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Simpson County Technical Center Tours McNeely Plastics
Polymer Science students enjoyed a trip to McNeely Plastics in Clinton on November 30th, . McNeely Plastics is a vertically integrated flexible packaging company that manufactures plastic films and bags for a wide variety of industries. Students learned that plastics are all around us and that they are extremely versatile materials that can be manufactured to have a range of different properties. This allows us to use them for almost any application. Students were enlightened with a presentation on the history of plastics and how they came to play a central role in our lives. The science behind some of the unique properties of plastics and current research into developing the smart polymers of the future were also explained.
Pictured (Back Row—left to right): Dr. Bo Huffman (Director), Keviontae McClendon, Elizabeth Goodman, Rosella Stewart, William Jines, Jakesia May, Kishawnna Buckley, and Myesha Harris. (Front Row—left to right). Ryker Hays, Troy Brock, Jakyra Skiffer, Megan Sims, Shannon Alvis, Chloe Thaxton and Instructor, Crystal Smith.
