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At a growing number of companies, $18-an-hour starting pay is the cost of admission for getting prospective employees in the door.

At a growing number of companies, $18-an-hour starting pay is the cost of admission for getting prospective employees in the door.

5G-Campus-Netzwerk ausbauen: Mixed Reality und Echtzeit - Sensorik in der Produktion Mit dabei ist der Chemiehersteller Kuraray, der seine Stand-orte in Deutschland und Europa bereit für das 5G-Zeitalter machen will. In Troisdorf werden Polyvinylbutyral-(PVB)-Folien hergestellt, die als Zwischenlagen in anspruchsvollen Sicherheitsverglasungen für Automotive und Architektur zum Einsatz kommen. Ein Anwendungsfall, der beim Projekt getestet wird, ist ein 5G-Werkzeugkoffer, der beispielsweise aus der Ferne Wartungsarbeiten an den Produktionsanlagen oder Serviceeinsätze bei Kunststoffverarbeite...

Paulson pursued plastics from the Navy to the classroom Paulson Training Programs Inc. Don Paulson, founder of Paulson Training Programs Inc., is one of the 2021 Plastics Hall of Fame inductees. He’s being honored for his contributions to the industry, which include creating training processes for plastics. Don Paulson took some of his strategy in business from the U.S. Navy. When the captain says to be ready to leave at 0800 hours, and a machine is in need of repair, then that machine needs to be in tip-top shape and ready to go at that time, Paulson joked over a recent Zoom call.

PP prices down, other commodities up in a turbulent March Print Polypropylene was the odd resin out in March, with North American prices falling, while prices for other commodity resins in the region saw increases. PP prices fell an average of 12.5 cents per pound in March. Demand for the material remained strong across many end markets. The price decline was the result of a demand drop for propylene monomer feedstock. Propylene demand was down as many PP resin plants were struggling to come back from outages caused by Winter Storm Uri, which hit Texas in mid-February. Regional propylene mono...