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📰 This week in Plastics News...• Patricia Miller sells M4 Factory, the brand she turned into a sustainability standout• ...
09/15/2025

đź“° This week in Plastics News...

• Patricia Miller sells M4 Factory, the brand she turned into a sustainability standout
• Styropek pays $2.6M to settle pollution suit tied to a closed Pennsylvania plant
• Trump-era tariffs jolt the plastics industry, delaying investments across the board

Catch these stories and more in the latest issue. https://www.plasticsnews.com/digital-edition/sept-15-m4-factory-closes-styropek-settles-lawsuit-tariff-fallout-hits-plastics

Dow CEO Jim Fitterling said the company will delay its $6.5 billion Path2Zero project in Alberta by up to two years as p...
09/13/2025

Dow CEO Jim Fitterling said the company will delay its $6.5 billion Path2Zero project in Alberta by up to two years as polyethylene markets remain weak, while banking more than $6 billion in cash to navigate the downturn.

New U.S. steel tariffs are driving up machinery costs and delaying investments in plastics processing, but companies lik...
09/13/2025

New U.S. steel tariffs are driving up machinery costs and delaying investments in plastics processing, but companies like Milacron see long-term potential for domestic manufacturing growth.

The U.S. EPA has begun removing more than 2,300 containers of hazardous materials left at the shuttered Omni Polymers In...
09/12/2025

The U.S. EPA has begun removing more than 2,300 containers of hazardous materials left at the shuttered Omni Polymers International plastics recycling facility in Toledo, with cleanup expected to finish by spring 2026.

Lego will include its first production-scale 3D printed element — a functional train piece made with EOS polymer technol...
09/12/2025

Lego will include its first production-scale 3D printed element — a functional train piece made with EOS polymer technology — in the 956-piece Holiday Express Train set debuting in October.

The plastic needles on your next artificial Christmas tree may actually be plant based — although not as plant based tha...
09/11/2025

The plastic needles on your next artificial Christmas tree may actually be plant based — although not as plant based than a real tree, of course.

📦 Another big move in the packaging industry.Georgia-Pacific is buying Anchor Packaging, one of the largest producers of...
09/09/2025

📦 Another big move in the packaging industry.

Georgia-Pacific is buying Anchor Packaging, one of the largest producers of thermoformed containers and films in North America.

The deal boosts Georgia-Pacific’s presence in foodservice packaging and adds major U.S. manufacturing strength across Arkansas and Wisconsin.

This continues a growing trend of consolidation in plastics — and positions Georgia-Pacific for big growth in the takeout packaging space.

👉 Read more about what this deal means for the industry.

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