Plastics Program

In 2001, SCMEP launched a program to help the state's plastics sector become more competitive globally. SCMEP gathered information and input from selected companies in the plastics sector. The program has three core components that address priority needs defined by plastics firms. The program mobilizes SCMEP resources and focuses SCMEP partner capabilities to:

• Provide plastics firms that invest in their workers with customized workforce development and assure that growing plastics firms can hire well-trained, work-ready new employees.
• Deliver expert consultation on modern manufacturing technologies and quality assurance methods to progressive plastics firms that strive to succeed in competitive global markets.
• Develop a statewide infrastructure that provides plastics firms with objective, reliable expertise on informational technologies relevant to their enterprises, a suite of electronic business services appropriate to the needs of plastics firms at several stages on the learning curve, and a dedicated portal for aggressive plastics firms that seek the resources and environment that support steady development of electronic business.

If you are a member of the South Carolina plastics manufacturing community and want to play a role in the development of this program, please call John Irion, SCMEP president, at (803) 252-6976, ext. 231, or jirion@scmep.org.