Plastics Training Academy
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WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
The Plastics Training Academy offers workshops and seminars developed to meet the plastics industry's twenty-first century skill building needs.
If there is a topic of interest that is not currently scheduled, we can bring it to your site and customize a program to meet your organization's training needs. Follow this link to learn about all of our training programs and call us today.
PLASTICS TRAINING INSTRUCTORS
Our short-term workshops and seminars offer you access to industry-seasoned faculty and professionals who teach the latest design and processing techniques, focusing their attention on your specific training needs.
The daily schedule provides lunch and refreshments during each program, which allows participants time to network with the instructor and each other.
PLASTICS TRAINING LAB
Our hands-on plastics workshops are held in the 10,500-square-foot plastics processing lab, which is the largest, most comprehensive plastics training lab in the country.
The Plastics Training Academy is an affiliation between several partners at Penn State Behrend who can also provide valuable resources to your plastics company. To learn more, please request additional information or sign up for our plastics mailing list.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND 
Project, process, tooling, quality, and manufacturing engineers, technicians, and designers. Operators, team leaders, supervisors, management, human resource, set-up, maintenance, marketing, materials, and sales personnel will all benefit from our training. Check each workshop/seminar description for the best program fit for you or your team.
If you have any questions, please contact 814-898-6103.
As one of only four Plastics Engineering Technology programs in the nation, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET).