First German apprentice processor prize awarded
In an effort to increase youth interest in plastics processing, the German Plastics Processors Association (GKV) has just awarded prizes totaling DM10,000 (approximately US$4500) to ten plastics apprentices. The winners, deemed by the GKV as the country’s ten top apprentices, have just finished training to become operators or process technicians.
Top prize went to Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Windberg, Germany, who has just completed his apprenticeship with Thyssen Polymer, Bogen, Germany. Last year, the country’s plastics processing sector signed up 1,969 young people to be trained as operators and process technicians, a 23 per cent jump over 1999 figures.