Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
e-Training Course Length: 90 minutes
Time: London - 3pm | Paris, Madrid, Rome - 4pm | USA - 10am ET
Presented by: Dr. Donald Rosato, PlastiSource, Inc.
This two-part e-Training Course will cover and analyze basic and applied R&D on various advances in automotive plastics trends, application developments, and material/processing technologies.The automotive plastics knowledge gained by participants will help them:
-
Understand key material and application requirements
-
Gain a ‘hands on’ intuitive feel for emerging technology
-
Get a head start on material and product development
-
Obtain a first hand technical market competitive analysis of the field.
About the Presenter
Dr. Donald V. Rosato is internationally recognized as a leader in plastics technology, business, and marketing. He currently serves as President of PlastiSource, Inc. a prototype manufacturing, technology development, and marketing advisory firm, located in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
He has extensive technical and marketing, plastic industry business experience from laboratory testing, through production to marketing, having worked for Northrop Grumman, Owens-Illinois, DuPont/Conoco, Hoechst Celanese/Ticona, and Borg Warner/G.E. Plastics.
Dr. Rosato has authored or edited numerous papers, including articles published in the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, and major books, including the Concise Encyclopedia of Plastics, Injection Molding Handbook 3rd Ed., Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook, Designing with Plastics and Advanced Composites, and Plastics Institute of America Plastics Engineering, Manufacturing and Data Handbook.
He has developed numerous patents within the polymer related industries, is a participating member of many trade and industry groups, such as SPE, SPI, PIA, CPPIA and SAMPE. Among his many accolades, Dr. Rosato has been named Engineer of the Year by the Society of Plastics Engineers.
He received his BS in Chemistry from Boston College, MBA at Northeastern University, M.S. Plastics Engineering from University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Ph.D. Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley. Automotive Plastics research and product development currently centers on approximately 95-plus emerging, global advances in the areas of plastics materials, technology and applications, among others.
Relying on his unrivaled knowledge of the industry plus high level international contacts, Dr. Rosato is uniquely positioned to provide e-TC participants with an expert, inside view of cutting edge Automotive Plastics technology and trends.
