The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology delivered training to eight industry professionals during the recent Color Science & Weathering Workshop.
The three-day course covered the critical parameters and considerations for coloring plastic materials and focused on weathering technology and evaluation methodologies. Sponsored by Penn Color Inc., the sessions featured lectures and extensive hands-on experience in Penn College’s industry-standard labs.
Bruce Mulholland, retired color technology manager at Celanese Corp. and past president of the Society of Plastics Engineers, leads the Color Science & Weathering Workshop at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center. Professionals from a variety of companies attended the three-day course, which featured lectures and hands-on training in Penn College’s industry-standard labs.
“This course was great for people with or without prior knowledge on the topics. It provided a great overview of the fundamentals and continued to build throughout the course. It gave me a better understanding while also introducing me to new concepts and ideas that can be applied to real-work applications,” said Jessie Kogler, R&D engineer for thermoplastics at Carlisle Construction Materials Inc., a Penn College Corporate Tomorrow Maker.
Cordell Tappe, production engineer for Sekisui Kydex, also a Corporate Tomorrow Maker, said the workshop helped him “learn how color is measured and especially how it is perceived in the eye.”
Scott Kiss, who is self-employed, enthused that the course delivered “a good understanding of the basic theory and principles needed for a future profession in the plastics industry!”
Lead instructor for the workshop was Bruce Mulholland, retired color technology manager at Celanese Corp. and past president of the Society of Plastics Engineers. PIRC staff Christopher J. Gagliano, director; Reagan G. McCoy, project manager; and Beth J. Zielewicz, program coordinator, assisted.
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