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Article: Plastics Hall of Fame taps new members.(News)
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- Plastics News
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- March 9, 2009
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Byline: Bill Bregar
The Plastics Hall of Fame's class of 2009 covers a global spectrum of leaders in materials, machinery, screws and packaging.
The Hall of Fame will induct the nine new members June 22 at NPE2009 in Chicago.
The inductees are:
Robert Barr
Barr is credited with major advances in screw technology, large-part blow molding machines and extrusion. His barrier-type extruder screw, since the patent expired in the 1980s, is the most commonly used screw design in extrusion, injection molding and blow molding.
As research and development manager at the Waldron Hartig division of Midland-Ross Corp., Barr in ...