Plastics

The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center (PIRC) at Penn College is an internationally recognized provider of plastics training and industry partnership programs. PIRC offerings include process-specific apprenticeship programs and GSPC, a process standardization and training platform. Drawing upon the expertise of renowned instructors and advisors, Penn College delivers solutions to meet the skills gap and consulting needs of companies in all major plastics manufacturing processes.

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Plastics Innovation & Resource Center
Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, Rm. E128

570.321.5533
pirc@pct.edu

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Available Training Topics

This is not a complete list. We offer nearly all types of plastics training.

Injection Molding

Rotational Molding

Thermoforming

Extrusion

Blow Molding

Centers

Plastics Innovation & Resource Center (PIRC)

The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center (PIRC) provides technology resources to facilitate the growth and success of the plastics industry in the United States and throughout the world. The Center, dedicated to excellence, serves the education, training, and research & development needs of plastic processors, resin suppliers, mold builders, and equipment manufacturers, offering access to extensive material testing laboratories, industrial scale process equipment, world-class training facilities, and a highly skilled training and consulting staff.

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Plastics Mobile Lab

The Plastics Mobile Lab provides a user-friendly hands-on STEM educational opportunity for students. Schools and other educational organizations within a one-hour radius of Pennsylvania College of Technology can borrow the Plastics Mobile Lab for:

Demonstrations and/or projects in classrooms
STEM and other educational events

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News

06.01.2023

Plastics professionals benefit from Penn College workshop

Fifteen employees from six companies benefited from instructional material and hands-on reinforcement during the recent Plastic Materials & Processing Fundamentals workshop at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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11.09.2022

Penn College student project ‘manufactures’ benefits

Jake C. Beatty volunteered for the class project because it sounded “cool.” Turns out, he was right. The result was an invaluable experience for the manufacturing student at Pennsylvania College of Technology and will benefit those who follow his path.

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06.27.2022

Penn College offers injection molding processing series

A dozen plastics professionals representing five companies benefited from a recent weeklong workshop hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology and its renowned Plastics Innovation & Resource Center. The Injection Molding Processing Series combined lecture and hands-on experience in covering decoupled molding setup and operation and the injection molding process.

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