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Herman Miller director defines "green" strategy
Paul Murray, director of environmental health and safety at office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc., speaks about how his company picks suppliers, how small firms can "go green" and his company's environmental stewardship. Murray was a speaker at one of the “Greenstorming” events hosted by the global design consultancy Brandimage. The Chicago Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America co-organized the workshop in Northbrook, Ill.
Design venture to help firms develop in China
Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design celebrated its first move into the Chinese market with the opening of a design center in Hangzhou. Lorraine Justice, head of the design school at Hong Kong Polytechnic, is co-director of the center. Here she talks about the new venture and what officials hope to accomplish.
Moolji highlights Indian plastics investment
Sanjay Moolji, general manager of Reliance Industries Ltd. of Mumbai, talks about the growth of plastics in India in this clip from the recent TEMPI 2008 conference in Las Vegas.
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Carmosky explores the Chinese mind-set
Janet Carmosky is a career China specialist who lived and worked in the country for nearly two decades. Now based in upstate New York, she runs the consulting business China Prospects Inc. Here she explains how cultural misunderstandings can undermine Westerners' attempts to succeed in China. She spoke at the PN China Forum in late 2006. This is her complete, 24-minute presentation.
   
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Resin outlook 2008
Bill Bowie, chief operating officer of Resin Technology Inc., offered the following assessment of resin markets in his March 11, 2008, presentation at the Plastics News Executive Forum in Tampa, Fla.
   
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Stephen Cheng sets goals for University of Akron
After a year-long search, the largest polymer science program in the United States has tapped its second dean since the inception of the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron in 1988. Stephen Cheng, who joined the university as an assistant professor of polymer science in 1987, said it is a watershed time for the college, and he is committed to bringing the polymer college to a new success. He spoke to Plastics News in mid-2007.
   
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