Marilyn Bakker 1993-1998 Editor/publisher Bottlemaking Technology and Market News, a bi-monthly newsletter about plastic bottles and competing containers. 1984-1992 As Technology Forecast, researched and published multiclient studies on packaging subjects: The Competitive Position of the Steel Food Can, and Plastic Bottles, Jars, and Cans. 1984-86 Editor-in-Chief, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 1st edition. Also: author, Engineering Plastics, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 3rd edition.

The more-distant past:

1955: B.A. Bacteriology, Indiana University 1955-57: Indiana University Medical School, laboratory teaching assistant 1957-59: Marriage and residence in Holland. 1965-1971: Editor of Netherlands-American Trade, monthly publication of the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce. Four years USA-based, two years in Holland. 1975: M.S. Elementary Education, Western Connecticut State College. 1976-81: Business Communications Company, Director of Plastics Research. 1981-1983: Sabre Associates Inc. Research affiliate.

Research studies

1984-1992: Technology Forecast, Current Issues in Packaging series The Competitive Position of the Steel Food Can (1984, 1988) Plastic Bottles, Jars, and Cans (1985, 1988, 1992).

1976-81: Business Communications Company Sole responsibility for multiple reports on Blow Molding (plastic bottles), as well as others in packaging and inter-materials competition: Plastic Films: Winds of Change in the Industry, Plastics vs Paper, Plastics vs Paperboard, Thinwall Injection Molding vs Solid-Phase Pressure Forming, Plastics Sheet as a Substitute for Flat Glass, Competition and Substitution between Plastics, and Resin Switching. Other projects related to processing technologies: Structural Foam Molding, Reaction Injection Molding. In the high-performance category, studies on Engineering Thermoplastics, High-Temperature Thermoplastics, and Advanced Composites. Other plastics studies included Plastics in Distribution Packaging and Plastics in Appliances.

1981-1983: Sabre Associates Inc. Sole author of multiclient studies on Plastic Bottles, and Heat-Resistant Plastics. Participant in studies on Tamper-Evident Packaging and Engineering Elastomers.

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