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“Manufacturing demand is not really the problem; employment is not the issue; it’s the ability to meet that demand.” That viewpoint courtesy of Chad Moutray, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM), speaking during MachineMetrics “2021 State of the Industry: A Year in Review” webinar. Moutray, who presented along with Jerry Foster, CTO and cofounder Plex Systems and Bill Bither, CEO and co founder MachineMetrics, said that manufacturers…

Mexico-based petrochemical company Alpek announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Octal Holding for $620 million. A global supplier of PTA, PET, and EPS and the largest recycled PET (rPET) producer in the Americas, Alpek said that this acquisition “forward-integrates Alpek into the high-value PET sheet business segment, closes the gap toward achieving its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, and enhances its ability to serve its customers’…

Management is such a juggling act. If we managers didn’t have any employees, our jobs would be a breeze. The environment of economic class plays a huge role in the success of the employees we supervise and manage. Employees living in daily instability—meaning they don’t have enough resources for the day, let alone tomorrow—come to work worrying about paying the rent, not getting evicted, having enough gas in the car,…

Have you ever experienced the stress-inducing feeling known as FOMO? That’s the Fear of Missing Out, which can also be a problem in the hectic, fast-paced world of plastics. However, we offer you a solution: this slideshow gallery that reviews the five articles of January that drew the most attention based on PlasticsToday website metrics for page views. It indicates what on-trend topics the industry is keen to read. If…