2:00PM –2:25PM

Abstract:
Now more than ever, staying competitive in the global market for food and medical packaging means ensuring your products meet complex regulatory requirements and convincing skeptical customers that your products are safe. It also means having a voice in the development of fair and effective regulations that draw on sound science to promote innovation while ensuring product safety. In this presentation, SPI President and CEO Bill Carteaux will highlight the resources available exclusively to SPI members to understand, influence and ensure compliance with changing global regulations. Henry Su, Senior Product Regulations Specialist for Food Contact at BASF, will provide examples of how his work with SPI to shape global regulations has enhanced his skills, strengthened relationships with customers, and helped his company avoid regulatory pitfalls.

We will discuss SPI's main committees that deal with regulatory issues:

• What is ISP (in general)
• Overview of FDCPMC
• Overview of OHEIC
• Overview of PMDAC (Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Applications Committee
• Intro of Henry Su

Intended audience: Plastic processors

About the speaker:
William R. Carteaux, President & CEO

Bill Carteaux began his tenure at the association in February 2005. He came to SPI from Demag Plastics Group, where he was named president and chief executive officer of the Americas and co-executive managing director of the global business in 2002. Carteaux previously served as the company's executive vice president. Prior to joining Demag, Carteaux spent eight years with Autojectors, a manufacturer of vertical injection molding machines, including four years as its president. He had been actively involved as an SPI member, taking on numerous leadership roles for more than 15 years. While a member, Carteaux served as chair of SPI's Equipment Council, the NPE Finance Committee and the NPE Operations Committee. He was vice-chairman elect of SPI when he assumed his current position.

Bill Carteaux has an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and a BS from Purdue, where he has received several awards since graduating. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Council of Manufacturing Associations at the National Association of Manufacturers and is Director General of CIPAD, the Council of International Plastics Association Directors.

Henry Su, Product Regulations Specialist, Sr. BASF Corporation

Henry Su is a Senior Applications Compliance Specialist at BASF Corporation, dealing primarily with sensitive applications and regulatory matters with the FDA (food contact, medical devices, toys, and pharma). He has a background in biochemistry. Henry is a member of the Society of the Plastics Industry's (SPI) Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Packaging Materials Committee where he chairs the Medical & Personal Care Products Subcommittee.