Pennsylvania Plastics Manufacturing Industry: Job Forecast & Benchmarks Rose M. Baker David L. Passmore Sustainability Pennsylvania Plastics SourceNet Symposium ALLIANCES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Penn State Workforce Education & Development Initiative Rose Baker David Passmore Program Manager Workforce Assessment Center & Assistant Professor of Education Professor & Director Penn State Institute for Research in Training & Development

Today

The industry in the Pennsylvania economy

Three aspects of plastics Manufacturing within the Pennsylvania economy

Performance

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Dependency Dependency

Relative delivered price, 2007 -.08% -2.1% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

Relative costs of production, 2007 -1.4% -2.6% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

Relative cost of labor, 2007 -1.0% -1.4% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

Relative cost of fuel, 2007 PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US 4.2% 4.3% Competitiveness

Relative cost of capital, 2007 -0.8% -0.6% PA manufacturing versus entire US PA plastics manufacturing versus entire US Competitiveness

Threats & opportunities − − + +

Employment & Job Openings to 2017

Two forces create job openings

Forecasted occupational trends

Industry benchmarks

Sales

Central Lehigh Valley Luzerne & Schuylkill Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest Three Rivers, Westmoreland & Somerset Tricounty Job Change Firm Change Employment Concentration

Regional Change for Jobs and Firms TC TR,W&S C LV SW L&S NE SE NW 32521 32599 32611 32612 32613 32614 32615 32616 32619 33322 33351 42461

Location quotients

Fastest growing industry by increase in employment Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing: 19,038 jobs 325211 325991 326111 326112 326113 326121 326122 326130 326140 326150 326160 326191 326192 326199 333220 333511 $2,440,000 $3,717,000 $11,308,000 $4,585,000 $22,295,000 $357,000 $436,000 $145,000 $299,000 $334,000 $26,996,000 $2,450,000 $44,000 $36,436,000 $51,000 $65,000 $111,958,000 total plastics industry sales to the pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing industry $510,293,000,000 total Pennsylvania Gross State Product in current dollars for 2006 total Pennsylvania Gross State Product for manufacturing durable and nondurable goods $75,372,000,000 0.15% of mfg PA GDP 0.02% of total PA GDP

Largest occupations by employment Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic TC TR,W&S C LV SW L&S NE SE NW Packers and packagers, hand Team assemblers Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Machinists

Pennsylvania Plastics Manufacturing Industry: Job Forecast & Benchmarks Rose M. Baker David L. Passmore Sustainability Pennsylvania Plastics SourceNet Symposium ALLIANCES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE