{"id":6018,"date":"2026-09-28T20:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/?page_id=6018"},"modified":"2026-09-29T20:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:19:40","slug":"mark-haynie-novatec-knowledge-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/mark-haynie-novatec-knowledge-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Haynie | Novatec Knowledge Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6018\" class=\"elementor elementor-6018\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002f517 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"002f517\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83ac6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"83ac6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"5946\" class=\"elementor elementor-5946\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac2ce0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ac2ce0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4853d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4853d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mark-haynie-studio-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-5924\" alt=\"Mark Haynie, Novatec resin drying expert\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e7ff1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23e7ff1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04137fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04137fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novatec.com\/knowledge-center\/novatec-expert-author-panel\/#mark-haynie\">Mark Haynie<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7dfce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d7dfce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice President of Moisture &amp; Drying Technologies, Novatec<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9ecb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f9ecb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mark Haynie has designed and installed resin drying systems for more than 40 years, working in thousands of plastics plants across the industry. 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