Hall of Fame entry adds to Prischak s legacy
Plastics News photo by Don Loepp
Joseph Prischak is considered the father of the plastics engineering technology program at Penn State Erie, which has produced more than 1,000 graduates and is the largest undergraduate plastics program in the country.
2021 is turning out to be a year of milestones for Joseph Prischak.
First, the company he founded, Plastek Group, a major global injection molder and toolmaker based in Erie, Pa., was named
Plastics News Processor of the Year.
A few weeks later, he celebrated his 90th birthday. (Joe expects to see many more. His father made it to 101.)
Penn State campuses to hold spring commencement ceremonies May 7-9
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Sustainability awards recognize student leadership, commitment
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2021 State of Erie Industry Despite devastating blow of pandemic, county shows signs of recovery by Jim Wertz
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As we swept into 2020 things were, well, status quo. The Erie economy was plodding along with nominal growth, year over year, as it had been for much of the past decade, but there were positive trends on the horizon. The highlights included hundreds of millions of local dollars being pumped into downtown development, emergent investment opportunities in designated areas throughout Erie County, and a significant medical research partnership between UPMC Hamot and Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
2019 ended with an annual total employment those who were working or looking for work of more than 128,000 people and an annual unemployment rate of 4.6 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figures weren t record-setting but they were constant, and they reflect