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Next Generation Plastics Workforce
After years of closely monitoring an increasingly worrisome labor shortage, the Plastics Industry Association’s warnings about the widening gap between the sector’s need for skilled workers and the supply of such employees have shifted to full alarm. The association calls for “collaborative response across all levels of government and all manufacturing sectors” to tackle this critical issue.
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A Processor’s Most Important Job, Part 2: Crystallinity
Process conditions help determine the difference between the maximum degree of crystallinity that can be achieved in a polymer and the degree that is present in a molded part.
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A Processor’s Most Important Job, Part 1: Molecular Weight
Many processors don’t realize that preserving material characteristics is crucial to product success and failure. The focus here is on molecular weight.
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Can Robots Bridge the Skills Gap?
Robot sales break records as manufacturers’ struggles to hire skilled workers heighten—industry watchers see a direct correlation.
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Platy Mineral Filler Does a Better Job In HFFR Cable Sheathing
Greater flame and smoke suppression, lower heat release, and a more stable char—all at an economical price.
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Boy Machines Opens New Demo & Training Facility
New, 600-ft2 demo and training facility opens with at least four machines available for customer trials.
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10 Keys to the Future of Blow Molding
From customer support and training to process simulation and impact of Industry 4.0—a blow molding machine supplier offers its take on where blow molding is headed.
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Pennsylvania Poised to Attract More Plastics Manufacturing
Keystone State boasts everything from NGL assets and new cracker plants to plastics manufacturing and educational/training resources.
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Apprenticeship Program Pays Off for Mack Molding
Eleven students have returned to the company full-time in the last two years, including five this spring.
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Extrusion Training Firm Turns Art to Science
You’ve likely heard of Scientific Molding, particularly if you are a regular reader of John Bozzelli’s monthly Injection Molding Know-How columns in Plastics Technology. Now, make way for “Scientific Extrusion.”
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