North Carolina molder Bright Plastics finds success with apprenticeship program, supporting a career path that has already produced one full-time employee.As a young person who has always liked working with his hands, Phillip Fuller was looking for something other than the traditional four-year college track as his high school career was beginning to wind down.Meanwhile, molder Bright
Sept. 03--WHITSETT -- About three years ago, Garrison Weavil got wind of a deal that seemed too good to be true. A counselor at Southeast Guilford High told him that if he signed up to be an apprentice, he'd have a guaranteed full-time job -- plus benefits -- for four years. His GTCC classes would
Do you remember the first time you flew on an airplane? For 18-year-old apprentice Phillip Fuller, it was in early March 2018, when he traveled to New York City to discuss his experience in a local apprenticeship program in North Carolina ... At 16 years old, Phillip entered the apprenticeship program at Bright Plastics in
Greensboro, NC – June 6, 2017 – Bright Plastics, a custom injection molding company, has added a new, all-electric, 1550-ton molding machine to its powerhouse in the Cessna Drive Manufacturing and Logistics Hub – the company's second facility in addition to the Corporate Manufacturing Center on W. Gate City Blvd. Kirk Sparks, President of Bright
Bright Plastics, a custom injection molding company, has recently launched a brand-new website. Kirk Sparks, Bright Plastics’ President, said, "Our company is evolving quickly. We've updated our website and added fresh information to tell our customers, suppliers and target audience about our new equipment, new services, as well as the breadth and diversity of the
They may own rooms full of whirring machines, but manufacturers such as Greensboro’s Bright Plastics still have a lot in common with the smiths of pre-industrial times. That includes the need to train new generations of skilled technicians in some very specific practices and procedures. So they are turning to apprentices. Six Triad manufacturers teamed
Greensboro, NC – October 27, 2016 – Bright Plastics, a custom injection molding company, has added to its arsenal of machinery, further enhancing operations and sharing the benefit of efficiencies with customers. Bright recently purchased a Hurco® CNC machine which will allow the company to build and repair more molds in house. Bright Plastics’ Vice
Plastics processors around the country are concerned about where they're going to find the next generation of skilled workers. Too often, this can mean looking for someone to blame - public schools, community colleges, families, politicians.Read the article by Don Loepp.
Playing on the Heavy Metal theme of attracting young people to manufacturing, we turn to Greensboro, N.C. - and an impressive new county-wide apprenticeship program for high school students ... One main goal of this blog is to let readers share ideas on how to recruit the next generation of skilled plastics workers ... Read
Joe Vest and Doug Tichy, Bright Plastics' Vice President and Medical Manager, respectively, contribute to Lisa Lupo's Integrated Nation – A Special Report on Cleanroom Equipment in the March, 2016 issue of Plastics Machinery. See pages 12 – 21. Customers are pushing manufacturers to innovate and evolve, contributing to changes in clean-room equipment. The rise
