Aldo Balatti to Chair SME Conference at NPE 2006

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has appointed Aldo Balatti of Evolve Design Solutions, Ottawa, ON, Canada, as Chair and Moderator for two energizing technical sessions called Productivity Enhancements for Injection Molding. The conference, running alongside the National Plastics Exposition (NPE), entitled Managing Plastics Manufacturing: Strategies for Improved Productivity & Lean Integration will be held June 20-21, 2006 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. NPE is the premiere tradeshow serving the plastics industry. This will be the first time SME has participated in NPE and will sponsor its own conference, as well as assist in the development of SPI’s technical sessions.