Chase Plastics News

A newcomer to Plastics News’ Best Places to Work ranking takes the top spot this year: resin distributor Chase Plastic Services Inc. of Clarkston, Mich. When husband-and-wife team Kevin and Carole Chase founded the company almost 24 years ago, “neither of us knew what we were doing,” Kevin Chase said in a recent phone interview. […]

Detroit — For the third year, Plastics News has named the 15 best places to work in the plastics industry. This year, Chase Plastic Services Inc. of Clarkston, Mich., tops the list. Profiles of the top 15 companies will be posted online all this week, although if you want an overview of the top companies, […]

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Clarkston-based Chase Plastics, a distributor of more than 6,400 specialty, engineering and commodity thermoplastics, announced it was named No. 1 in Plastics News’ “Best Places to Work” program. “Being named the plastics industry’s best place to work atop a list of world-class organizations that continue to lead our industry — and global economy — is […]

Two U.S.-based resin distributors are pleased with early results from their new Mexican operations, while another is expanding its presence in the country. In May, M. Holland Co. of Northbrook, Ill., formed a partnership with resin and chemical supplier Grupo Solquim of Mexico City. That partnership now operates as M. Holland Latinoamérica. Osterman & Co. […]

Naples, Fla. — Tom Duffey says you can’t just put a help wanted ad in the local paper to find new talent — you have to go out and find potential employees since a lot of the good people are already employed. Duffey, president of Plastic Components Inc., a custom injection molder in Germantown, Wis., […]

One of the highlights at our Executive Forum is the ceremony where we announce the 15 best places to work in the plastics industry. It’s an award we started three years ago, and it’s open to plastics processors and suppliers. We have a feature on the “best places” companies on Page 15 of this issue, […]

Please join Chase Plastics in welcoming Chris Baker to our sales team serving Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Sonora, Mexico. Chris is based in Mesa, Arizona, and has a wide range of field expertise in all aspects of plastics molding, specifically in the medical market. “I’ve known Chris for four years, working closely with him […]

How do you justify a robust travel budget? Can’t you do the same thing with conference calls or Skype? Not really. As this credit management veteran shows there’s nothing quite like personal visits for solving problems with struggling customers and building volume with stronger ones. For her first 12 years heading up the Chase Plastic […]

Please join Chase Plastics in welcoming Ryan Williamson to our sales team serving North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Ryan started his career with Chase Plastics as a sales intern at our corporate headquarters in Clarkston, Michigan, gaining extensive knowledge by working in cross-functional departments such as customer service, sales, credit and logistics. “This is a […]