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Challenges kept Shah evolving at Delphi, GM Society of Plastics Engineers photo Recognized for his 30-year- plus career and numerous patents, Suresh Shah is one of 10 inductees to the 2021 Plastics Hall of Fame, presented by the Plastics Academy. Suresh Shah never really retired when he left Delphi Corp. in 2016 after a storied career in the automotive industry. "It's like I have two lives," he said. "Put it this way: One is a professional life, and the other is service to the Society [of Plastics Engineers]." Shah is one of 10 inductees to the 2021 Plastics Hall of Fame, presented by the Pl...

Hall of Fame entry adds to Prischak's legacy Plastics News photo by Don Loepp Joseph Prischak is considered the father of the plastics engineering technology program at Penn State Erie, which has produced more than 1,000 graduates and is the largest undergraduate plastics program in the country. 2021 is turning out to be a year of milestones for Joseph Prischak. First, the company he founded, Plastek Group, a major global injection molder and toolmaker based in Erie, Pa., was named Plastics News Processor of the Year. A few weeks later, he celebrated his 90th birthday. (Joe expects to see ma...

No ‘lapse of reason' for Royce Royce Chemical Co. Wylie Royce has served as the chairman of the Plastics Industry Association; treasurer of the group’s food, drug and cosmetic packaging materials committee; board member of the Foodservice Packaging Institute; and member of Health Beauty America’s Technical Advisory Board. When Wylie Royce was announced as one of the nominees for the 2020 Plastics Hall of Fame, he joked the Plastics Academy had a "momentary lapse of reason." Royce quoted the Pink Floyd song during a recent interview with Plastics News discussing his induction into the Ha...

Witherup's work ethic turned Conair international Vince Witherup photo When Vince Witherup joined Conair Group, the company was only making about $1 million a year in sales, but when he retired in 2007 it was making $160 million per year. Regardless of the clock, Vince Witherup worked. It wasn't something he dreaded, it was something called "work ethic." He learned the value of hard work early in life. From humble beginnings in Franklin, Pa., Witherup molded himself a career after working from the age of 8. He put Conair Group on the map. He served two terms as a local county commissioner. Wi...