POLYMER PROCESSING INSTITUTE ("PPI") IS A PRIVATE, NON-FOR-PROFIT NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, ESTABLISHED IN 1982. PPI WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF POLYMER PROCESSING THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PERFORMED IN THE US AND ABROAD. SIGNIFICANT REVENUES ARE RECEIVED FROM SUBCONTRACTS WITH THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ("NJIT") WHICH CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF POLYMERS AND FROM RESEARCH FEES FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES.