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Saving you time and money.

Powerful Training. Proven Results. In-Depth Learning Across Your Organization. Paulson’s training solutions are created by people Every employee in your company is a profit and

just like you. Owners, shop managers, and proces- growth opportunity. Paulson let’s you seize those sors whose real-world experience and expertise help opportunities by offering structured training "The Paulson develop, test, and continually improve Paulson products are solutions for all skill levels. From engineer to fore- training programs for injection molding, extrusion, EXCELLENT!" man to operator, Paulson training solutions teach and blow molding. – Jim Proffitt, Manager of the complete job function with a curriculum that That experience, combined with Paulson’s Salaried Relations & Training meets the unique needs of your employees. Your industry leadership shows processors how to mini- Rubbermaid employees learn how to improve at their specific mize defects, maximize efficiency, operate safely, job, so the training is more relevant, interesting and increase profits. Those are the proven results and effective. Paulson customers see every day.

You Can Choose to Survive or Thrive.

Every company trains. It’s not a question of if you’re

going to train, but how. When your classroom is

your production floor, wasted materials, equipment

breakdowns and lost productivity cost you time and

money that you can never recover. Paulson

Training Programs offers a wide range of training

solutions from interactive courseware to in-plant,

hands-on training sessions that improve your

employee’s skills and make your bottom line thrive! "We operate 24 hours a day and the Paulson Interactive courses allow us to train all employees around our busy production schedule – without stopping machines!" – Gerald Galloway, Manager of Safety and Environmental Affairs Vinylex Corporation Flordia Production Engineering Flordia Production – Gene Shuret, Process Engineer Process – Gene Shuret, "They have built confidence, a sense of accomplishment & pride in our workers, something they can take to the floor and apply!"

Whichever Paulson training solution you select, Whichever Paulson training solution you Your Complete Your Solutions Provider. Training Every needs. That’s company has unique training to solutions tailored why Paulson offers training to work with you your specific training needs. We personnel determine which training tools meet your method that and training issues. Choose the training interactive CD works best for your company from to hands- ROM courseware and process simulation training on, in-plant training and seminars. Paulson web-based also offer stop there. We services don’t training, videos, consulting services and specialized training seminars throughout the country each year. dollars are you can feel confident that your training and invested in the highest quality training products Practical, real-world services in the plastics industry. experience from Paulson professionals and an advi- sory board of industry experts, molders and product developers ensure that Paulson courses meet the skill confronted with each and knowledge needs you are Add formalized relationships with the nation’s day. leading colleges and universities, and you have the and molding most extensive collection of processing All included in each knowledge in the industry. Paulson training solution. A true production room feel. production room A true Paulson Interactive Training programs are like Paulson Interactive Training extensive library of interactive Paulson’s With From pre-test, instruction and interaction to Individualized Training Individualized Training or Downtime.Without Overhead offer a wide variety of Programs Paulson Training training services to accommodate your specific train- to hands-on, ing needs. From interactive courseware that in-plant training, Paulson delivers training delivers results. 24 hours having a staff of full-time trainers available with the most up to date process Trainers a day. knowledge and teaching methods. All courseware, you can train employees anytime. intuitive, you need is an employee and a PC. The easy-to-use programs guide employees through courses without any supervision. Plus, the dynamic training 3-D graphics and interactive content make And employees something your employees enjoy. each process move at their own pace, understanding Paulson before moving onto the next lesson. The courseware also checks and tracks each employee’s your success throughout the training so both of needed improve- employees and you know areas ment. The record keeping is also fully automated to integrate into your QS or ISO training record keeping. provide post test and evaluation, Paulson programs the interaction, encouragement and feedback that training professionals say is vital to successful adult learning. Plus, once you buy any interactive training train, re-train or To yours forever. from Paulson, it’s certify employee skills whenever you need to. Extrusion Manager Intralox, Inc. –Yvette Matthews, –Yvette "The Paulson extrusion pro- gram is making our employees efficient more and their trou- bleshooting skills improving!" are Corp Cap Text pgs L.O. 7/9/01 10:51 PM Page 4 Page PM 10:51 7/9/01 L.O. pgs Text Cap Corp Corp Cap Text pgs L.O. 7/9/01 10:51 PM Page 5 Accurate, crisp-high-resolution graphics and production floor audio put a Paulson student right on the production floor. Corp Cap Text pgs L.O. 7/9/01 10:52 PM Page 6

Sharpening employee skills for profitability, productivity and quality.

Paulson: A History The Right Business Decision.

of Forward Thinking.

One way or another you train your employees. When Paulson introduced the concept of structured, If you look at training as a business decision that function-specific process training more than two "BESPAK has had can affect the health of your company, you’ll select decades ago, it was considered revolutionary. Today, a very positive Paulson. It is the only method of training that experience using it is the industry standard. That’s why thousands develops company employees into company assets. the Paulson of the most successful processors rely on Paulson Interactive Training to make them more profitable and stronger programs. Not only all of our competitors. molding personnel, To make you more profitable and stronger

but many of our competitors, we rely on one basic method. The office & support Paulson Method. This method teaches your employ- staff have complet- ees to look at plastics processing from the plastics ed the training which has given point of view. Plastic knows only 4 variables: heat,

them a greater pressure, flow, and cooling. Every control adjustment insight into our made affects one or more of these variables and To learn more about turning your employees primary manufac- changes the process. By learning processing from turing process of into company assets, contact Paulson Training this perspective, employees understand not only injection molding." Programs. –David Hepbrun, the "how" of processing, but the "why" as well. Manager of 1.800.826.1901 Advanced & With this fundamental knowledge, your employees www.paulson-training.com Process email: [email protected] Engineering are equipped to analyze and correct a broad range Fax: 860.526.3454 BESPAK, Inc. of potential problems. The end result is a big impact

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The Industry Standard

For over two decades, Paulson Training Programs has been the These companies and colleges selected Paulson Training Programs leading source for training in the plastics industry. Thousands of because we are the industry leader with the most effective training plants and tens of thousands of employees have selected Paulson services and products. Don’t just take our word for it, give us a programs as their method of training. call and we’ll put you in touch with our clients and they can tell you why Paulson is the best source for training in the plastics industry. In addition, Paulson has strong training alliances with over 80 colleges and universities nationwide to help train the employees of tomorrow.

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