There’s the Oscars, the Emmys and the Grammys. Or if you want to go more highbrow, you’ve got your Nobel, Booker or Pulitzer prizes.Add to that the , a new… Read more

There’s the Oscars, the Emmys and the Grammys. Or if you want to go more highbrow, you’ve got your Nobel, Booker or Pulitzer prizes.Add to that the , a new… Read more

Materials maker Teknor Apex Co. has added a warehouse and distribution center in Japan for PVC compounds sold into the automotive market.The warehouse in Kyoto will stock Apex-brand flexible PVC… Read more

Materials maker Teknor Apex Co. has added a warehouse and distribution center in Japan for PVC compounds sold into the automotive market.The warehouse in Kyoto will stock Apex-brand flexible PVC… Read more

Toyota’s engine plant near Charleston, W.Va., offered vaccines to employees and their dependents on March 26Sometimes it feels like a “normal” post-pandemic life is already here. There are outdoor gatherings,… Read more

Ever have one of those days when you just want to get away? Like, far away?How about a trip to space, via a polyethylene balloon, for you and a few… Read more

Target Corp. is promising to in its products, but let’s hope that the company retains the Plastic where it’s needed: in its all-plastic carts.The retailer has agreed to a 20… Read more

Most years when Plastics News assembles its list of top injection molders in North America, the top 10 are fairly easy to predict: auto suppliers and a packaging company or… Read more

I know it seems like we’ve had a lot of sustainability and recycling stories in Plastics News lately. That’s because we have. And because those issues are very much in… Read more

This must be June, because North American injection molders in this week’s issue.This year, because of ties, 108 companies are included in the issue, with total related sales of $28.9… Read more

“Pour Some Sugar on Me” was a hit song for rock band Def Leppard in 1988. That title also describes what happened in the trunk of one of our family… Read more

The other morning, I woke before dawn and checked my email (as we do in the 21st century) to discover that my master’s swim training was canceled for the day.… Read more

One thing that’s going to be needed to fix plastics recycling in the United States is money, and lots of it.A recent report from the industry-funded Recycling Partnership that $17… Read more

Recycling has a new international fan: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.The country has both mandates for post-industrial recycling and rewards for post-consumer recycling, . The increased push to turn… Read more

A Texas TV station got a tour of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemicals plant in San Patricio County, Texas, which could come on line by the end of this… Read more

A Texas TV station got a tour of the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemicals plant in San Patricio County, Texas, which could come on line by the end of this… Read more

The artist Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, are wrapping one more thing in Plastic, or at least representatives for their studio are, and people able to travel to Paris in… Read more

Waddington Europe, a division of Novolex, is partnering with Produce Packaging to introduce containers made with 100 percent recycled material that are also 100 percent recyclable.Welcome to fresh fruit season, and for… Read more

Renol and Renafin are joining merlot and riesling in the world of wine.Materials maker Avient Corp. on June 10 launched a special-effect masterbatch package that makes natural-looking wine corks from… Read more