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For many, the plastics industry provides more than a job: it provides a lifelong career. But for some, the industry provides even more than that: it provides a way of life for generations. That is certainly the case for Caitlin DeMasellis, who grew up in a home that was the original location of her...

The FLiP Files: Steve Schlehuber His path was set.  Steve Schlehuber earned his finance degree and knew he wanted to work as a financial analyst.  But Steve earned his degree in 2006.  And just a few months after he started on his path to become a financial analyst, the recession hit.  Steve needed...

The FLiP Files: Ryan Erickson A hockey lover turned tractor designer? That may not be who you would expect to find in a plastics career, but that is how Ryan Erickson found himself in this industry. Ryan Erickson is a product design engineer at John Deere. He didn’t always know he wanted to work...

By Perc Pineda, PLASTICS Chief Economist Against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainties in the international trade outlook—from the ambiguity of the ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the governments of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, the stop-and-go trade negotiations to...

The FLiP Files: Jonathan Quinn 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 Jonathan Quinn, market development manager at...

Last week’s second estimate of the second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for the U.S. underscores the stellar performance of the economy in the first half of 2018. The household and business sectors of the economy remained upbeat as the economy’s output continued to expand. The labor market...