SPE-ACCE Conference will take place on 4-6 September 2019, in Novi, MI, USA. The SPE Automotive division of SPE is dedicated to recognizing and communicating technical accomplishments in all phases of new automotive plastics and plastic-based composite applications and has over 1000 members worldwide. Ours is one of 22 divisions or sections within SPE. Our charter was established on September 9, 1970 to communicate with division members as well as to industry and the public about current and developmental automotive and ground-transportation uses of polymeric materials, such as rigid and elastomeric thermoplastics and thermosets, rigid and flexible foams, composites, nanocomposites, films, and more.