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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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The FLiP Files: Stephen Kutys
October 16, 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 Stephen – Steve – Kutys, sales engineer at Maguire Products in Aston, PA. The company designs and manufactures auxiliary equipment for the plastics industry – think: blender, feeder, dryer, etc. Basically, anything that prepares the materials before they’re processed. -
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The FLiP Files: Max Preston
April 20, 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 Max Preston, director of marketing and sales at Smart Attend, Inc. Smart Attend, Inc.—an offshoot of Axiom Group, Inc.—produces and installs manufacturing monitoring systems in industrial settings around the world. -
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FLiP File: Kate Hand
March 7, 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 Kate Hand, director of editorial operations at Gardner Business Media. Gardner is PLASTICS’ official media partner for the NPE show products, like the Show Daily, and produces industry publications like Plastics Technology, Additive Manufacturing Media, MoldMaking Technology and CompositesWorld. Its flagship magazine, Modern Machine Shop, celebrates 90 years in 2018 -
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FLiP File: Blake Gleaves
January 26, 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 Blake Gleaves, product manager of flexible compounds at Westlake Chemical, the most vertically integrated polyvinyl chloride (vinyl) company in the United States. Blake works in the Compounds division of the company, which focuses on the manufacture of flexible and rigid compounds that go into wire and cable, medical, pipe fittings and more. -
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The FLiP Files: Will Shurling
January 26, 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 Blake Gleaves, product manager of flexible compounds at Westlake Chemical, the most vertically integrated polyvinyl chloride (vinyl) company in the United States. Blake works in the Compounds division of the company, which focuses on the manufacture of flexible and rigid compounds that go into wire and cable, medical, pipe fittings and more. -
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The FLiP Files: Louis Lee
September 13, 2017 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 Louis Lee, international business director at ALAC International, Inc.