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It’s Not Just a Skills Gap. It’s a Knowledge Gap.
By David Hoffman, Jaemin Aoh and Nora Ganzil, AIM Institute If a room of manufacturing leaders is asked to name their biggest business challenge, workforce development almost always tops the…
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Not as Bad as Feared but Challenges Still Loom
By Chris Kuehl, managing director, Armada Corporate Intelligence It is an old saying, but it remains quite accurate: “Life is what happens when one is making other plans.” The economic…
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Automation on the Injection Molding Floor: A Practical Guide to Higher Efficiency
By Eric Smith, senior sales and automation specialist, QSI Automation Labor shortages may have driven the first wave of automation investments in plastics manufacturing, but today’s competitive pressures demand much…
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Benefits That Matter: A Q&A on Redefining Employee Experience
By Lindsey Munson, managing editor, Plastics Business With the plastics industry shifting toward advanced equipment, automation and technologies in recent years, companies continue to recognize that their greatest asset and…
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Plastics Business Celebrates 20 Years
Those who know me well have probably heard me tell two stories about the early days of Plastics Business magazine
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Understanding Today’s Volatile Economy
The textbook definition of volatile says it all: “likely to change rapidly and unpredictably – especially for the worse.” It has been a volatile year, and so was last year…
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Tame Out-of-Control Mold Storage with Engineered Racks and Cranes
One of the pillars of efficient, productive injection molding operations is the orderly and safe storage of all those intricate and expensive molds.
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Creating Clarity: The Importance of Defining the Ideal Customer
By Shelly Otenbaker, president, WayPoint Marketing Communications In today’s plastics processing landscape, activity is not the same as progress. Injection molders and their suppliers are investing more than ever in…
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Plastics Business Celebrates 20 Years

Understanding Today’s Volatile Economy

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Plastics Business is a quarterly magazine with a distribution of 12,500, targeting the plastics processing business executive. It is distributed to corporate management as well as plant and production managers involved with all types of plastics processing and manufacturing, primarily in the United States.

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