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Chase Plastics recently announced the official kick-off of its annual holiday “Giving Card” Campaign. This is the sixth year that Chase Plastics has hosted the campaign. This tradition provides the opportunity to nominate a charitable organization to receive a $1,000 donation. Entrants can nominate their favorite charity now through December 14 on the Chase Plastics website. … [Read more...] about Chase Plastics Announces Annual Giving Card Campaign

Brown Machine Group, Beaverton, Michigan, announced that it is changing its name to BMG to reflect its growth and market position as a leading global turn-key solutions provider for the plastic and paper packaging industry. Brown Machine Group was originally created with the purpose of unifying a collection of industrial brands into one family. The company has grown steadily … [Read more...] about Brown Machine Group Changes Name to BMG

A quarter of Indiana’s economic output is based in manufacturing, and the transition to becoming data-driven and using artificial intelligence holds the possibility for broad economic impact among manufacturers, who, at this point, are missing a golden opportunity and lagging behind national trends. That is the finding of a study conducted at Purdue University, West … [Read more...] about Study: Indiana Manufacturers Ready to Tackle Data, AI

Manufacturing is perpetually in search of workers – dependable, trainable people. Here are five categories of potential employees that are often overlooked. Retained workers, older workers, retired workers The no-brainer for locating good workers is to look at those already on the payroll. Two groups merit recognition and recruiting effort: workers considering a leap to a … [Read more...] about Top 5 Overlooked Groups for Workforce Development

Stout recently published Managing Director David Evatz’s Plastics Industry update report for Q3 2021. The report shares information on buyer and seller trends, end market activity, activity by process and activity by geography. Main findings of the report included a near record-breaking M&A activity thus far in 2021, which was largely driven by private equity; a … [Read more...] about Stout Publishes Plastics Industry Update Report for Q3 2021