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Recognition, Press & Affiliations
The credibility behind Plastic Expert Group: national media turn to our experts for plastics science, our team holds fellowships in the field's leading societies, and we help shape the very ASTM standards that govern plastic piping. One firm, one global expert team, recognized from the newsroom to the standards committee.
In the National Media
When the press needs an independent plastics authority, they call our team.
The 100,000 Women
Boston Scientific gynecological mesh, reported by Scott Pelley. CBS retained our founder as an independent plastics authority and described him on air as "a leading plastics engineer and a fellow of the American Chemical Society." The segment covered what was called the largest multi-district litigation since asbestos.
Aired May 13, 2018; updated April 17, 2019.
Watch the CBS segmentClimate Solutions
Plastic Expert Group was quoted as an independent technical authority evaluating a waste-to-plastic recycling technology.
November 18, 2019.
Read the Washington Post featureModern Styrenic Polymers (published author)
Our founder co-edited "Modern Styrenic Polymers: Polystyrenes and Styrenic Copolymers" (John Wiley & Sons, 2003), a reference text in the Wiley Series in Polymer Science.
Wiley, 2003.
View at WileyThe Scale of Our Forensic Work
Two decades of documented plastic failure analysis, from first inspection to final testimony.
Pages of documented analysis
Product types examined
Internally peer-reviewed expert reports
Manufacturers' products analyzed
Environmental stress cracking investigations
Years of forensic practice (since 2004)
Fellowships & Awards
Peer-recognized authority in the field's leading scientific societies.
SPE Fellow
Society of Plastics Engineers
2008
ACS PMSE Fellow
American Chemical Society, Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division
2001
Dow Polystyrene Lifetime Achievement Award
The Dow Chemical Company
2001
Standards Leadership
We help shape the plastics standards
Plastic Expert Group is an ASTM International Organization member. Our experts serve on three ASTM technical committees, participating across 71 subcommittees that govern the materials, test methods, and piping systems we analyze every day.
These are the same standards our team applies in forensic failure analysis and defends in deposition and at trial. Serving on the committees means we bring the standards-writer's perspective, not just the standards user's, to every plastic matter.
ASTM F17
Plastic Piping Systems
Test methods, joining, fittings, and vinyl, olefin, water, gas, and sewer piping systems.
ASTM D20
Plastics
Mechanical, thermal, and analytical test methods, thermoplastics, durability, and recycled plastics.
ASTM F50
AI in Manufacturing Systems
Data, critical requirements, and terminology, supporting our work developing AI to detect and predict plastic failures.
3
ASTM Committees (F17, D20, F50)
71
Technical Subcommittees
255+
Standards in Committee F17 alone
ASTM International Organizational Member. Membership reflects committee participation and does not imply ASTM endorsement or certification of Plastic Expert Group or its services.
Standards & Professional Roles
We do not just apply the standards. Our experts help shape them.
National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Our founder has presented at the NFPA Technical Conference.
IAPMO (International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials)
Including a personal Life Membership.
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
Society of Plastics Engineers, Failure Analysis Division
American Chemical Society (POLY and PMSE divisions)
SAE
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP)
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
Affiliations & Accreditations
Independent A2LA-accredited affiliate laboratories and the professional bodies our experts belong to and help lead.
The Team Behind the Record
Plastic Expert Group is a global expert team of senior polymer scientists and engineers including 70+ experts and affiliate specialists across 11 disciplines.
Our experts bring decades from material makers like Dow Chemical, DuPont, Bayer/Covestro, BASF, 3M, and Celanese, and from manufacturers like General Motors, IBM, John Deere, and Bridgestone/Firestone.
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