PPA Members In The News

Today is "Giving Tuesday," touted as an opportunity for shoppers to donate to charity after they've finished their Cyber Monday shopping. (Does every shopping day around Thanksgiving need a name? #Yesitdoes. It's all about social media.)

Ed Laird, PPA Member and Founder of Laird Coatings, is being honored for over 50 years of leadership and service to the Orange, CA scouting community. The Irvine Ranch park system dedicated Ed Laird Scout Camp on Nov 22, 2022. The article indicates one way that Ed has made his impact on scouting over the years.

The Chicago section of the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Chicago SPE Educational Foundation have created an endowment entitles the Patsy and Glenn L. Beall Chicago SPE Scholarship for plastics students at the Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Wendy Hoenig is Chief Marketing & Sales Officer at Peak and the article is written by Jim Callari, both members of PPA.

Plastics Pioneers Association Inc. inducted seven industry veterans as new members during the group\u0027s spring meeting April 28 to May 1 in San Diego.

On Monday, May 2, your peers, and industry professionals will come together to celebrate the positive impact of 16 well-known and respected plastics industry leaders who will be inducted into the 2021 Living and 2020 Posthumous Classes of the Plastics Hall of Fame. This year’s gala will be held at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in downtown Chicago, IL. This…

Lance Neward, a longtime plastics executive, is the newly elected president of the Plastics Pioneers Association. The PPA elected Neward at the organization's fall meeting in Syracuse, NY, on September 30. Neward has been a PPA member since 2006, serving in various positions including vice president and chairman of the Education Committee which selects PPA scholarship recipients each year. He…