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      Future Leaders

      Plastics industry “gives you a lot of opportunities if you are prepared for them.”

      September 9, 2019 The FLiP Files is a blog series spotlighting young professionals who are active in PLASTICS' Future Leaders in Plastics (FLiP), a group for plastics professionals under the age of 40. For this FLiP File, we spoke with Ryan Erickson, a product design engineer at John Deere, about his experience working in the plastics industry.

    • Industry News

      Softer Inflation and What It Means for Plastics

      April 5, 2019 The first two months of 2019 showed softer U.S. inflation. By and large, the monthly dips and rises in plastics price indices vary by materials and products, and only swing within a narrow band, suggesting the underlying trend of prices in the U.S. remains stable, and supportive of a growing economy.

    • Advocacy

      Why You Need to Be at This Year's Fly-In

      February 26, 2019 Since January, House Democrats are now in charge of the agenda on one side of Capitol Hill, and there are more than 110 new members in both the House and the Senate. That means almost a quarter of our federally elected officials have not heard from our industry and what is important to us.
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      Industry News

      In Memoriam of Our President & CEO Bill Carteaux

      December 12, 2018 On December 10, 2018 we lost an incredible leader, colleague and friend. Our President & CEO Bill Carteaux passed away due to complications from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the disease he had been fighting with determination and courage.

    • Future Leaders

      The FLiP Files: Kristina Corona

      December 12, 2018 For this FLiP File, we spoke to Kristina Corona, sales project coordinator at ENTEK, a company that manufacturers extruders –the machinery used to make plastic pellets and sheets that are eventually transformed into new plastic products.

    • Future Leaders

      The FLiP Files: Tom McGwire

      October 23, 2018 The FLiP Files is a blog series spotlighting young professionals who are active in PLASTICS' Future Leaders in Plastics (FLiP), a group for plastics professionals under the age of 40.  For this FLiP File, we spoke to Tom McGwire, product manager at Industrial Heater Corp. The company is most widely-known for – you guessed it – industrial heaters! The heaters are used for applications ranging from extrusion to perfume manufacturing and nuclear waste disposal.  Read on to learn more about what makes Tom excited about the industry.