Springfield's Polyfab Plastics & Supply cites the rising costs of employee benefits, such as health care, as a major challenge.

Plastics and Rubber Products

Posted online August 5, 2007 | 11:00 pm

These companies process plastic materials and raw rubber. This sector includes only companies that make products solely from one material; companies that make footwear or furniture may use rubber or plastic in their processes, but they are not included.

Employees: 1,413

Businesses: 24

2006 employee wages: $49.7 million

Example companies: Diversified Plastics, Polyfab Plastics & Supply, Buckhorn Inc.

Lowell Miller, general manager of Polyfab Plastics & Supply, said that in addition to finding new employees with experience and education, his company also faces challenges in providing employee benefits.

“We pay for the employees’ share of the health costs, their life insurance policies, their dental policies – in years past we were able to provide those more easily than now, because of the cost of those services,” Miller said.

The news is not all bad, though; Miller said Polyfab employees have a strong work ethic, which he says is a southwest Missouri trait.[[In-content Ad]]

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