Plastics Business

Strategies for Today's Plastics Processors

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Champion Plastics, Crescent Industries, Viking Plastics: Automation and Lights-Out Production

By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Automation in plastics manufacturing is evolving from isolated tasks to fully integrated production strategies designed to reduce labor dependency, improve consistency and increase capacity. This article profiles three MAPP member companies – Champion Plastics, Crescent Industries and Viking Plastics – that are applying automation … [Read more...] about Champion Plastics, Crescent Industries, Viking Plastics: Automation and Lights-Out Production

AI a Growing but Underutilized Technology in the Plastics Processing Industry: 2025 AI Adoption Survey

By Andrew Carlsgaard, benchmarking and analytics director, MAPP The results of the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Adoption Survey provide a precise and nuanced portrait of how US manufacturing leaders are deploying artificial intelligence (AI), particularly among members of the Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP) and the Association for Rubber Products … [Read more...] about AI a Growing but Underutilized Technology in the Plastics Processing Industry: 2025 AI Adoption Survey

Implementing Computerized Vision Systems: Seeing Is Believing

By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Two MAPP member companies recently have implemented new technological innovations. Both companies now count on advanced vision-based technologies to give them very detailed insight into crucial elements of their operations – delivering more data points than could ever have been captured manually. The companies leveraged this data to … [Read more...] about Implementing Computerized Vision Systems: Seeing Is Believing