Article: SPE finds innovations everywhere.

Byline: Rhoda Miel

LIVONIA, MICH. You've heard it all before: The auto industry is tanking, there are fewer cars being sold and technology is being stripped from cars left and right. But the Society of Plastics Engineers' Automotive Division does not agree with that argument, and in its annual awards event, the group set out to honor real breakthroughs in both cars and parts making.

"In spite of the turmoil that we've never seen before in this industry, there are really bright spots in the midst of all the gloom,'' said Maria Ciliberti, SPE Innovation Awards chairwoman for 2008 and global automotive director for Florence, Ky.-based resin supplier ...

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