The plastics industry's impact on the economy: Machinery Minutes

Key takeaways on today’s Machinery Minutes podcast with PMM Editor Ron Shinn:  The plastics industry still faces headwinds, but employment is outpacing the broad manufacturing sector and the plastics industry is showing resilience in difficult times, according to the Plastics Industry Association's annual Size and Impact Report.  Sumitomo (SHI) Demag plans to discontinue hydraulic injection molding machines in an effort to improve profitability.  Paul Lloyd, president of Farrell Piomini, fell in love with the company’s giant mixing and compounding machines the first time he saw them.