Stanley J. Glover III, 65, the longtime director of technical sales for Zeiger Industries who also worked extensively on worldwide safety standards, passed away Oct. 2, 2026, of lymphoma.

He served as chairman of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Equipment Council and of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of ISO Technical Committee 270 (ISO/TC 270), which oversees standardization of machines used to prepare and process plastics and rubber. This work, which included developing safety standards for injection molding and extrusion machines, as well as magnetic platens, gave Glover an important voice in standardizing safety requirements and practices for processing machinery around the world.

He told Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing in 2000 that Zeiger Industries, a maker of plasticizing components based in Canton, Ohio, fully supported his involvement with PLASTICS, recognizing the impact of his international work on safety.

"I said early on that my focus was on international business and today I can say that I met one of my personal career objectives, and that was to move up through the international community and deliver something back to the United States that made our machinery industry and our processors safer," he said.

Glover was born in Rochester, N.Y. and graduated from Hiram College in Ohio with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies. After a couple of jobs selling industrial components and tool steel, he joined Zeiger Industries and attended his first meeting of the Society of the Plastics Industry — as PLASTICS was known then — in 1992.

He was soon involved with SPI’s Global Business Council and Equipment Council and five years later was drafted to work on the equipment safety standards committee.

The early safety effort was mostly writing standards to bring older processing machinery up to a safe operating condition. But eventually he played a key role in the international effort to harmonize U.S. standards with those of other countries, a significant benefit for machinery manufacturers who want to sell equipment around the world.

He was also recognized as an expert on wear and corrosion technologies in injection molding equipment.

Asked in 2000 how he would like to be remembered, he said, "As making the injection molding industry and processing community safer."

Survivors include his wife, Colleen Jeffers Glover, three children and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 17, 2026, at Pleasant Valley Church, 35500 Cadiz-Dennison Rd. Scio, Ohio, with visitation from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Harrison County Cancer Crusaders, 226 Charleston St. Cadiz, Ohio, 43907.