The Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted an analysis of the economic impacts of plastics plumbing fixture and miscellaneous plastics products manufacturing in Adams and York counties released an Economic and Workforce Brief, “Role of Plastics Plumbing Fixture and Miscellaneous Plastics Products Manufacturing in the Economy of Adams and York Counties.” The Brief quantifies the role of every 100 workers employed by this specific plastics manufacturing industry in generating jobs, compensation, and property taxes in the region.
 
This Brief contains an analysis of activity of establishments primarily engaged in plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 326191 and all other plastics products manufacturing in NAICS code 326199 (a residual classification of establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics products, except film, sheet, bags, profile shapes, pipes, pipe fittings, laminates, foam products, bottles, plumbing fixtures, and resilient floor coverings). Data from the 2002 Economic Census, the most recent economic census available, indicate that there were 361 establishments in the Pennsylvania involved in all other plastics products manufacturing that generated $3.8 billion in receipts (5.2% of U.S. receipts in all other plastic products manufacturing) with 27,516 employees (5.6% of U.S. employees in all other plastic products manufacturing) and an annual payroll of $853 million (5.6% of U.S. payroll in all other plastic products manufacturing). Information about plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing is suppressed in the 2002 Economic Census to maintain the confidentiality of the industry’s 13 Pennsylvania firms.

A related report is available. The Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative recently released a report, "Forecast of Employment and Job Openings in Pennsylvania Plastics Manufacturing, 2004-2017," for the Pennsylvania Plastics Initiative. This report is available as an Adobe PDF file at:
http://PaPlasticsJobs.notlong.com

An analysis behind a Penn State Economic & Workforce Brief targets an industry (a group of establishments providing similar products or services), not an individual firm. As a result, economic and workforce impacts calculated for a Brief represent an industry average, not the impacts generated by an individual firm.
 
For additional information about this Brief or about the work of the Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, contact Rose M. Baker (814.865.9919; rmb194@psu.edu) or David L. Passmore (814.863.2583; dlp@psu.edu). To view other Brief reports produced about other Pennsylvania industries and regions, navigate to:
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