoforming Asia, planned for spring 2009. The conference format is based on the very successful International Plastics Extrusion Asia Conference 2008, in which more than 20 speakers from US, Colombia, Germany, Thailand, Canada, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, and China presented technical papers to more than 160 attendees.
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