10 years, 10 influential people in plastics machinery
There are plenty of statistics to help rank the plastics industry’s place in U.S. manufacturing landscape, but it is much more interesting to look at the people who have brought the industry to where it is today and will lead it into the future.
They are owners, executives of supplier companies and processing companies, association leaders who are comfortable testifying before Congress and inventors who push the technology boundary.
The Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing editorial staff picked 10 of these people to highlight in our 10th anniversary issue. This is not a hall of fame where inductees are selected for their lifetime achievements, or a Top 10 list.
Our main criterion was each person must have made a significant contribution to the industry in the past 10 years. All but one is still working in the industry.
Is there a person you think we should cover? Let us know! Every month, we feature a notable plastics industry figure for a Q&A called In Other Words.
We hope you enjoy these stories, which will be displayed below as they publish.
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
Ron Shinn | Editor
Editor Ron Shinn is a co-founder of Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing and has been covering the plastics industry for more than 35 years. He leads the editorial team, directs coverage and sets the editorial calendar. He also writes features, including the Talking Points column and On the Factory Floor, and covers recycling and sustainability for PMM and Plastics Recycling.
Bruce Geiselman | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Bruce Geiselman covers extrusion, blow molding, additive manufacturing, automation and end markets including automotive and packaging. He also writes features, including In Other Words and Problem Solved, for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. He has extensive experience in daily and magazine journalism.
