Executive Forum 2008 - Fun & Games
The poolside Sunday evening welcome reception gets things off to a roaring start with a vast selection of funny hats and colorful entertainers to accompany the tasty food and drink.
Linda Whelan, (PN’s director of trade show and marketing, is the person responsible for these crazy theme parties. Here she looks downright demure compared with her friends.
Anand Kabra, executive director of machinery maker Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd. and director of compounder Plastiblends India Ltd., poses with a new acquaintance at the Madhatter party.
(PN senior reporter Bill Bregar (left) compares sartorial styles with Dennis Gros, president of Gros Executive Recruiters Inc.
Kyle Lawrence, with his father D-M-E Co. President Dave Lawrence, asks the ultimate party question.
Doug Hanaway and his wife, Autumn, both of whom work at Tech Tool & Molded Plastics in Meadville, Pa., comprise half the Hanaway team that attended the Forum.
Some from the Indian delegation get “Americanized” with their headware. From left to right: Baavesh Chheda, Director, Prince Plastics International Pvt. Ltd.; Paresh Parekh, Managing Director, National Plastic Industries Ltd.; Satyajit Chatterjee, Director - International Sales, Cello Group; Kamal Nanavaty, president – polymers and crackers, Reliance Industries Ltd.; Jigish Doshi, Chairman & Managing Director, Vishakha Polyfab Pvt. Ltd; and Neemit Punamiya, Managing Director, Narendra Plastic Pvt. Ltd.
The team from Resin Technology Inc. shows solidarity. From left: Ella Benton, Garland Strong, Kevin Mitchell, Sam Beasley, Bill Bowie and Sam’s wife, Sandy.
Ken Shaner (center), VP of advanced engineering for auto interiors giant International Automotive Components Group North America LLC, shows he’s a wizard at many things, while in the company of IAC senior communications manager Julie Morey and flower child Jeff Mengel, partner at Plante & Moran.
Scott Paulson, president of Paulson Training Programs Inc., is seeing stars at the Sunday evening reception.
Sponsor North Carolina Department of Commerce briefly transports attendees back to the 1970s for some garish frivolity.
This colorful disco dancer is downright groovy.
Ron Sherga, owner of Arlington, Texas-based recycling consultants Sherresults LLC, gets into the spirit with his wife, Karen, at the disco party. ((Plastics News photo by Joe Wilssens)
Reliance Industries’ Senior Executive VP Sapan Ray (center front) and Polymers/Crackers President Kamal Nanavaty (partially hidden, just behind him) yuck it up as Electroform Co. President/CEO Wade Clark flashes the peace sign. (Plastics News photo by Joe Wilssens)
Rotomolding Hall of Famer Ravi Mehra, managing director of New Jersey-based consulting firm Norstar International LLC, attends as an adviser to India’s Reliance Industries, and finds the atmosphere electric! (Plastics News photo by Joe Wilssens)
