PlasticsToday.com Announces Virtual Event on Continuous Improvement in Injection Molding

LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PlasticsToday.com, a UBM Canon leading brand, has announced its first ever virtual conference for the plastics industry: Continuous Improvement in Injection Molding. This online event will have specific content covering the path of continuous improvement for injection molders and plastics processing professionals. The event will provide industry insights on several topics that are relevant to molders every day, including energy efficiency, tooling technology, and controlled environment molding.

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The virtual event will take place on September 8, 2011, from 10am-4pm EDT. Registration is free to attendees and is now available here.

"We are excited to announce the first PlasticsToday virtual event as part of the PlasticsToday.com digital product portfolio," said Jason Brown, PlasticsToday Business Leader and Vice President of Digital Media for UBM Canon Publishing. "Plastics professionals worldwide will have the ability to gain insight into industry trends and best practices through this innovative online event."

Attendees at the event can interact directly with industry experts and peers, download valuable information, and view presentations directly from their desktop. Attendees will benefit from a variety of engaging presentations, panel discussions, and chat sessions.  

"By utilizing the virtual event platform, we are able to provide our audience with a way to easily gain injection molding technology insights, and gather information and resources they can use in their daily jobs," said Editorial Director Matt Defosse. "We have created a content-driven conference and exhibit hall that allows attendees to interact directly with speakers and suppliers and get answers to their most pertinent questions, all from the comfort of their home or office."

Conference session topics include a keynote address by a leading industry expert who will offer clear-cut cost/benefit analysis to help a molder decide which steps would carry the biggest payback for his operation. The keynote will be followed by speaking sessions and panels that include discussions around: Energy Efficiency, Building Better Molds, and Cleanroom Injection Molding. Live Q&A will follow each session. Learn more here.

The virtual Sponsor Spaces will be staffed by suppliers, consultants, and others able to offer energy-saving equipment and services to the injection molding industry. These spaces will be equipped with white papers, videos, brochures, among other resources, and live-chat capabilities for conversations between attendees and suppliers.

Registration is now available here.

Signature Sponsors for the virtual event include: ENGEL, Milacron LLC, and TMC of America, Inc, and Wittmann Worldwide.

The Continuous Improvement in Injection Molding virtual event has several tiered sponsorship opportunities available that include speaking and exhibiting opportunities. Event sponsors benefit from interacting with a targeted, interested audience, high-quality lead generation, and audience-engagement data. Sponsor branding will be included in all attendee promotions that will run across PlasticsToday online and e-newsletter branded products as well as on any promotions to UBM Canon's master data file of over 90,000 plastics professionals worldwide. Contact Sales Director John Guadagno at 203.601.3741 or [email protected] for sponsor information.

About UBM Canon

UBM Canon, the leading B2B media company dedicated exclusively to the global $3.0 trillion advanced manufacturing sector, helps support the flow of information, commerce and innovation in such sophisticated segments as medical devices and pharmaceutical development. UBM Canon also addresses cutting-edge developments in broader areas of advanced engineering design and manufacturing, and manufacturing processes and packaging. UBM Canon is part of UBM plc (UBM.L) a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets. For more information, go to www.ubmcanon.com.

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