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SPE Automotive Division hosts record awards event.

By Wigotsky, Victor
Publication: Plastics Engineering
Date: Friday, December 1 1989

SPE AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION HOSTS RECORD AWARDS EVENT

More than 1000 attendees crowded into Detroit's Westin hotel on November 14 for the SPE Automotive Division's 19th annual awards ceremony, honoring the most innovative uses of plastics in automotive components. The competition attracted 135 nominations, a record, exceeding last year's total by nearly 50%.

This year's Grand Award winner, a Chrysler Motors' fiberglass-reinforced composite passenger car wheel, was chosen from among the winners in eight specific categories. A first in the industry, the wheel is cur

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