In this episode of The Invisible Industry, we take a fresh approach in discussing the many career options in the rendering industry – we let those with rendering careers tell you themselves!

Alongside special guest (and co-host), NARA Chairman, Michael Glenn, host Marcus Wintzer covers a list of questions we asked those in the rendering industry, including our Chairman, to answer via videos they made and sent us.

This episode is enlightening for everyone from those who have never heard of the rendering industry, to those who thought rendering careers ended at the plant – we aim to educate on just how many varied career paths there are in our sustainable and rewarding industry (many you wouldn’t expect)!

If you are interested in learning more about a career in the rendering industry or to see the current job openings for all NARA’s member companies, visit nara.org/about-us/careers/.

Learn more about rendering by visiting www.NARA.org.

This is the 2nd episode in our series entitled "Where Do Rendered Products Go?" In this ongoing series we explore exactly where rendered material goes and how it is used after it is processed. Episodes from this series feature our host Marcus Wintzer interviewing those who work in the many industries that use rendered products in a variety of applications - many that we come into contact with every day! 

For this entry we are exploring the plasma industry. Marcus is joined by Dr. Yanbin Shen, Global Technical Services Director and North America R&D Director at APC, Inc., as he discusses the important role rendered material plays in the production of plasma, as well as how and in what industries plasma is utilized. APC is a global manufacturer and supplier of porcine, bovine plasma and hemoglobin.

Learn more about rendering at www.NARA.org.

In this historic episode of The Invisible Industry we discuss National Rendering Day, a new National day that is now officially observed every 21st of April in recognition and appreciation of renderers and the highly sustainable nature of the rendering process.

With the inaugural celebration of the first National Rendering Day having taken place this April of 2023, we celebrate the historic occasion by talking with two individuals who were instrumental in making National Rendering Day a reality: Kent Swisher, President, and CEO of the North American Renderers Association (NARA), and Michael Koewler, NARA member, and President of Sacramento Rendering.

Marcus chats with our esteemed guests about how this important day got its start, what it means for renderers and the larger community, and how you can help spread awareness of rendering’s positive environmental and sustainability impacts by celebrating with us every April 21st.

Learn more about rendering and National Rendering Day by visiting www.NARA.org.