It was finals week when Plastics Technology caught up with Robert Malloy, now a professor emeritus at
UMass Lowell's Plastics Engineering program. The former department head's time on campus at one of
the nation's preeminent plastics programs goes back to the 1970s as a student. He offered his views
on where plastics education and workforce development have been and where they're headed.
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This May, the plastics processing world will shift its focus
to Orlando and NPE 2018, where all along the aisles of the
massive event, attendees can be sure to see and hear all about
Industry 4.0. Executive Editor Matt Naitove offers a preview of
next-generation plastics processing with an automation slant.
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