Offering Employee Relocation Expenses
by Brittany Willes, Plastics Business
As the job market becomes ever more competitive, recruiting the most qualified employees is essential. However, those employees may not...
Association Development Provides Entrepreneurial Master Class
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
Incorporated nearly 20 years ago, in 1996, the MAPP organization actually had its start two years earlier, growing from a...
Association News
Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors
MAPP to Debut Online Resin Price Benchmarking System
MAPP is excited to announce the development of a robust online resin benchmarking...
Change and Opportunity: Focus on Four Areas to Improve
by Laurie Harbour, Harbour Results, Inc.
The 2015 calendar year certainly has started out with a bang for many processors. Business is up for most...
MAPP Survey Reports on 2015 Business Forecast
Plastics Business
Nearly 85 percent of plastics processing executives are expecting their 2015 sales trends to increase during the next 12 months, according to the...
Automotive Insert Molding Drives Growth at Microplastics, Inc.
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
Growing complexity in the automotive, medical and electronic component industries is challenging molders across the country. Microplastics, Inc., in St....
Mobile Emissions and Fuel Economy Rev Up Lightweighting Initiatives
by Suzanne Cole, Miller Cole LLC
The world is shifting into high gear on fuel economy. The US and Canada became the first countries to...
Make It Count at NPE2015
Plastics Business
Professionals from every spectrum of the plastics industry and its vertical markets will assemble in Orlando, Florida, on March 23-27 to discover the...
Designing the Perfect SMED Cart
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business
MAPP Completes SMED Cart Contest
While the contest is over, the opportunity to learn from the entrants has just begun. Too...