The global plastics industry continues to be a dynamic, rapidly growing, and extensively diversified business. The domestic US production capacity of all plastics in 2017 was over 110 billion pounds. Plastics are found in a myriad of applications including packaging, building and construction products, automotive and other types of transportation components, medical and dental devices, and aerospace composites. Each material and fabricated product demands a series of quality control / quality assurance procedures at every stage of the manufacturing process.