Written on 17.01.2012 - About NPE 2012
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Deadline for submissions to the International Plastics Design Competition is approaching

2009 Winner of the Innovations in Plastics and the Automotive awards: Fuel system twin-sheet blow molded for BMW of North America

The second International Plastics Design Competition (IPDC), one of the highlights at NPE2012, is open for entries from any end market and any country in the world. Entries to this prestigious completion may be submitted online at www.plasticsdesign.org by February 1, 2012. Entries can be for finished products or components and can be submitted by any individual or company along the supply chain: designer, toolmaker, processor, material supplier, equipment builder, or OEM.

Extended deadline 29 February 2012

Photos and details for most entries will be posted at www.plasticsdesign.org. Visitors to the site will be able to cast their votes for a People's Choice award. At NPE2012, products or parts entered into the competition will be displayed in a prominent area of the OCCC's South Building dubbed Technology Central. An awards reception and ceremony will take place during NPE2012 on Tuesday evening, April 3. At the ceremony, winners, along with their supply chain contributors will be recognized and honored.

2009 Peoples Choice award winner: Prepaid energy meter molded from recycled PET for Excelec & Cia, Colombia.

All awards other than the Peoples Choice will be based on the decisions of judges selected by SPI for their knowledge of plastics and design. Entries can be submitted in any of eighteen end-use market categories, from agriculture to transportation. There will be an award for the winning product in each category, a grand award for the most innovative part or product in the competition as a whole, awards honoring advances in sustainability, and other special awards. In addition, a separate panel of judges chosen by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) will select the winner of an award co-sponsored by the IDSA and the industry newspaper "Plastics News".

Details on the IPDC can be found at www.plasticsdesign.org.