Fan Filters Reduce Dust at Toyota Material Handling
by Lara Copeland, contributing editor
Plastics Business
A typical Midwestern town, Columbus, Indiana, is known not only for its unique architecture throughout the downtown area, but...
First Quarter Gaining Momentum: 2018 Plastics Industry Outlook
by Ashley Turrell Burleson, membership, engagement and analytics manager
MAPP
Seventy-one percent of plastics processors are reporting increased sales today vs. one year ago (Chart 1),...
Five Industry Trends Affecting Plastics Processors
by Jay Smith, senior manager, and Scott Walton, COO
Harbour Results, Inc.
As plastics processors look to develop a strategic plan for 2018 and beyond, it’s...
Focusing on the Future: Empire Precision Looks to Optics Manufacturing
by Brittany Willes, contributing writer
Plastics Business
"My passion in this business has always been on the product development side," stated Empire Precision Plastics President Neal...
OEE Leads to SMART Solutions at PMC
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor
Plastics Business
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is - at its most simple - a measurement of manufacturing productivity. Developed as a...
Ransomware Attacks Kentucky’s Par 4 Plastics
by Lara Copeland, contributing editor
Plastics Business
Reveton. Bad Rabbit. Fusob. Petya. WannaCry. While some of these words seem nonsensical and others may read like a...
Tax Reform Implications for the Plastics Sector
by Michael J. Devereux II, CPA, CMP, partner
Mueller Prost
Against the odds, the Republican-led Congress and President Trump were able to pass the Tax Reform...
Ten High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Drive Higher Levels of Employee Engagement
by Curt Redden
Primal Success
We all seem to get it by now - more engaged employees perform at a higher level. The organizations that get...
The Good, Bad and Maybe Ugly Sides of the Tax Cut
by Chris Kuehl, managing director
Armada Corporate Intelligence
As readers must be aware, it is the job of the economist to point out the dark cloud...
The Path to Zero: Intertech Medical Develops Automated Work Cell
by Brittany Willes, contributing writer
Plastics Business
Integrated process control, automated quality inspection and reduction of bio-burden – that is what injection molder and contract manufacturer...
