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Manufacturers See Wage Uptick Despite Lower Yearly Inflation: 2025 Wage and Salary Report

By Andrew Carlsgaard, analytics director, MAPP The 2025 MAPP Wage and Salary Report continues to reflect the impact of heightened inflation on wages and salaries across the US workforce. The survey results of 196 manufacturing organizations representing approximately 28,000 employees show an increasingly prevalent upward trend: 65 of the 73 industry job categories (89%) … [Read more...] about Manufacturers See Wage Uptick Despite Lower Yearly Inflation: 2025 Wage and Salary Report

Tariffs in Plastics Manufacturing: Quantifying and Mitigating Risks

By Michael Benson , Steven Simone Tariffs on imported plastics, resins, machinery, or even downstream components can disrupt a plastics manufacturer’s cost structure, profitability, and growth trajectory. As global trade tensions persist, effectively modeling and mitigating tariff exposure has become a competitive imperative. Beyond operational measures, the ability to … [Read more...] about Tariffs in Plastics Manufacturing: Quantifying and Mitigating Risks

Plastics Industry Leaders’ Forecast Improved for 2025 in Spite of Challenges to End 2024

By Andrew Carlsgaard, benchmarking and analytics director, MAPP At the beginning of 2025, the United States plastics manufacturing industry is signaling recovery and growth. After several years of new economic challenges since the onset of the pandemic, including inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions, optimism is on the horizon as the US manufacturing industry … [Read more...] about Plastics Industry Leaders’ Forecast Improved for 2025 in Spite of Challenges to End 2024

Now Comes the Hard Part… Policy Shifts with a New Administration

By Chris Kuehl, managing director, Armada Corporate Intelligence First, the good news – it now is safe to watch TV again (except for all the ads from lawyers). The campaigns are over, and choices have been made with some happy and some not-so-happy. What happens next is transitioning from promises and electioneering to policy decisions and actual governing. What is expected, … [Read more...] about Now Comes the Hard Part… Policy Shifts with a New Administration