The 2019 annual survey of compensation opens online January 15, 2019, produced by SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals, a Bethel, Connecticut-based worldwide organization of plastics professionals, and professional services firm MBS Advisors of Florence, Massachusetts. Last year, almost 2,000 participants contributed information, which resulted in findings such as these: … [Read more...] about 2019 Plastics Industry Salary Survey Open
01/2019
Carbon and Ford Expand Collaboration to Digitally Manufacture New Durable, End-Use Parts
Carbon®, a Silicon Valley, California-based digital manufacturing company, showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Company. The parts include Ford Focus HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Cooling) Lever Arm Service Parts, Ford F-150 Raptor Auxiliary Plugs for a niche market and Ford Mustang GT500 Electric Parking Brake Brackets. The … [Read more...] about Carbon and Ford Expand Collaboration to Digitally Manufacture New Durable, End-Use Parts
PMT Officially Designated as a Veteran-Owned Small Business
Plastic Molding Technology Inc. (PMT), an IATF 16949- and ISO 9001-certified manufacturer of precision-engineered, injection-molded plastic components in El Paso, Texas, has been officially verified as a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) by the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE). The VOSB designation is given to small businesses … [Read more...] about PMT Officially Designated as a Veteran-Owned Small Business
Revere Plastics Systems Acquires Operations and Assets of Sur-Flo Plastics & Engineering
Revere Plastics Systems, LLC, of Novi, Michigan, a supplier of plastic injection molded parts and assemblies, has acquired certain operations and assets of the Fraser, Michigan, facility of Sur-Flo Plastics & Engineering, Inc., a manufacturer of large tonnage plastic injection molded parts and assemblies. Revere has hired the facility’s employees and will continue to serve … [Read more...] about Revere Plastics Systems Acquires Operations and Assets of Sur-Flo Plastics & Engineering
New France and Italy Databases Available from AMI
AMI Plastics, Bristol, United Kingdom, has released two new databases that cover injection molders in France and Italy. Database research conducted by AMI on 2,000 injection molding sites in France and Italy shows that packaging is the largest end use market supplied by injection molders, accounting for 47% of polymer usage in Italy and 51% in France in 2017. The findings … [Read more...] about New France and Italy Databases Available from AMI