# November/December 2008

# Last Modification Date: Jun 20, 2011

### Trade & Industry Development Magazine

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**Metals, Plastics, & Logistics**

In our Feature article on metals, William Hearn discusses how the metals industry is a broad manufacturing industry; he also cites other niche metals opportunity markets. If you're in the plastics industry, you'll definitely want to read our Feature article written by Michael P. Hickey. In his article, Mike discusses key drivers and factors for success in location strategies for the plastics industry. Then Kevin Mayer's Special Report, "The Vital Many," explains the basic structure of the polymer industry - one sector produces resins or raw plastics, the other sector processes raw plastics into finished products. If you're more into logistics, our Feature article by Leslie Rubin and Sarah Rubin is a must read. These two ladies teamed up to explain how you can impact your bottom line with economic incentives. This issue also boasts three Industry Outlooks: the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), and the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA).

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## In this issue

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###  [The Broad Manufacturing Industry of Metals](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/metals/broad-manufacturing-industry-metals-547.md) 

BY:  [ William N. Hearn](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/tid-author/william-n-hearn-163.md) The metals industry is a broad manufacturing industry comprising activities from pipe manufacturing, rolling of steel, drawing of metals, and secondary smelting of steel, aluminum, copper and alloys. Metals manufacturing and manipulation is one of the most critical feeder industries to just about every other application as it represents a key intermediate good to most other manufacturing industries, from automotive, construction, transportation and wire, to the energy industry and even the medical device segment. [more....](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/metals/broad-manufacturing-industry-metals-547.md)

Features

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[Plastics – The Impact of Energy](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/plastics/plastics-impact-energy-546.md)

2

[The Broad Manufacturing Industry of Metals](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/metals/broad-manufacturing-industry-metals-547.md)

3

[Impacting the Bottom Line with Economic Incentives](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/impacting-bottom-line-economic-incentives-548.md)

Outlooks

1

[Manufacturing Remains Strong in a Challenging Economy](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/manufacturing/manufacturing-remains-strong-challenging-economy-550.md)

2

[Internal Warehouse Logistics Association](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/internal-warehouse-logistics-association-551.md)

3

[NPE2009 to Bring Many Opportunities for Making 'the Plastics Connection'](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/plastics/npe2009-bring-many-opportunities-making-plastics-552.md)

Special Reports

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[The Vital Many](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/plastics/vital-many-549.md)

Spotlights

1

[Amid a Dim National Economy Texas Remains in the Spotlight](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/texas/amid-dim-national-economy-texas-remains-spotlight-554.md)

2

[Mississippi](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/mississippi/mississippi-555.md)

3

[North Carolina – A “State of Minds”](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/north-carolina/north-carolina-state-minds-556.md)

4

[Doing Business in Virginia in the Global Logistics, Metals and Plastics Industries](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/virginia/doing-business-virginia-global-logistics-metals-557.md)

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## Related Topics

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