This document summarizes a report on the plastics manufacturing industry in Pennsylvania. It finds that plastics manufacturing has higher costs of production, labor, fuel, and capital compared to overall US manufacturing. The report forecasts job openings and growth in the plastics industry through 2017. The largest occupations in plastics manufacturing are molding, packing, assembly, and machining jobs. Regional growth is also examined.

1. Rose M. Baker David L. Passmore Sponsored by Pennsylvania Plastics Manufacturing Industry: Job Forecasts & Benchmarks

2. Penn State Workforce Education & Development Initiative Rose Baker David Passmore Program Manager Workforce Assessment Center & Assistant Professor of Education Professor & Director Penn State Institute for Research in Training & Development

3. Today

4. The industry in the Pennsylvania economy

5. Three aspects of plastics manufacturing within the Pennsylvania economy

6. Performance

7. Performance

8. Performance

9. Performance

10. Performance

11. Performance

12. Performance

13. Dependency Dependency

14. Relative delivered price, 2007 -.08% -2.1% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

15. Relative cost of production, 2007 -1.4% -2.6% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

16. Relative cost of labor, 2007 -1.0% -1.4% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

17. Relative cost of fuel, 2007 PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US 4.2% 4.3% Competitiveness

18. Relative cost of capital, 2007 -0.8% -0.6% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

19. Threats & opportunities − − + +

20. Employment & Job Openings to 2017

21. Two forces create job openings

22. Forecasted occupational trends

23. Industry benchmarks

24. Sales

25. Central Lehigh Valley Luzerne & Schuylkill Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest Three Rivers, Westmoreland & Somerset Tricounty Job Change Firm Change Employment Concentration

26. Regional Change for Jobs and Firms TC TR,W&S C LV SW L&S NE SE NW 32521 32599 32611 32612 32613 32614 32615 32616 32619 33322 33351 42461

27. Location quotients

28. Fastest growing industry by increase in employment Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing: 19,038 jobs 325211 325991 326111 326112 326113 326121 326122 326130 326140 326150 326160 326191 326192 326199 333220 333511 $2,440,000 $3,717,000 $11,308,000 $4,585,000 $22,295,000 $357,000 $436,000 $145,000 $299,000 $334,000 $26,996,000 $2,450,000 $44,000 $36,436,000 $51,000 $65,000 $111,958,000 total plastics industry sales to the pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing industry $510,293,000,000 total Pennsylvania Gross State Product in current dollars for 2006 total Pennsylvania Gross State Product for manufacturing durable and nondurable goods $75,372,000,000 0.15% of mfg PA GDP 0.02% of total PA GDP

29. Largest occupations by employment Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic TC TR,W&S C LV SW L&S NE SE NW Packers and packagers, hand Team assemblers Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Machinists

30. Rose M. Baker David L. Passmore Sponsored by Pennsylvania Plastics Manufacturing Industry: Job Forecasts & Benchmarks