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Workshop participants responded to the online survey which evaluated the Vermeer "Think Plastics" Workshop, conducted at McClarin Plastics in November 2007. All survey responses were submitted as anonymous. Responses for each survey question follow. Some general findings:

  • For all workshop items that survey respondents were asked to rank on a 1-5 scale, the average rating was 4.25
  • The most useful workshop topic, according to survey respondents, was the Design Support/Value Engineering Design & Tooling portion
  • The open-ended comments that were submitted were very positive; please see below for those comments which provide suggestions for future workshops

Question 1:

For each of the following items, please provide a rating on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest (low satisfaction) and 5 being the highest (high satisfaction):

The materials included relevant samples 4.50
The workshop material presented included useful ideas and skills. 4.36
The materials presented contained new information that will be useful in engineering responsibility. 4.29
The course held my interest. 3.86

Question 2:

The most useful workshop topics were (check all that apply):

Design Support/Value Engineering & Tooling 85.7%
Process overview 71.4%
Plastic Material Primer 28.6%
Devcon Presentation 21.4%
Senoplast Presentation 14.3%

Question 3:

If you have any additional comments about the workshop, or any suggestions for future workshops, please share your thoughts below:

  1. "Overall the workshop was great. It was just a little long and some of the information was not needed for our end. Thanks for coming."
  2. "It was all good but, the Devcon adhesive portion was Outstanding!"
  3. "From Senoplast I as the presenter would perhaps be better prepared with samples to pass around."
  4. "It was impressive to have so many representatives from not only McClarin, but from their support companies as well. It was nice to personally meet some of the people whom I had only dealt with over the phone before. Thank you for coming!"
  5. "I did not get the feeling that McClarin was familiar with all of the product lines at Vermeer. A better understanding of the products and their uses would have added credibility."
  6. "Great work!"