Do you have discontented workers? After discovering that nearly half of America’s workforce is job searching or keeping an eye out for new opportunities, researchers from Gallup concluded that “the great resignation is really the great discontent.” Rather than being an issue with pay or industry, the researchers said: “The pandemic changed the way people work and how they view work. … Reversing the tide in an organization requires managers…
Auto industry firms “need to anticipate and work together” to validate alternative solutions, according to Katie Roco, customer engineering director with Forvia SE’s interiors business.
The trade group representing plastic recyclers has updated information related to polyethylene film recycing.
Springfield Plastics Inc. announced that it will embark on a major growth project that will include a 63,000-square-foot expansion at its Auburn, IL, location and could lead to as many as 65 new full-time positions. Construction will begin in early 2023 with expected completion in 2024. Hiring for the 65 new positions will begin immediately. The initiative is in response to “tremendous growth” in the agricultural industry, specifically within the…
The company, with headquarters in Israel, its first commercial-scale plant being constructed in the Netherlands and plans for even more growth, has spent years developing an technology to create a unique composite thermoplastic material.
Polyolefin elastomers (POEs) are widely used as impact modifiers in automotive components such as bumpers, and the rise of alternative powertrains, in China in particular, is driving demand for lightweight solutions employing these materials. Simultaneously, competitive priorities are compelling automakers to reduce costs. A recent collaboration between polypropylene and POE supplier ExxonMobil Chemical and Chinese compounder Kingfa aims to answer these challenges. This collaboration, as well as a collective demand from…
Win Plastics Extrusion of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is set to close Aug. 31, eliminating 18 jobs.
Photo Credit: SABIC I recently had a discussion with Tommy Oh, design & engineering manager, Sensing Solutions, for Sensata Technologies Korea, which across the global Sensata enterprise provides the majority of the company’s production capacity of burn-in test socket (BiTS)—used to stress-test integrated circuit (IC) chips. Although Sensata R&D teams focused on BiTS design are located in both the U.S. and Japan, the main R&D site for BiTS is in…
At the end of a tube and pipe extrusion line lies the beginning of a plethora of opportunities to ensure product quality and reduce raw material costs, according to Sikora. And if you don’t believe the German manufacturer of auxiliary equipment, maybe you’ll be swayed by the F.A.Z.-Institut, a subsidiary of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung media group, which recently named Sikora an innovation leader in the measuring and testing category.…
Growing demand for drainage tile systems from the agricultural market is driving the need for a 63,000-square-foot addition.