By Bill Bregar
SENIOR STAFF REPORTER
Published: September 26, 2014 10:36 am ET
Updated: September 26, 2014 10:37 am ET

Image By: McConnell Co.
Donald Hylton

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Donald Hylton, a thermoforming consultant and university researcher, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers Thermoforming Division.

Division members presented him the award Sept. 16 at a dinner held during the Thermoforming Conference in Schaumburg.

Hylton has a unique understanding of the “science of thermoforming,” said Mark Strachan, chairman of the division.

Hylton is a consultant to thermoforming with McConnell Co. As a research scientist at Clark Atlanta University, he does research in thermoforming and extrusion technology. he has given many lectures and written technical papers on thermoforming. He also wrote a book, “Understanding Plastics Testing.”