Cluster Facts In North Central Massachusetts, just under 25% of the workforce is employed in manufacturing*
Of those 15,400 employees, over one-third (1/3) of them, are working within the Plastics Cluster; either in plastics manufacturing; or local machine shops which make molds; or resin supply firms; or chemical compounder's.'*
65% of the Plastics Cluster’s workforce are working in plastic manufacturing establishments* which contributed $1,518,000 to the Gross State Product (GSP) in 2003**
Since Plastics Manufacturing is a key economic engine for the area, you can be guaranteed that maintaining competitiveness is everyone’s game-plan. Innovations of processes, machines, and skills have given North Central Mass not only a price advantage, but also establishes a quality advantage that its competitors find hard to match.
*Source: DET Second Quarter 2005 ** Source: BEA 2003 North Central Massachusetts Plastics Industry Cluster Profile
| | NAICS Code | | NAICS Title | | Companies | | 3251 | | Basic Chemical Manufacturing | | 4 | | 3252 | | Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificia Synthetic Fibers and Filament Manufacturing | | 9 | | 3254 | | Pharmaceutical and Medical Manufacturing | | 3 | | 3259 | | Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing | | 5 | | 326 | | Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing | | 70 | | 3327 | | Machine Shops | | 20 | | 3328 | | Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities | | 3 | | 33322 | | Plastics and Rubber Industry Machinery Manufacturing | | 6 | | 33351 | | Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing | | 25 | | | | | | | | TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPANIES IN NCM PLASTICS CLUSTER | 145 | Total Average Employment in the NCM Plastics Cluster 5,357
Employment in Plastics Product manufacturing in NCM 3,514
Employment in Related Industries to Plastics Manufacturing 1,843 |
