You know what you are saying, but what are they hearing? Feedback from Students when raising awareness of Manufacturing
I look for chances to speak to students; middle school, high school and college, about [...]
PlastiCert – 2017 in Review
PlastiCert continues to be true to its company vision statement. We grew and improved our [...]
When to hire, when to automate?
There has been a great deal of talk about the resurgence, some say renaissance of [...]
Are you partnered with your injection molder at the front end also?
Many organizations talk about partnering with their supplier in the context of production supply. This [...]
Photos from PlastiCert President & Owner receiving Alumni Achievement Award
PlastiCert, a 36 year veteran of innovative and quality plastic injection molding design and manufacturing [...]
Evolving PlastiCert through Leadership
As a business owner, it is hard not to want to sit at a press, [...]
Creating the desired workplace
Having entered an era of a declining workforce, employers can no longer count on simply [...]
Reducing decisions to black and white
As a provider of highly specialized services, i.e. mold design/build and composites injection molding of [...]
Help me help them!
If you read our newsletters and my blog, you know I am a big [...]
Marketing – For coworkers
Traditionally, manufacturers utilized marketing efforts toward finding new customers. In today’s business environment, marketing tactics [...]
Never a better time to be in plastics/composites manufacturing
One of the criteria in selecting a career, whether exiting high school, technical or four [...]
Growing a workforce
PlastiCert is located in a small farming community, yet a close drive to four universities [...]
Leadership can’t be assumed when promoting “accomplished” workers.
Promoting from within is an excellent policy, and is a great reward for coworkers that [...]
Continuing to address the skills (?) gap
In parts of Greater MN, the skills gap has descended into the body gap. There [...]
PlastiCert in the news- 9th Grade Career Readiness Class
Article featured on Plastics Today website, Luring today’s high school students into manufacturing, by Clare Goldsberry. "Craig Porter, [...]
Understanding Your Competition
Here at PlastiCert, we have the same issues as any service provider in any marketplace, [...]
PlastiCert in the News- DMC – Tranforming the Region
Article written by John Weiss Originally written and published for/by Rochester Post Bulletin on April 3rd [...]
What’s the State of Manufacturing®?
Here in Minnesota we will find out soon. It’s that time of year again in [...]