NuTec Blog The Role of Automation in the Plastics Industry

Automation in the plastics industry is not an either/or zero-sum game that forces factory owners to decide between an all-human workforce or an all-automated one. Despite articles that would have us think robots will eliminate the global industrial workforce, nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, automating certain operations within the plastics industry can actually help increase the human workforce and allow manufacturers to expand without actually increasing their overall footprint or adding additional shifts and increasing payrolls.