Design in Plastics Conference screening

College for Creative Studies N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, 52 E. Forest Avenue, Detroit, MI

At the invitation of the Society of Plastics Engineers, All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastics will be shown. Cocktail reception at 6:30 and Q & A with Hugh Karraker and John Maher following the film.   If you are interested in attending the Detroit screening, please email [email protected].    

New York University Tandon School of Engineering screening

Tandon School of Engineering,Pfizer Auditorium, Brooklyn NY Pfizer Auditorium, 5 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States

  The Department of Student Affairs at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering presents All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic Wednesday, November 29th at 6:30 pm. Director John Maher will moderate the post-film discussion with special guests TBA. Reservations required for campus security. REGISTER HERE

SPE Thermoset Topical Conference

The Alexander Downtown 333 South Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN, United States

  Society of Plastics Engineers Thermoset 2018 Conference Film "All Things Bakelite" screening with special guest film introduction by Hugh Karraker, executive producer and great grandson of inventor, Leo Baekeland.  

Screening at Pequot Library, Southport, CT

Pequot Library 720 Pequot Avenue, Southport, CT, United States

  On March 1st, the screening at the Pequot Library in Southport, Connecticut was tremendously gratifying. The audience of 65, were enthralled and asked challenging questions during the Q&A. Some technical and philosophical questions were answered by Edward Werner Cook, chemistry professor at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, CT.  For the past two years, Professor Cook has […]

Baekeland Thermoset Symposium 2018

Hugh and his wife, Sherry will fly to Beijing on April 20th where they will tour the city and visit the Great Wall. Then they fly to Shanghai for the Symposium. Afterwards they will train to Hangzhou for a two-day tour of the city.    They are grateful to Symposium organizer, Jason Cui for arranging […]