by Laurie Harbour, president and CEO, Harbour Results, Inc. In 2020, if processors asked, “What would the state of the plastics industry be in 2021?” the sentiment would have been pessimistic. Many predicted the COVID-19-spurred recession to last 12 to 18 months and shutdowns and drop in consumer spending would result in many distressed businesses and industries. Business … [Read more...] about State of the Plastics Industry: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Thunderstorms
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Sales Strategies to Attract New Business
by Todd M. Zielinski, CEO, and Lisa Benson, senior marketing content consultant, Athena SWC In early 2020, when business-as-usual became a highly unusual labyrinth of challenges, rarely used words like essential, social distancing, quarantine and lockdown made headlines and littered everyday conversations. Not only did our vernacular change overnight, but the way we interact … [Read more...] about Sales Strategies to Attract New Business
2021 MAPP Benchmarking & Best Practices Conference
By Dianna Brodine, managing editor, Plastics Business Just a few minutes into the opening of the 2021 Benchmarking & Best Practices Conference, a shout interrupted MAPP Executive Director Troy Nix. “We are back!” The source was Tim Capps, MAPP Board of Directors’ president and president of Par 4 Plastics, and the sentiment was echoed by the attendees who gathered in … [Read more...] about 2021 MAPP Benchmarking & Best Practices Conference
Association News: 2021 Issue 4
Plastics Business Welcome New MAPP Partners Beaumont Technologies Inc. Globeius Helping Hands Hyrobotics Mantle Notiphy Purgex Slide Products SSR MAPP Plant Tour Event – Save the Date Join other MAPP members at the first plant tour of the year, at PCI of North Carolina in February 2022. The focus will be on value-add, since today customers are … [Read more...] about Association News: 2021 Issue 4
What Processors Can Do to Maintain a Healthy Flow in Their Resin Supply Chain
by Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business As 2021 comes to a close, plastics manufacturers are facing enormous pressures. An increased demand for their products is crashing head-on into the lingering worker shortage and a relatively new but crippling resin supply chain crunch. Processors have struggled for some time to find trained workers during a period when fewer workers … [Read more...] about What Processors Can Do to Maintain a Healthy Flow in Their Resin Supply Chain