SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals

Empowering Plastics Professionals to Succeed.

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You can gain direct access to industry experts for the latest insights and innovations in plastics through events, workshops, webinars, and publications.

You can grow in the plastics industry through building relationships with your peers, participating in events, engaging in SPE’s online communities, and by connecting through mentorship opportunities.

Become a Leader

SPE offers pathways for you to become a leader in plastics, helping you build your network, gain industry recognition, and advance professionally.

Promote Your Business

SPE connects your business with influential industry leaders, including key decision-makers, through multiple platforms, that help strengthen your presence in the plastics industry.

Support the Industry

SPE supports the plastics industry through the SPE Foundation by funding educational programs, and providing grants and scholarships for students. SPE also supports the industry through participating in programs such as the United Nations Environment Assembly.

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SPE presents a series of presentations around diversity, equity, and inclusion in manufacturing.

The purpose of this resource center is to begin an industry-wide dialogue around DEI issues. Hear how top private and public companies are fostering DEI throughout their organizations. Learn to raise awareness, recognize personal bias, change your company’s culture, increase supplier diversity, explore the benefits of creating a more inclusive manufacturing environment, and more!

Essential Life Skills Leadership Workforce Development

Speaker Series - Essential Life Skills

This series is focused on those essential life skills that can help people (and companies) make informed decisions and how to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life and work.

Make Better Decisions with Diverse Teams

Christine Barnhart, CPIM, PMP (she/her)
VP of Product Strategy & GTM
Verusen

Who Invited You? Breaking Down Gender Biases Without an Invitation

Sarah Eckersley, PhD (she/her)
Vice President of R&D - Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructures
Dow

Women's Leadership in US Manufacturing

Cathy Nestrick (she/her)
DEI Leader / Co-Host, Parity Podcast; Former VP and General Counsel, Berry Global Group, Inc.

SPE-Inspiring Plastics Professionals

84 countries and 60k+ stakeholders strong, SPE unites plastics professionals worldwide – helping them succeed and strengthening their skills through networking, events, training, and knowledge sharing.

No matter where you work in the plastics industry value chain-whether you're a scientist, engineer, technical personnel or a senior executive-nor what your background is, education, gender, culture or age-we are here to serve you.

Our members needs are our passion. We work hard so that we can ensure that everyone has the tools necessary to meet her or his personal & professional goals.