Fortune favors the bold
A modern Western saying derived from a Latin quote. While there is a military inference, [...]
Recent Interactions with Youth
One result of Manufacturing Month was to spend time with students talking about and showing [...]
The Work Reward Relationship
We’re told while growing up that if we work hard, we will be rewarded. As [...]
Manufacturing Month – Celebrate, Open Your Doors!
Each October we celebrate Manufacturing Month around the U.S. This year was no exception here [...]
A new playing field, worker pay is no longer vulnerable
With all the labor disputes going on, it appears that years of using hourly workers [...]
It was bound to happen, but 44 years in the making?
Having chosen small start-up company environments (versus larger corporate entities), it seems logical that similar [...]
Reshoring just got serious, (as if it wasn’t before)
The Chinese Communist Party announced in September that workers should stop using iPhones inside China’s [...]
Charity, and EOS Golf
During this "end of summer" week, PlastiCert will be sponsoring teams and donating items for [...]
PlastiCert continues to invest in itself!
Last week PlastiCert took delivery of a new Milacron 125 Ton injection molding press as [...]
Wanted: More Woman Engineers
Women in Engineering and Manufacturing I recently received an email leading to a post about [...]
When metal or basic resin, just won’t do
This week is the Fifth Annual National Composites Week. Their theme is “Composites Are Now” [...]
Life or death engineering
After writing about inspiring our next engineers, the next discussion revolves around, “what do engineers [...]
Liking where we are at
How is life in your neck of the woods? It is quite awesome here in [...]
Inspiring tomorrow’s engineers (Pt 2)
So how do we inspire kids to excel at Math and Science? There are studies [...]
Inspiring tomorrow’s engineers (Pt 1)
It’s the anniversary of the first Landing on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo [...]
Customers are everything
Duh, that is obvious. But the customer base means different things to different businesses. Customer [...]
Very Proud of Our Team!
PlastiCert was notified by Plastics Technology Magazine and Gardner Intelligence that we have been named [...]
Plans to grow? Yes but, we like being a Boutique.
A recent customer visit included the question of where will be in five years. We [...]