This event is designed to facilitate best practice sharing, build leadership skills and give attendees practical and innovative solutions to their largest safety challenges. Visit www. mappinc.com to learn more about this event and register.
MAPP Best Practices Awards Submission Deadlines Announced Awards season has arrived, and MAPP has recently announced the schedule for its annual Best Practices Awards Series. Each year, MAPP celebrates innovative practices across all areas of plastics manufacturing. Hard work and commitment always are crucial to success, but being competitive means working smart. Across the hundreds of MAPP member companies, there are stories about small improvements that are implemented on factory floors by employees who make their work faster, safer and more efficient. To celebrate that commitment to innovation, MAPP instituted its annual Best Practices Awards series, dedicated to honoring companies that are doing the “small” things that it takes to get ahead in an increasingly competitive marketplace and elevate the industry as a whole.
resolution and surface finish from a pool of resin in a process that eliminates the shortcomings of conventional 3D printing. From aerospace, automotive, electronics, industrial components and highly customizable medical devices, Carbon makes it possible for creators to design the parts and products of the future. Carbon is pleased to offer a $500 resin credit to all MAPP Members. Operator and Entry-Level Employee Training – a MAPP YP Project As part of its founding mission, MAPP’s Young Professionals Network is working on its first annual project. Each year, the Young Professionals Network is charged with developing and delivering a project that positively impacts MAPP members and/or the industry as a whole. This year’s project focuses on operator and entry-level employee training. The project, with a planned release date of October 2018, will include a structured outline for the skills new operators and entry-level employees need to be successful. This outline also will include specific topics and curated resources available exclusively for MAPP members on the MAPP website. page 34 u My accountant found a way to get tax credits for research and experimentation. That’s more than accounting.
n Safety Best Practices Awards • Accepting submissions through May 25, 2018 n Innovation Award • Accepting submissions June 25 through July 31, 2018 n Educational Outreach Award • Accepting submissions Aug. 13 through Sept. 7, 2018
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For more information about these awards, visit www. mappinc.com/resources. MAPP Introduces New Cost-Reduction Program MAPP is excited to welcome Carbon into the MAPP organization. Carbon works at the intersection of hardware, software and materials to empower manufacturers and producers to evolve beyond basic prototyping to producing digital 3D manufacturing at scale by revolutionizing how they design, engineer, make and deliver their products. Carbon hopes to educate members on their technology and to provide them with new revenue opportunities though tool-less end-use production parts. Carbon makes this vision possible by combining engineering-grade materials with exceptional
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