Visteon's Dr. Rose Ryntz Delivers Prestigious Lecture at Automotive Symposium
11 November 2005 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Rose Ryntz, a leading expert on
advanced materials engineering for Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC),
delivered the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture at the
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) Annual
Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 6-9. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Ryntz's
presentation, "Bring Back the Steel: The Growth of Plastics in
Automotive Applications," led the Western Coatings Societies
Technical Symposium. The paper discussed the growth of plastics --
whether decorated or mold-in-color -- in automotive applications,
and assessed their durability when utilized in interior and
exterior vehicle applications. The Mattiello lecture commemorates
the contributions of Dr. Mattiello, former president of the FSCT
(1943-44), who was instrumental in expanding the application of the
sciences in the decorative and protective coatings fields. Each
year, the lecture covers a topic of current interest based on a
phase of chemistry or other science fundamental to coatings. Ryntz
was chosen to deliver the 2005 Mattiello Lecture from a group of
individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the science
and/or technology of coatings. "We are pleased that the FSCT chose
Ryntz to receive this distinguished honor," said John Kill, senior
vice president and president of Visteon's North America customer
group. "Ryntz is recognized as one of the world's leading experts
in the area of automotive plastics and her contributions have led
to numerous innovations, including the development of new
techniques to study paint on plastics performance." The author of
more than 75 papers and an inventor on 25 patents in the paint and
plastics field, Ryntz also has written one book, Adhesion to
Plastics: Molding and Paintability and edited three books, Plastics
and coatings: Durability, Stabilization and Testing, Service Life
Prediction: Challenging the Status Quo, and Coatings of Polymers
and Plastics. She is the author of the monograph, "Painting of
Plastics," in the FSCT Series on Coatings Technology and is a
prolific lecturer. Ryntz has received a number of awards including
the 2000 George B. Heckel Award - the FSCT's highest honor; first
place in the 2000 FSCT Roon Foundation Award Competition; the 2003
Roy W. Tess Award from the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science
and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society; and the
2004 Women's Automotive Association International Professional
Achievement Award. She is also the recipient of the Henry Ford
Technology Award and several customer-driven quality awards from
Ford Motor Company, as well as the Gold Award and Outstanding
Leadership Award from the Engineering Society of Detroit for
contributions to advancing the knowledge of science and
engineering. Ryntz is listed in Straithmore's Who's Who in the
World. Ryntz earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from
Wayne State University, a doctorate in Organic Polymer Chemistry
from the University of Detroit, and an master of business
administration from Michigan State University. A transcript of her
Mattiello Lecture is scheduled to appear in the January 2006 issue
of JCT Research magazine. Founded in 1922, the FSCT has grown to
consist of 26 Constituent Societies. More than 1,000 companies are
represented by its nearly 6,000 members, who are dedicated to the
research and development, supervisory production and engineering,
and technical sales/service regarding the formulation, testing and
manufacture of coatings. FSCT sponsors the International Coatings
Expo (formerly the Paint Industries Show) and publishes JCT
Research and JCT CoatingsTech. Visteon Corporation is a leading
global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures
innovative climate, interior, electronic and lighting products for
vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and
services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van
Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany;
the company has more than 170 facilities in 24 countries and
employs approximately 50,000 people.
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