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Lessons from some of the best places to work in the plastics industry show that some changes brought about by the pandemic are here to stay.

One thing some of the companies taking part in a panel discussion had in common was that they had changed over time to adapt to a changing market.

MTD Micro Molding CEO Gary Hulecki: People come here and they get to have their own entrepreneurship in the company — they follow the company goals, but do their job with their style and creativity, without micromanagement.

Gary Hulecki had been leading MTD daily operations for years when company President Dennis Tully died unexpectedly in 2019. Hulecki jumped into action to keep the company on course.

The five Business Leaders of the Year have committed themselves to excellence, elevating their companies and their communities to levels not possible without their involvement.

What started 50 years ago as a small tool and die shop has grown into a global leader of a niche industry that didn’t even exist at the time.

Cheyenne Frost, 25, Document Control Specialist/QMS Technician, MTD Micro Molding.

MTD Micro Molding, a Charlton plastic injection molding service specializing in medical devices, named Gary Hulecki as CEO after he previously led the company under the title executive vice president. The CEO position had been left vacant following the death of the company's previous leader. Hulecki, who has served the company for 19 years, has been integral to the company’s operational processes, policies, and systems, according to a written statement by the company.

MTD Micro Molding celebrated the grand opening of its expanded medical micro injection molding facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 27.

Micromolded bioabsorbable fixation suture pictured atop a dime Medical molders are seeing demand and supply chain trends shift again following the COVID-19 pandemics impact on the health care industry and consumers behavior over the last year. After Vermont-based GW Plastics Inc.s medical device production volume was negatively impacted due to elective surgeries being deferred last year, President and CEO Brenan Riehl told Plastics News, "hospitals learned how to treat patients safely during t...