Managing the Supply Chain Squeeze
by Laurie Harbour
Harbour Results, Inc.
Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, and for the plastics processor it can be...
Association Reaches 20-Year Milestone
In the early 1990s, a small group of plastics processors began gathering in a hotel meeting room in Indiana with the goal of making...
Building a Successful Material-Handling System
by Doug Brewster, conveying product manager
Conair
Materials represent the single largest expense in most facilities. In today's world, having a reliable resin-handling system is as...
Challenges in Plastics Industry Education
by Nancy Cates, contributing writer
Plastics Business
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan
Program enrollment: approximately 215
Degrees offered: BS in plastics engineering technology; AAS in plastics and polymer...
Outlook: Shifting from Populism to Pragmatism
by Chris Kuehl, managing director
Armada Corporate Intelligence
The Trump campaign was a mystery from the very beginning. Pundits did not give this effort much of...
Shedding Light on Mid-Process Quality Control
by Lara Copeland, contributing editor
Plastics Business
In operation since 1979, custom injection molder PRD, Inc., Springville, Indiana, is known worldwide for its molding components used...
3D Printing Takes on a New Shape
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor
Plastics Business
Even as resin development takes a step forward, 3D-printed objects still have inherent structural flaws because of the layered...
Applying the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 in the Plastics Sector
by Steve Bieszczat, chief marketing officer
IQMS
Everyone is talking about the promise of the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the related concept of Industry...
Association News
MAPP Offers Strategic Benchmarking Information
The MAPP organization continues to improve its focus on providing members with relevant, information-based reports and handbooks. These benchmarking documents...
Augmented Reality: Catch Customers, Not Pokemon
by Linda Mallwitz, marketing director
Vive
We are submerged in the technology era, in which consumers are anxiously awaiting the next innovative gadget. It is a...
