Representing nation’s third largest manufacturing sector, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, released a slate of newly elected board members to include Chairman-elect James Murphy, president and CEO of Davis-Standard LLC, located in Pawcatuck, CT. Murphy, who served as chairman of NPE2015, has held leadership roles in sales and engineering management during his 25-year career at Davis-Standard. His term as SPI Board chairman runs through December 2017.