The 2015 Chem Show, which took place November 17-19 at the Javits Center in New York, welcomed 5,170 registered attendees. Thousands of engineers, R&D, corporate managers and plant personnel from chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and other process industries reportedly interacted with the show’s 282 exhibitors, capitalized on a range of free seminars, and joined the 100-year celebration of the Chem Show’s history.
In addition, for the first time at the show, the Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award was presented by the Chem Show’s longest standing exhibitor, Chemical Engineering Magazine. The 2015 Award went to Dow Performance Plastics for its INTUNE olefin block copolymers. This technology reportedly makes the blending of two previously unmixable polymers, polyethylene and polypropylene, possible through use of parts-per-million levels of catalyst at very specific temperatures.