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Plymouth
Foam Sculpting
Contest
This past December, Plymouth Foam instituted the first ever
EPS Foam Sculpting Competition. The event took place at the
WinterFest in Milwaukee, WI; a seasonal family-friendly festival
and carnival. Plymouth Foam organized the event in conjunction
with Allan Haas and Don Berg, who have promoted sculpting
events for 20 years and recently began using EPS as a medium
for indoor events. During a tour of Plymouth Foam's molding
facility with CEO Dave Bolland, they were inspired when they
saw large billets of EPS foam rolling down the conveyor belt,
and realized they would be an interesting artistic medium. This
led to the foundation of EPS 3D Art International, the company
through which they promote EPS sculpting competitions
in tandem with Plymouth Foam. Six professional sculptors
submitted entries, which they crafted from 3 ft. by 6 ft. blocks
of EPS donated by Plymouth Foam. The artists were instructed
to produce sculptures based on a wintertime theme. A check
for $1,000 was presented to Scott Andrews, the winner of
the competition, for his submission titled "Jack Frost." Many
other amateur submissions carved from 14" cube blocks (also
provided by Plymouth Foam) were received from high schools
and colleges around Milwaukee. The winner from the amateur
category was presented a check for $250. Several of the
amateur submissions were displayed at the 2013 EPS EXPO in
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EPS-IA Member Companies
ACH Foam Technologies
ADLAM Films LLC
AFM Corporation
Airlite Plastics Co./Fox Blocks
APTCO, LLC
Aqua-Pak Styro Containers Ltd.
Armstrong Brands, Inc.
Atlas EPS, A Division of Atlas Roofing
BASF Corporation
Beaver Plastics Ltd.
BuildBlock Building Systems, LLC
Cellofoam North America, Inc.
Concrete Block Insulating Systems, Inc.
DiversiFoam Products
Drew Foam Companies, Inc.
Evergreen Chemicals USA, Inc.
Flint Hills Resources, LP
FMI-EPS, LLC
Foam Equipment & Consulting Co.
Foam Fabricators, Inc.
Fransyl LTD
Georgia Foam Inc./ Mid-Atlantic Foam
Groupe Isolofoam
HIRSCH Americas, LTD
Houston Foam Plastics
Huaxinxing Mould Co., Ltd
Huntington Foam LLC
InSoFast, LLC
Insulation Corporation of America
Insulation Technology, Inc.
Insulfoam LLC
KBM ApS
Kurtz ERSA
Lanxess Corporation
Le Groupe LegerLite, Inc.
Lifoam Industries
Logix ICF Ltd.
Mansonville Plastics(BC)Ltd./First Choice
Manufacturing
MODIX Corporation
Nexkemia Petrochemicals Inc.
Northwest Foam Products
NOVA Chemicals, Inc.
Nudura Corporation
OPCO, Inc.
Plasti-Fab Ltd.
Plymouth Foam Inc.
Polar Industries, Inc.
Polyfoam Corporation
Polyform Inc.
Polymos Inc.
Progressive Foam Technologies, Inc.
ProWall Building Products
Quad-Lock
RAPAC, LP
RecycleTech Corp.
Riemschneider Recycling & Plastics, Inc.
Sebright Products, Inc.
Shelter Enterprises, Inc.
Solid Green Systems
Sonoco Protective Solutions
Takashima U.S.A., Inc.
TEC Associates
Therma Foam, LP
Thermal Foams, Inc.
Truefoam Limited
Versa-Tech, Inc.
Zimmermann Management Solutions, LLC
Published by EPS Industry Alliance | ©EPS-IA 2013
