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FLiP Mentorship Program
Questions?
Contact
plastics@plasticsindustry.org
for more information.
This is a mentorship program that pairs interested young professionals (under the age of 40) with more tenured plastics industry professionals in a mutually beneficial relationship.
Program Goal
To provide a way for industry members to learn more about the plastics industry, develop their professional skills and better serve within their role through the help of other more experienced and accomplished industry professionals.
Length
6 months, but hopefully forming a relationship that will last much longer.
Time commitment
About 10 hours, but it’s really up to you. Typically pairs set up a monthly call and try to meet in-person at least once.
Why participate?
Rewards for all participants include:
- Develop leadership skills
- Foster lasting friendships
- Network and community involvement
- Share mutual interests
- Sharpen communication skills
- Learn from each other and see different perspectives
- Objective feedback on skills
Learn More
Discover how future leaders are cultivated through industry mentorship.
Interested? Email Leslie Schmiesing, Manager, Business Development, lschmiesing@plasticsindustry.org by Friday, February 28th to apply.
"Those coming in need to know what made the current leaders so successful while the current leaders need to know how to pass the torch on to someone different than they are."
- Annina Donaldson, Maxi-Blast (Mentee)
"You want to take any opportunity you can to understand things from a diverse perspective."
- Maureen Steinwall, Steinwall, Inc. (Mentor)
Please note: The FLiP/PLASTICS Mentorship Program is not to be used as a recruitment nor employment tool.
More than 90 member companies have participated in the mentorship program. See a sample of the Mentor and Mentee companies and make yours be the next to join the list.
| Mentor Companies | Mentee Companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Arburg, Inc. BASF Performance Materials Bay Plastics Machinery Berry Global Group, Inc. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP Conair/IPEG, Inc. Dart Container Corp. Industrial Heater Corp. Maguire Products, Inc. Nordson Corporation Novatec, Inc. Otter Products Parkinson Technologies Inc. Ravago Americas Steinwall, Inc. US Extruders Wittmann Battenfeld, Inc. Yushin America, Inc. |
Americas Styrenics LLC Arburg, Inc. Berry Global Group, Inc. Cloeren Incorporated Eastman Chemical Company Entek Manufacturing Inc. Intertek Jarden Plastic Solutions Maxi-Blast, Inc. Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. Printpack, Inc. Sealed Air Corporation Sepro America LLC SolveTech, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company The Dow Chemical Company |