by Troy Nix, MAPP Nearly nine out of 10 plastics processing executives are expecting their 2014 sales trends to increase over the next twelve months, according to MAPP's most recent survey on the state of industry's economic conditions. Up 13 percentage points from last year, this 12-month outlook is the strongest ever recorded in any of MAPP's previously published business … [Read more...] about MAPP Business Forecast Survey Shows Strong 12-Month Outlook
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Study Reveals Favorable Trends Impacting North American Processors
by Ted Morgan, Plante Moran How time flies. It wasn't too long ago that the plastics industry in North America was reeling. Plante Moran estimates that the Great Recession led to the failure of 1,000 injection molders alone. With the resurgence of manufacturing in North America in the past few years, the plastics industry has recovered quite well, as validated by the latest … [Read more...] about Study Reveals Favorable Trends Impacting North American Processors
Plastic Component Revenue Rising in Cell Phone Market
by IHS Inc. Although Apple Inc.'s iPhone line is a latecomer to the plastic party – with the company recently introducing its first polycarbonate-enclosed model – the use of plastic resin in the cell phone market already is a multi-billion-dollar business, with tremendous growth expected in the coming years. The global market for molded plastic components used in cell … [Read more...] about Plastic Component Revenue Rising in Cell Phone Market
Analysis: Expect Growth in Plastics Industry
Plastics Business A comprehensive analysis of the current and likely future state of the North American plastics industry by Plastics Custom Research Services takes a look at how businesses fared during a period book-ended by the mini-recession of 2001 and the Great Recession of 2008-2009. With the US, Canadian and Mexican economies in recovery mode, the three are … [Read more...] about Analysis: Expect Growth in Plastics Industry
Wage Survey Results Released for Plastics Processing Industry
by Marcella Kates, MAPP, Inc. MAPP recently completed the 2013 Wage and Salary Report, which has evolved over the last ten years and remains one of the very few reports completely devoted to the polymer manufacturing industry. This year's company participation grew by 20 percent over the 2011 Wage and Salary report. It contains a comprehensive analysis of more than 50 … [Read more...] about Wage Survey Results Released for Plastics Processing Industry