 Please join us for an exciting presentation and tour by the Bemis Manufacturing Company as they open their doors to the design community for what will surely be a great opportunity to see one of the areas largest injection molded plastic parts manufacturers. Date: Wednesday, February 24th Location: Bemis Contract Group Southeast. www.bemisplastics.com 201 Industrial Ct., Lenoir, NC 28645 Time: 3pm, Presentation on Design/Manufacturing Case Studies with a facility tour of their 200,000 square foot space to follow with refreshments and socializing afterwards. RSVP: Please RSVP Western NC IDSA Vice Chair Scott Hughes. for what we know will be a popular event! Space is limited and will be filling up fast. As Designers and Engineers we have many hurtles placed in front of us while trying to ensure we achieve the best design for our projects. Having the right people and groups involved in your projects at the right time can help ensure your projects go to the market on time, on budget, and made the best way possible. One such partner in your process is your manufacturing team. Come join us for a tour of Bemis and learn how bringing your manufacturing team into the design process upfront can help achieve design success.  Bemis Manufacturing Company is a designer, molder and extruder of diverse plastic products for a host of industries worldwide. Founded in 1901, as a proprietary molder, Bemis is the world’s largest manufacturer of toilet seats. As a custom molder and profile extruder Bemis is one of North America’s premier plastics processors of highly engineered resins. With locations in five countries, Bemis has a global reach in all its products and capabilities. In addition to the seats division, Bemis has the Advanced Technology Group, which encompasses Bemis Health Care, Kelch Caps and Gauges and contract injection molding and profile extrusion. The Advanced Technology Group serves a broad range of industries, such as medical, lawn and garden, recreational vehicles, agriculture, aerospace, office furniture, and many others, with capabilities ranging from clean room molding and extrusion, mono-injection molding, co-injection, internal and external gas assist molding, insert molding, over molding, and large multi-material extrusions. Bemis’ press sizes range from 55 ton to 6600-tons, (the world’s largest two barrel machine). With over 2.5 million square feet of climate controlled manufacturing space utilizing multi-axis robotics and automated processes Bemis can provide the latest in plastics processing to its customers. Again: Please RSVP to Scott Hughes for this great educational event! Space is limited and will be filling up fast. We look forward to seeing you there!! RSS Feed (welcome to 2010 IDSA) 01/17/2010
 Our news and events page website has been updated to a blog type format. Now our members can comment on upcoming events but even more importantly subscribe to our RSS feed so you don't a minuite of the action. Just click the "RSS Feed" in the info info bar to the right to set it up. Or you can paste our URL in the subscription box of any other RSS reader program such as Google Reader. Now when we update the site with new info you will be first to know.  AIGA has invited IDSA to attend AIGA Charlotte's Eat Your Greens Sustainability Roundtable on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | 6:30 pm at the LEED silver certified ImaginOn moderate by Leigh Brinkley, brinkley design. The roundtable is for designers and creatives of all levels and backgrounds to participatein an open forum discussion about the need for more environmentally- and socially-responsible design in Charlotte's ever-growing city. We ask that each attendee please bring three questions and/or topics on sustainable design to share and discuss with the group. The format will be set up as a place to exchange sustainable design ideas, engage in a group conversation with peers and how we can take next steps to make our design community more socially and ecologically responsible. This event is free for our members and open to everyone, but there are only 20 spots available. If you're interested in participating, please register today at www.aigacharlotte.org/events/detail/779  The focus of the Mini ProductCamp RTP is "Innovation" and we are fortunate to have Jason Tanner from Enthiosys leading a game for the group to participate in. This is an exciting event that will help you hone your innovation skills and work in a team - the best team will win a great prize and as always the event is free and open to the Triangle community of Product Managers, Product Marketers, Program Managers, and Engineers. We hope to see you at the event! Please register at the Registration Page. More info click here. Nov 14th// portfolio review at NCSU 10/23/2009
 Nov 12th// Pecha Kucha Night in Greenville 10/21/2009
 WHERE & WHEN November 12th \ Hugenot Mill at the Peace Center \ 20:20 PM WHAT? Pecha Kucha Night in Greenville is where you can come and learn about just about anything – 6 minutes and 40 seconds at a time. Seriously. Art. Medicine. Food. Graphics. Architecture. Anything under the sun. HOW IT WORKS Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show. SUBMIT ENTRIES Send us your big idea, your presentation (PPT or PDF) and a brief bio to: entries@pkngreenville.com DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES October 27th 2009 RESERVE YOUR FREE SEATS That’s right. We said free (a $5 donation is suggested). But you need to reserve them. Fill out the following info and you can pick up your tickets at the door the night of the event (Nov 12th). No more than 2 tickets per request. MORE INFORMATION www.pkngreenville.org http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/greenvilleen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE PECHA KUCHA? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3D__im4zE   The third annual RTP Product Design Street Faire will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 from 3 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. This fun, educational event is free and open to the public, and will be held just off of Aviation Parkway at 400 Dominion Drive in Morrisville, NC. Hosted by the RTP Product Development Guild -- a local group of engineers and designers working together to improve the regional economy -- the family friendly Street Faire includes vendors exhibiting state-of-the-art products and engineering technologies along with free barbeque, drinks, and a play area for children. Visit their site for registration and more info. http://rtpstreetfaire.com/   Besides making up the word leadershop this appears to be a great 4 month long event with a line up of increadable speakers. Go A&T! Click the link below to download the pdf with all the info. DAVID ROSE Vitality, Founder and CEO Tactility and Environmental Awareness in Digital Devices. See how a serial entrepreneur makes high-tech highly attuned to customers’ experiences. BILL GRANT Grant Design Collaborative, President and Creative Director Business Design and Brand Experience. Follow in his footsteps as he takes successful furniture business and brand experiences from concept to market. CLAUDIA KOTCHKA Change Agent and Design Evangelist Learn the design strategies that transformed mammoth manufacturer P&G into a 21st Century innovator. JASON MANLEY Massive Black, President and ConceptArt.Org, Founding Director Interactive Media and Game Designer. Get career-building insights while learning about his eight-year skyrocket ride from garage to interactive gaming guru. DAVID ADJAYE & PHIL FREELON Adjaye Associates, Principal Director / Freelon Associates, President Innovative Architecture in Public Sector Spaces. Experience how two star architects collaborate on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 
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