Plastics News

05/04/2021

Join Bjarne Nielsen, Business Development Manager at Palsgaard as he discusses the safe and sustainable anti-fog and anti-stat additives available for food packaging applications

05/04/2021

Is there a fruitful path to recycling PET thermoforms?

Is there a fruitful path to recycling PET thermoforms?
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There's increasing interest in recycling PET thermoformed packaging, but some sizable hurdles to overcome.

05/04/2021

Kickstart: UT Austin borrows from Austen for its research

Kickstart: UT Austin borrows from Austen for its research
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single researcher in possession of a good finding, must be in want of a way to publicize it. So why not use a good Jane Austen quote? Not the one above, shamelessly tweaked from Pride & Prejudice, but instead a group from the University of…

05/03/2021

Material Insights: Prices pop due to production issues, demand

Material Insights: Prices pop due to production issues, demand
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Plastics News Senior Reporter Frank Esposito breaks down the laundry list of resin price increases and what is driving them; and Nova Chemicals places force majeure sales limits on PE resins after a mechanical failure in Ontario.

05/03/2021

Kickstart: A quarter to remember

Kickstart: A quarter to remember
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Quarterly reports are coming in for companies in the plastics industry, and the early signs show that most are seeing a big rebound since the COVID-19 pandemic nearly shut things down a year ago. Strong numbers are coming in from materials suppliers — Avient Corp. with a 63 percent sales growth…

04/30/2021

Jabil opens Dominican Republic medical manufacturing facility

Jabil opens Dominican Republic medical manufacturing facility
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St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Jabil Inc. opened its new health care manufacturing facility in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 60,000 square feet of manufacturing.The facility has 36,000 square feet of clean room space and more than 400 employees, which Jabil expects to grow by 250 by the…

04/30/2021

Kickstart: The prices are too damn high

Kickstart: The prices are too damn high
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Nothing against materials makers in general, because it's been a tough year for them too and I'm sure they are taking action to control their costs, but I'm pretty sure that processors are ready to start their own version of New York's The Rent Is Too Damn High Party. (Yes, that's a real…

04/29/2021

PE, PVC, PS resin prices continue to climb

Breaking: PE, PVC, PS resin prices continue to climb http://ow.ly/AZzl50EB9hl

Many producers still are operating under force majeure sales limits or other types of sales allocations. On average, North American PE processors are receiving 70 percent of their requested purchases.

04/29/2021

Despite rising resin prices, Silgan reports record profit

Despite rising resin prices, Silgan reports record profit
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Despite supply chain disruptions and massive resin price increases, rigid packaging company Silgan Holdings Inc. posted a record first quarter net profit of $73.3 million.In plastics, Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan is a major blow molder, injection molder and thermoformer. It also has metal packaging....

04/29/2021

Pandemic doesn't slow pace of new material development

Viewpoint from this week's issue: Pandemic doesn't slow pace of new material development
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New grades of resins, compounds and additives have been launched in the last year, with many focused on recycling and sustainability.

04/29/2021

Join us on May 19 for an "Ask the Expert" 30-minute lunchtime livestream session with Shale Crescent USA. Greg Kozera and Joe Eddy will discuss Increased Profitability: Connecting Energy, Petrochemicals and Manufacturing in Plastics. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/iFaX50EtvdT #PNAskTheExpert

Join us on May 19 for an "Ask the Expert" 30-minute lunchtime livestream session with Shale Crescent USA. Greg Kozera and Joe Eddy will discuss Increased Profitability: Connecting Energy, Petrochemicals and Manufacturing in Plastics. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/iFaX50EtvdT #PNAskTheExpert

04/29/2021

Kickstart: Making things from trash

Kickstart: Making things from trash
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Paige Balcom knows how to make things. In middle school, she was an "inventioneer" who was part of a winning team in the 2010 FIRSTLEGO League World Championship. As a student at the University of New Hampshire, she joined Engineers Without Borders and won a Fulbright scholarship, work that allowed....

04/28/2021

Strong first-quarter results for Celanese in spite of winter storm

Strong first-quarter results for Celanese in spite of winter storm
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The materials firm took its three plants in Texas down before Winter Storm Uri hit the state.

04/28/2021

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04/28/2021

Nova declares force majeure on PE resins after mechanical issue in Ontario

BREAKING: Nova declares force majeure on PE resins after mechanical issue in Ontario
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Sales limits will include high density and low density PE produced in the Sarnia, Ontario, region.

04/28/2021

Material Insights: '13 months of demand, 11 months of supply'

Material Insights: '13 months of demand, 11 months of supply'
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Plastics News Senior Reporter Frank Esposito explains the “bizarre” polypropylene market, and Dow Inc.’s Jim Fitterling shares his outlook for the rest of the year while announcing first-quarter results.

04/28/2021

Kickstart: Plastic packaging? Disney ready to let it go

Kickstart: Plastic packaging? Disney ready to let it go
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Disney is cutting plastic packaging for its classic princess dolls, starting with dolls sold through its website and at Walt Disney World. The change to all-paper packaging was announced April 19 in time for Earth Day. "The plastic-free packaging is made of sustainably sourced paper that is…

04/28/2021

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Rose Ryntz, President of Ryntz & Associates LLC. She will discuss Global Automotive e-Mobility and the Effect on Plastic Material Design. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/IM0Q50ExWdc #pnauto

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Rose Ryntz, President of Ryntz & Associates LLC. She will discuss Global Automotive e-Mobility and the Effect on Plastic Material Design. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/IM0Q50ExWdc #pnauto

04/27/2021

Styrenic thermoplastics: 4 polymers and benefits of each

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04/27/2021

Kickstart: Don't let go

Kickstart: Don't let go
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Balloons are at the center of new legislation in Hawaii designed to keep plastics out of waterways where they could harm wildlife. The state Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. David Ige that would ban the intentional releasing of balloons outdoors and levy a $500 fine for violations. That…

04/26/2021

Material Insights: ’13 months of demand, 11 months of supply’

Material Insights: ’13 months of demand, 11 months of supply’
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Plastics News Senior Reporter Frank Esposito explains the “bizarre” polypropylene market, and Dow Inc.’s Jim Fitterling shares his outlook for the rest of the year while announcing first-quarter results.

04/26/2021

Kickstart: Camping with family and measuring plastic in the water

Kickstart: Camping with family and measuring plastic in the water
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A lot of us have joined with family on work trips. It can be a great way to turn that business travel into a small adventure. Well-known plastics pollution researcher and University of Georgia professor Jenna Jambeck has taken it up a few steps and probably has all of us beat. Jambeck, her…

04/22/2021

Join us on May 19 for an "Ask the Expert" 30-minute lunchtime livestream session with Shale Crescent USA. Greg Kozera and Joe Eddy will discuss Increased Profitability: Connecting Energy, Petrochemicals and Manufacturing in Plastics. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/by7P50EqDHM #PNAskTheExpert

Join us on May 19 for an "Ask the Expert" 30-minute lunchtime livestream session with Shale Crescent USA. Greg Kozera and Joe Eddy will discuss Increased Profitability: Connecting Energy, Petrochemicals and Manufacturing in Plastics. Learn more and register at http://ow.ly/by7P50EqDHM #PNAskTheExpert

04/22/2021

Kickstart: From second chance plastic to 'second chance hiring'

Kickstart: From second chance plastic to 'second chance hiring'
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The user experience, or UX, is seen as one of the next big things in the car interior. We had a story this week looking at futuristic concepts for car cockpits. Think augmented reality displays in the windshield showing weather or restaurants on the road ahead, or in-car entertainment systems…

04/21/2021

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Christina Keller, President & CEO of Cascade Engineering. She will discuss the concept of Creating a Sustainable Workplace. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/rOUa50EhXnG #pnauto

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Christina Keller, President & CEO of Cascade Engineering. She will discuss the concept of Creating a Sustainable Workplace. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/rOUa50EhXnG #pnauto

04/20/2021

ProAmpac buys multiwall paper bag maker El Dorado Packaging

ProAmpac buys multiwall paper bag maker El Dorado Packaging
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Flexible packaging converter ProAmpac is on the acquisition hunt again, buying multiwall packaging specialist El Dorado Packaging Inc.Cincinnati-based ProAmpac announced the deal April 20. The seller is Evanston, Ill.-based investment firm Industrial Opportunity Partners LLC. Terms were not…

04/20/2021

Kickstart: A thorny supply chain problem? A shortage of your garden gnomes

Kickstart: A thorny supply chain problem? A shortage of your garden gnomes
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If you want evidence that supply chain problems have left companies and consumers with a tougher row to hoe, look no further than this: a shortage of garden gnomes, plastic and otherwise. That's right. The BBC reports that garden centers in the U.K. are woefully out of stock of the diminutive…

04/19/2021

Material Insights: Canada debates ‘toxic’ plastic as Nova invests in new capacity

Material Insights: Canada debates ‘toxic’ plastic as Nova invests in new capacity
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Nova Chemicals Corp. is on track to add 1 billion pounds of PE resin capacity in Canada; industry executives push back against the Canadian government over plastics proposal; and Sweden-based Polykemi will open a plant in North Carolina.

04/19/2021

Kickstart: A different kind of auto plastics in Spring Hill

Kickstart: A different kind of auto plastics in Spring Hill
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General Motors Co.'s Spring Hill, Tenn., plant — once home to GM's Saturn brand and in-house injection molding for plastic doors and other exterior body panels — is about to get another plastics-extensive addition.GM and LG Chem's battery division, LG Energy Solution, announced April.....

04/16/2021

Handling 2 weeks of quarantine to be at Chinaplas

Handling 2 weeks of quarantine to be at Chinaplas
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Our China-based reporter Rebecca Kanthor caught up with three of the quarantine travelers on the show floor to ask why it was so important to be at the fair, which ran April 13-16 in Shenzhen, and how they passed their time in isolation — books and TV, exercise, working, playing saxophone and not ...

04/16/2021

PP prices down, other commodities up in a turbulent March

PP prices down, other commodities up in a turbulent March
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A lack of propylene demand sent PP prices down, but demand for that material and other resins remains strong.

04/15/2021

Penn State Behrend expert on plastics pollution sees need for 'trash czar'

Penn State Behrend expert on plastics pollution sees need for 'trash czar'
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Sherri Mason has brought her focus on pollution and marine plastics to Penn State Behrend, a school best known for its plastics engineering program. As sustainability coordinator at the Erie, Pa.- based university, she’s instructing future polymer engineers.

04/15/2021

Kickstart: Holy guacamole, science is cool

Kickstart: Holy guacamole, science is cool
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You may have heard that leaving the pit in an avocado once it's cut open is a way to keep the flesh from turning brown. Now a study from Spanish research group Aimplas is asking: What if you used that pit in the packaging for guacamole to preserve it? ITC Packaging and the Universidad de…

04/14/2021

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Joe McCabe, President & CEO of AutoForecast Solutions LLC. His Keynote Address will explore the Road Ahead for the Automotive Industry. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/hJBV50Efxjm #pnauto

Plastics in Automotive will take place virtually May 25-27. Hear from Joe McCabe, President & CEO of AutoForecast Solutions LLC. His Keynote Address will explore the Road Ahead for the Automotive Industry. Register today for this virtual conference: http://ow.ly/hJBV50Efxjm #pnauto

04/14/2021

Ask the Expert with Shale Crescent USA

Join Greg Kozera and Joe Eddy as they explain what has changed in the energy markets, how it is securing advantages for U.S. processors, and the new opportunities to experience increased Profitability and Greater Market Share.