The Age of Plastic
goctv192.com and on their VOD player. Watch the interview
In July 2017, Hugh and John appeared in the pilot episode of “IN GOOD COMPANY” on CTV192. The show features interviews with Connecticut based people who are doing or have done noteworthy things. Ron Dubenski, from Southbury is the host/interviewer. Coincidentally, Ron had worked for Union Carbide at the Bound Brook, New Jersey plant in the polyolefin division. So he was quite familiar with Leo Baekeland and Bakelite.
June 3, 2017
As the month of May becomes a wonderful memory of successful screenings, we must not forget to thank Ken Sowman and his team for showing the short version of ATB at the annual conference of Plastics New Zealand on May 4 -5, 2017.
This was our first “mail order” screening. Ken found ATB on the Internet and asked to show our film. We sent him a thumb drive and the film was shown to 100 + plastics industry people. After the screening, Ken sent us back the thumb drive.
When asked how it went, Ken reported:
“Many thanks for allowing us to show the video – it was very well received. We used the 20-minute version and it complemented the Conference theme so perfectly. The perseverance, passion, innovation and that striving for success that Leo had in spades is as relevant today as it was back then.”
FYI, Plastics New Zealand gives out awards in Leo Baekeland’s name to plastics industry high achievers.
May 30, 2017
All Things Bakelite will be shown at the
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
in Washington, D.C.
You are cordially invited. Please share this message with others.
Location: SC Johnson Conference Center
National Museum of American History
West Wing, First Floor
Constitution Avenue, NW at 12th & 14th Sts.
Tea & Homemade Cookies at 3:30 pm.
Hugh Karraker, Executive Producer introduces the film at 4:00 pm.
Q & A with Hugh and Director, John Maher following the film
RSVP Marc Huberman at: [email protected]
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Special thanks to Bill Bregar and Jeremy Carroll at Plastic News for helping this story come to life. Please click the link to watch the interview with Hugh Karraker.
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