SPE Awards gala
For 49 years, the SPE Automotive Division has held its annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition and Gala, which the group says is the oldest and largest event of its kind in the automotive and plastics industries. Pictured, Rose Petrella-Lovasik, product development engineer at Ford Motor Co., gets ready to announce the chassis/hardware category winner at last year’s event. Source | SPE Automotive Division
The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE, Bethel, Conn., U.S.) recently concluded two rounds of judging on its 49th annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition. On Nov. 6, the group held its 49th annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala in the Detroit suburbs, where its members handed out trophies to finalists, category winners and the Grand Award winner, which were selected after prequalification and two rounds of judging by industry experts and members of the media.
This year, winning nominations and their development teams were honored by SPE in the categories of additive manufacturing, aftermarket and limited-edition/specialty vehicles, body exterior, body interior, chassis/hardware, environmental, materials, powertrain and process/assembly/enabling technologies. Additionally, SPE gave out awards to its Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement and Vehicle Engineering Team Award winners.（来源：SPE Automotive Division）