Good morning! The PMM staff is taking some time off for the holidays, so this newsletter is a little shorter than usual.

Today, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) wraps up a busy year for its Future Leaders in Plastics program for young professionals. Conor O'Neil of OnSecurity writes about ransomware remediation in the artificial intelligence era. Flexiv has upgraded its robot programming system.

And if you missed any entries in our anniversary series looking at 10 important trends from the past decade, we've compiled them all for you.