It is with great sadness to announce the passing of our dear friend and SPE Board member, Peter F Grelle. He has been an intricate part of the Injection Molding Division for many years and his energy and enthusiasm will be greatly missed all of us at SPE.
Peter F. Grelle has been employed in the plastics industry for more than forty-five (45) years. He is currently owner/president of Plastics Fundamentals Group LLC, a company specializing in training, and an adjunct instructor in the Plastics Technology Program at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI. He was employed nearly twenty (20) years with the Dow Chemical Company, and prior to Dow was employed by the Monsanto Company, the Winchester Group of Olin Corporation, and Wellman Inc. Plastics Division. Peter received his B.S. in Plastics Technology from Lowell Technological Institute, and his M.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Peter has received four Best Paper Awards from the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) Structural Plastics Division, the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Injection Molding Division, and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He is also the recipient of the 2000 Engineer of the Year Award from the Injection Molding Division of the SPE, the 2001 SPI Structural Plastics Division Industry Recognition Award, the 2006 SPE Honored Service Award, the 2015 SPE Detroit Section Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2019 SPE Detroit Section Outstanding Member Award.
From 2013-2014, he was president of the SPE Detroit Section and currently serves as a Director and Awards Chairperson on the SPE Detroit Michigan Section Board of Directors. Peter has served on the SPE Injection Molding Division Board of Directors (BOD) since 1991 and is a past Chairperson and currently Technical Director. Peter was also a Director on the SPE Rochester, New York Section BOD from 1993 to 1996.
He will always be remembered.
