By Lindsey Munson, editor, Plastics Business The 2024 Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Summit was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 7-8, which shared best leadership and safety practices with industry professionals and recognized companies that achieved excellence in safety techniques beyond average regulations. The Manufacturers Association for Plastics … [Read more...] about Recognizing Safety Excellence at the 2024 EHS Summit
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Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference Puts Ingenuity to Work
“Alright stop, collaborate and listen …,” boomed through the speakers and Vanilla Ice’s hit song became the entrance music for 650 manufacturing professionals to the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott’s main ballroom, kicking off the Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference. The conference was held October 2-4 and, over those three days, attendees took advantage of connecting … [Read more...] about Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference Puts Ingenuity to Work
Third-Quarter Pulse: Processors Increasingly Skeptical Going into the Home Stretch of 2024
By Andrew Carlsgaard, analytics director, MAPP After what already has been an uneven year for processors to this point, MAPP’s Quarterly Pulse Report, based on feedback from 90 processing executives, reflects an increasingly skeptical US plastics industry at the end of the third quarter of 2024. This negative trend in processors’ sentiments has continued over the past four … [Read more...] about Third-Quarter Pulse: Processors Increasingly Skeptical Going into the Home Stretch of 2024
Year-End Challenges: Inflation, Labor Shortage and Trade
By Chris Kuehl, managing director, Armada Corporate Intelligence J.K. Galbraith was a noted economist from Canada and famous for his pithy quotes. One in particular sums it up. He said, “The sole purpose of economic forecasting is to make astrology look legitimate.” It has been a rough year for those in the prognosticating business. There was an expectation of recession last … [Read more...] about Year-End Challenges: Inflation, Labor Shortage and Trade
Automation for Employee Recruitment and Retention
By Steve Bieszczat, chief marketing officer, DELMIAWorks Like manufacturing in general, plastics processing is in the midst of a generational shift where the workers who have maintained operations for decades are retiring and being replaced by newer generations that have grown up on technology. These employees want access to the latest tools and technologies to maximize … [Read more...] about Automation for Employee Recruitment and Retention