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Dec 9, 2024 | 
birketts.co.uk | Liz Stevens
The Court of Appeal has considered whether a non-unionised employer should conduct general workforce consultation in relation to small-scale redundancies involving fewer than 20 employees. De Bank Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1291 The employer (ADP) decided in May 2020 that as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic and a significant downturn in business, it needed to reduce its workforce of recruiters. Mr DBH was one of 16 people employed to recruit employees for a single client.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
uvebtech.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB TechnologyRadTech’s RadLaunch Class of 2024 included Nvirovate Materials, Inc., of Monroe, Washington. Nvirovate has developed soybean-oil-based, compostable adhesives that are UV cured.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
plasticsbusinessmag.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics BusinessThe robots aren’t coming; they already are here. Automation in the form of robotic arms has been around for decades for factory work, and autonomous mobile robots are becoming widespread in manufacturing. Humanoid robots are the next incarnation of automation and they, too, are touted as helpful additions to the plant floor workforce.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
plasticsdecorating.com | Liz Stevens |Plastics Decorating
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics DecoratingThe medical products market is a growing and ever-evolving market sector. With this growth, there continues to be opportunities for plastics molding as well as decorating of medical devices. Catering to this market, however, calls for flexibility and pinpoint accuracy in the manufacturing and decorating processes. This accuracy must be repeatable for job after job and batch after batch.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
plasticsbusinessmag.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics BusinessArtificial intelligence is on the rise, again. The discipline began in the 1950s but fell out of favor in the 1970s. In the 1980s, AI became popular again, with expert systems that contained comprehensive knowledge for fields like law and medicine. Once more, however, AI fell out of favor.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
uvebtech.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB TechnologyGirl with a Pearl Earring, the painting made by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in 1665, is a treasured artwork in the possession of the Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands. The painting, while known the world over, remains a mystery in many respects, even hundreds of years after its creation.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
uvebtech.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB TechnologyUV and, increasingly, UV LED play a role in book publishing, in the industry’s printed book sector. Like some other industries affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, print book publishing saw a rise in unit sales when people worldwide retreated from public life and subsequently ramped up their discretionary spending. Post-pandemic, print book sales have moderated somewhat but seem to have remained relatively strong.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
plasticsbusinessmag.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics BusinessThe fall tradeshow and conference season is nearly here, and there is no better time than now for plastics companies to finetune their marketing and promotion strategies for these events. Plastics Business recently talked about tradeshow and conference promotion with Sherry Cudd, advertising and marketing manager since 2015 at Chase Plastics, Clarkston, Michigan.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
plasticsbusinessmag.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics BusinessWhat if? Outside-of-the-box thinkers use a “what if?” mentality to tackle plant operation challenges. Plastics processors are an innovative bunch and it’s a good thing. Keeping a multi-service or multi-line injection molding operation humming along – with its varied work cells, machinery, processes and tasks – takes skill and experience and, sometimes, a little something more.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
uvebtech.com | Liz Stevens
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV SolutionsArtificial intelligence is on the rise, again. The discipline began in the 1950s but fell out of favor in the 1970s. In the 1980s, AI became popular again, with expert systems that contained comprehensive knowledge for fields like law and medicine. Once more, however, AI fell out of favor.
