by MAPP, Inc. 2014 Wage and Salary Report Now Available MAPP is pleased to announce the 2014 Wage and Salary Report now is available for purchase at www.mappinc.com. This report consists of a comprehensive analysis of well over 50 different job classifications from plastics manufacturing companies that serve a variety of end-use markets. This report has been compiled from … [Read more...] about Association News
2014 Summer
Bhar, Inc.: Driving its Own Recovery
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Business In July 2009, Fort Wayne, IN, had lost 8,900 manufacturing jobs in its metropolitan area to the recession. Bhar, Inc. was one of many local companies headed into trouble, and the company's leadership team knew it. The injection molder was heavily invested in the automotive market, and it had only one primary client. Sales dropped from … [Read more...] about Bhar, Inc.: Driving its Own Recovery
MAPP Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference
Plastics Business The annual Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference, sponsored by the Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors, is a no-nonsense business exchange designed to provide profit-impacting information to senior executives in the plastics manufacturing industry. This year's conference will take place Oct. 16-17 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis, … [Read more...] about MAPP Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference
Goal-Setting Tactics: You’ve Gotta Define Success Before You Can Design It
by Jack Daly Identify "where you are" – the baseline. You can't begin moving in the right direction until you knows where you are at the present. An effective analogy is to imagine wanting to travel coast to coast. If you didn't know which coast you were starting from, the journey could be a long and wet one as you started out with just a destination in mind. As well, knowing … [Read more...] about Goal-Setting Tactics: You’ve Gotta Define Success Before You Can Design It
Plastics Bonding Design Considerations for Processors
by Andrew Scott, Henkel Corporation Today's production world constantly is looking to streamline production and create more reliable assemblies with faster and easier methods. Adhesives successfully have been used to displace solvent welding in the plastics industry. The most common bonding applications using plastics range from delicate medical components to heavy industrial … [Read more...] about Plastics Bonding Design Considerations for Processors