PolySource, Plastic Components nab Best Place to Work top spots

Independence, Mo.-based PolySource and Germantown, Wis.-based Plastic Components Inc. have taken the top spots for Plastics News' Best Places to Work list in the suppliers and processors categories, respectively. The awards were presented March 17 at the PN Executive Forum virtual edition.

Resin distributor PolySource previously ranked No. 1 in both 2017 and 2019.

PolySource pays 100 percent of premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage to employees and their dependents, a benefit especially helpful when health care costs continue to rise. The company also funds a health reimbursement arrangement for out-of-pocket expenses. After one year of employment, employees can take advantage of unlimited sick and vacation days.

PolySource said it aims to establish a culture "that truly has employees engaging in the company and has the company engaging in the lives of employees."

Custom injection molder PCI has made the Best Places to Work list every year since 2014.

PCI has been able to maintain its health insurance without any changes, including premiums. The company gives two paid days per year toward community service efforts and organizes service events. Hourly employees were allowed to sell back vacation time last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The company said the honor "beats any other recognition as it comes from the dedicated staff that PCI owes its success to."

All 16 companies will be profiled in the March 29 issue of PN. The entire Best Places to Work list in order, by category:

1. Plastic Components Inc., of Germantown, Wis., a custom injection molder.

2. MTD Micro Molding of Charlton, Mass., a specialist in injection molding and mold making for extremely small parts.

3. Diversified Plastics Inc. of Minneapolis, a custom injection molder of high-precision components.

4. Team 1 Plastics of Albion, Mich., custom injection molder.

5. Redline Plastics of Manitowoc, Wis., manufacturer of rotational molded and vacuum formed plastic products.

6. Custom injection molder Dymotek Corp. of Ellington, Conn.

1. Resin distributor PolySource of Independence, Mo.

2. ALPS Inspection of Oak Creek, Wis., designer and manufacturer of leak testing equipment for the empty plastic container industry.

3. Resin distributor Osterman & Co. of Cheshire, Conn.

4. M. Holland Co. of Northbrook, Ill., distributor of thermoplastic resins.

5. KI Industries of Berkeley, Ill., a supplier of decorative plastic parts for the appliance and automotive industries.

6. Asahi Kasei Asaclean Americas of Parsippany, N.J., manufacturer and distributor of Asaclean purging compounds.

7. Plastic distributor and fabricator ePlastics of San Diego.

8. US Extruders of Westerly, R.I., makes custom single-screw extruders.

9. Materials maker Techmer PM of Clinton, Tenn.

10. Plastics recycler West Michigan Compounding of Greenville, Mich.

The annual Best Places to Work list is managed by Harrisburg, Pa.-based Best Companies Group, an independent research firm that specializes in identifying great places to work.

To be considered for the annual list, companies must be a publicly or privately held business with a facility in the United States or Canada, have a minimum of 15 employees working in the U.S. and/or Canada, must be in business for one year and must derive at least 50 percent of revenue from plastics-related operations.