For Immediate Release Contact: Michelle Paulson, Marketing Director Paulson Training Programs, Inc. Tel: +1-800-826-1901 E-Mail: michelle@paulsontraining.com 2015 Paulson Plastics Academy Registrations Up 35% over 2014 CHESTER, CT (February 2015)––Coming off a record 2014, registrations for Paulson’s Plastics Academy (PPA) certification…
We have a saying at Paulson... "Either you are going to train your employees or they are going to train themselves" So what does that really mean? The short version is that every plastics processing plant, whether injection molding, extrusion,…
By far, the #1 problem plastics manufacturers tell us they have (particularly injection molders, but the other processes as well) is that they cannot find the skilled personnel they need. That can be a huge issue for them. However, with…
Beat the Skilled Labor Shortage with a Bus? I just had to share this story from the October 27th, 2014 issue of Plastics News. You can hardly go to a plastics industry website, a plastics industry publication or a plastics…
We're just back from the 2014 edition of the MAPPs Benchmarking Conference in Indianapolis. It was another great even put on by the excellent folks at MAPP (Mid-America Plastics Processors). Troy Nix was, of course, his usual reserved, hard-to-find presence.…
Formal Training vs On-The-Job Training "Every plastics processor, injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, thermoforming and all the others, have a training program". Do you agree or disagree with the above statement? If you don't agree and think that your company…
For Immediate Release – September 15, 2014 Contact: Craig Paulson, President, Paulson Training Programs Tel: +1-800-826-1901 E-Mail: cpaulson@paulsontraining.com Paulson Training Programs is proud to announce that they will be participating in Manufacturing Day 2014 at the Toshiba Machine America facility…
McDonald's, the fast food company, has an employee turnover rate of 200% per year. Could your injection molding plant survive with that kind of turnover? For most molders the answer is "Highly Doubtful". Yet McDonald's continues to thrive year after…
Paulson Training Programs is very pleased to announce that we have been invited to be part of a panel discussion at the 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers Blow Molding Conference in Chicago October 5 - 7, 2014. The title of…
For Immediate Release – August 18, 2014 Contact: Craig Paulson, President, Paulson Training Programs Tel: +1-800-826-1901 E-Mail: cpaulson@paulsontraining.com Mr. Greg Springer, Injection Molding Instructor Northwest-Shoals Community College Tel: + 1-256-331-8088 Email: gspringer@nwscc.edu Paulson Training Begins Training Partnership with…