In Other Words: Talking with 12 plastics industry professionals

Learn how they got into the business, what motivates them and how they want to be remembered.

In our monthly "In Other Words" profiles, readers learn about the accomplishments, goals and future plans of some of the plastics industry's leaders and influencers.

Here we've compiled a slideshow of the 12 people we featured over the past year, including Jim Healy, who is retiring from Sepro; Silcotech's leaders Michael Maloney and Isolde Boettger, a couple who are linked professionally and personally; and Brandon Birchmeier, a YouTube injection molding guru.

About the Author

Karen Hanna

Senior Staff Reporter

Former Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covered injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. 

Bruce Geiselman

Lead Reporter

Senior Reporter Bruce Geiselman covers plastics processing technologies and end markets including automotive and packaging. He also writes features, including In Other Words and Problem Solved, for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing and The Journal of Blow Molding. He has decades of experience in daily and magazine journalism, including eight years at PMM, and is the recipient of a Jesse H. Neal Award, among other recognitions.

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