From the Publisher

FROM THE

PUBLISHER

Susan Gibson, JSJ Productions, Inc.

Philanthropy

We are so pleased to bring you a story about a rotomolder in the Netherlands. Roelf van der Wijk, who sadly passed away earlier this year, he may no longer be with us, but his huge persona and philanthropic spirit live on. Roelf and his wife, Fenny, touched many lives, so much so that many people reached out to us to cover his story in RotoWorld®. It has been my pleasure to do so.

Roelf sold his rotomoulding company, Fusion Kunstsoffen BV, in Deventer, the Netherlands to Rubbermaid in 1988. That sale put his family on a path a good fortune. They made the decision to use part of their treasure to help deserving students reach their dreams through education and culture. Roelf and Fenny established Fusion Study Foundation (FSF) in India, and through this entity and collaboration with the United Way of Baroda (UWB) with the collaboration of Dhanu Patel and Shivinder Chawla of Reinhart Tecnik, they’ve effectively changed the lives of literally thousands of bright students who didn’t have the means to obtain a higher education. The lives of the selected student’s families have also been changed through the opportunities afforded their children, and over time family generations have been changed. A whole new world of hope and opportunity has opened to them that otherwise was thought not possible.

In the rotomoulding world, Roelf was known also for giving his time and talents as he mentored and trained many people going into the business. Once such person was Celal Beysal. Celal learned the basics of the technology in Roelf’s factory as his guest. Roelf had a giving heart, but also he wanted to grow the technology sector. Roelf’s life was well lived, and this is how he will be remembered.

Such a remarkable testament makes us contemplate what mark we’d like to leave on the world. What are the values that drive us and what matters? Whether it is time, talent, or treasure, we all have the capacity to give back some of what has so richly been given to us in this industry. There are many worthy endeavors going on in the rotomoulding industry. We will spend some time tracking them down and educating you, our readers, about ways we can all help.

We have included a very interesting read in this issue by Ian Hansen of RotaConsult. Ian writes about how the independent emergency medical assistance organization Doctors without Borders (MSF), that assists people in extreme circumstances throughout the world. Because in many cases they encounter problems with bacteriological issues, they’ve developed a rotomolded Mini lab to improve patient care. This exciting new and worthwhile product was designed to provide affordable, standardized clinical testing in remote, challenging, and low-resource locations.

Congratulations to Floteks Plastik in Bursa, Turkey for their R&D Center Certificate and all the good work they are doing to further the industry. Since the year 2000, Celal Beysal has been hard at work on this endeavor, and it is so nice to see it come to full fruition and innovative work being accomplished.

Here’s wishing you good health and an enjoyable rest of your summer as we get ready for a change of seasons, which for many of us, means some cooler weather.

Susan Gibson Publisher & Editor

Publisher & Editor

Susan D. Gibson President - JSJ Productions, Inc. susan@jsjproductionsinc.com

Technical Editor

Alvin Spence PhD MEng aspence@centroinc.com

Process Editor

Paul Nugent PhD MEng paul@paulnugent.com

Design Editor

Michael Paloian President - Integrated Design Systems, Inc. paloian@idsys.com

Global Contributing Editors

Celal Beysel Chairman - Floteks Plastik beysel@superonline.com

Martin Coles Matrix Polymers martin.coles@matrixpolymers.com

Adam Covington Ferry Industries acovington@ferryindustries.com

Mark Kearns Moulding Research Manager m.kearns@qub.ac.uk

Ravi Mehra Managing Director - Norstar International LLC maramehra@aol.com

Advertising and Art Production

Marketing/Advertising Director Jennifer Gibson Hebert Vice President, JSJ Productions, Inc. jennifer@jsjproductionsinc.com

Chief Art Director Anya Wilcox JSJ Productions, Inc. awilcox@designintersection.com

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Sheryl Bjorn JSJ Productions, Inc. sheryl@jsjproductionsinc.com Editing & Translations Suzanne Ketron | Oliver Wandres | Sheryl Bjorn

Website & Online Technology

Jason Cooper JSJ Productions, Inc. jason@bound.by

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