Twenty-one plastics companies have been named a Best Place to Work for 2025.
The final rankings for top suppliers and processors will be announced at the Plastics News Executive Forum, March 10-12 in La Jolla, Calif. Company profiles will be published in PN's April 14 issue.
Now in its 12th year, PN's Best Places to Work special report identifies and highlights employers in the plastics industry that create a positive, engaged culture for its employees.
In alphabetical order, the companies named to the Best Places to Work 2025 list are:
• Advanced Pedestals Ltd., a custom rotational and injection molder in Gainesville, Texas.
- AM Stabilizers Corp. of Valparaiso, Ind., a maker of liquid and powder heat stabilizers for flexible and rigid PVC applications.
- Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, a manufacturer of high-performance, engineered polymers, chemically coupled polypropylene resins and purging compounds based in Fowlerville, Mich.
- Bales Metal Surface Solutions, which applies proprietary coatings and finishes to molds to prevent corrosion, abrasion and wear in Downers Grove, Ill.
- Brueckner Group USA Inc., of Dover, N.H., a plastics and fiber machinery maker.
- Colortech Inc., a color and additive concentrates maker in Morristown, Tenn.
- Demgy Chicago LLC, which specializes in thermoplastic injection molding in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
- ePlastics, a San Diego-based sheet distributor and fabricator.
- KI Industries Inc., a supplier of decorative products of Berkeley, Ill.
- KraussMaffei Corp., a manufacturer of plastics processing machines in injection molding technology, reaction process machinery and extrusion, of Florence, Ky.
- Lone Star Chemical, a family-owned plastics distributor that specializes in commodity and PLA resins in Argyle, Texas.
- MTD Micro Molding, a precision micromolder in Charlton, Mass.
- Pearl Technologies Inc., which makes components for converting and extrusion machinery, of Savannah, N.Y.
- PolySource, an engineering resins distributor in Overland Park, Kan.
- Progressive Components International Corp., a supplier of specialized mold components in Wauconda, Ill.
- Redline Plastics LLC, of Manitowoc, Wis., a rotational molder and thermoformer.
- Steinwall Inc., an injection molder based in Coon Rapids, Minn.
- Team 1 Plastics Inc., an injection molder in Albion, Mich.
- Tesco Associates Inc., an injection molder and contract manufacturer of biomedical products in Tyngsborough, Mass.
- Texas Injection Molding LLC of Houston, a custom injection molder that specializes in supplying engineering-grade plastic parts.
- US Extruders Inc., a manufacturer of custom single-screw extruders in Westerly, R.I.
The Best Places to Work program is handled by independent research partner Workforce Research Group, founded in 2021 by Peter Burke. "My team and I are taking recognizing great places to work to new levels of excellence through the creation of credible and relevant lists," Burke said.
To be eligible for the honor, companies must be publicly or privately held; be a for-profit, not-for-profit or government organization; have a physical operation in the United States or Canada; have at least 15 full- or part-time employees in the U.S. or Canada; have been in business for at least one year as of the program registration deadline; derive at least 50 percent of revenue from plastics-related operations; and be a plastics supplier or processor. Companies with 15-24 employees need an employee survey response rate of 80 percent or higher.
The two-part survey consists of an employer assessment about practices and policies and an employee feedback survey that includes employees' opinions about their workplace experience.