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# SPE Notice to Councilors

**Official notice to all SPE Members**

Published in *Plastics Engineering*  
 The official publication of SPE

January 14th, 2026

This notice is made by the SPE Board of Directors to the SPE Council as required by Section 17.5.1.7 of the SPE Bylaws.

In September 2025, the SPE Board of Directors determined that a full integration of SPE with the Plastics Industry Association (“Integration”) is in the best interest of SPE, its members and the industry and authorized the execution of an Asset Transfer Agreement in order to finalize the Integration.

Section 17.5 of the SPE Bylaws provides that the SPE Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the SPE Bylaws. In order to implement the Integration and to ensure business continuity by minimizing any significant future operational disruptions related to the Integration, the SPE Board of Directors, in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 17.5 and its subsections, temporarily suspended the following provisions of the SPE Bylaws:

- 17.1.2
- 17.1.3
- 17.1.4.1
- 17.1.4.1.1
- 17.4, in its entirety

The temporary suspension of these provisions of the SPE Bylaws will be in effect from December 31, 2025, until December 30, 2026.

Respectfully submitted, on behalf of the SPE Board of Directors.

**Patrick Farrey**

SPE Chief Staff Executive

By **[Plastics Engineering](https://www.plasticsengineering.org/author/pe-anonymous/)** | January 14, 2026

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