The carbon footprint of the new material is 70% smaller than conventional virgin resin, yet can be used in demanding...
Sat, 04 May 2024
It may not get top billing at North America’s largest plastics industry trade show, but the supporting cast of auxiliary...
Fri, 03 May 2024
Paying close attention to key setpoints in barrel and mold temperature, pressure, time, and cooling will help eliminate defects and...
Thu, 02 May 2024
The customized-in-China press was showcased at Chinaplas 2024 in Shanghai....
Thu, 02 May 2024
Eastman, Bantam Materials, Ultra-Poly, and Polycarbin are this year’s winners of the Plastic Sustainability Innovation Awards. The People’s Choice Award...
Thu, 02 May 2024
Resin demand was up last week, but limited spot PE and PP availability put a damper on the shopping spree....
Wed, 01 May 2024
Are you interested in an upcoming event but unsure how to gain approval? This quick guide is for you....
Wed, 01 May 2024
Putnam Plastics brings FEP heat-shrink tubing extrusion — minus processing aids — in house, and GlobTek launches a line of PVC...
Wed, 01 May 2024
April showers of bad news rained down on readers, but there were also sustainable solutions, plastic positive fact checks, and...
Wed, 01 May 2024
APC's pet food flex-packs, booming plastic pouches market, bioplastic film made from banana peels, recyclable high-barrier paper packaging....
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
At NPE, the injection molding machine maker will display thermoplastic window plugs for cargo planes developed in partnership with the...
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
While negotiators praised progress made in this week’s session in Canada, industry remains concerned about efforts to restrict plastics production....
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
Their expanded recycling program for single-serving condiments targets rigid packs as well as flexible packaging....
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
Bioplastics questioned in organic compost, BASF and McDonalds partnership, compostable plastic twine, Long Beach foodservice ordinance, woody biomass...
Mon, 29 Apr 2024
The Melbourne facility is Costa Rica–based CRDC Global’s fourth plant worldwide....
Mon, 29 Apr 2024
Mobility is a core market segment for the Austrian machine builder and its production assets in China and beyond....
Mon, 29 Apr 2024
Companies around the globe aim to be more sustainable…so what about the carbon footprint of a materials recovery/recycling facility aka...
Mon, 29 Apr 2024
Upgrades to a recently acquired moldmaking shop in Denmark include 5-axis laser texturing and high-speed milling as well as automated...
Sun, 28 Apr 2024
Largest clamp stroke in mid-tonnage hybrid machines a standard feature....
Sun, 28 Apr 2024
The company is bringing its new mobile manipulators and autonomous mobile robots to NPE2024....
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
A famous and highly influential musician and producer who enlists music in the fight for climate causes presses records made...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Celanese introduced a polyamide reinforced with short glass fibers at Chinaplas this week that sets a new bar for lightweight,...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
The EV maker used soap as a lubricant to slip on tight-fitting pad....
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
The Houston-based company canceled the project in Township, PA, after the borough council voted unanimously to “strenuously and unequivocally oppose”...
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Buyers eye significant decrease in PP contract prices....
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Nor is Pepsi. The methodology behind a new study is maddeningly stupid....
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
PA 12 is used for the seat’s flexible foam, structural components, textiles, and 3D-printed parts....
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
Polyamides from BASF keep temperatures low in high-speed hybrid hypercar....
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
The wheels on the bus may go ‘round and ‘round, but Pirelli is focused on a different kind of circularity...
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
The announcement comes just two years after Brightmark had to scrap a similar project in a different Georgia community....
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
Nordic Bioproducts Group and PTT MCC Biochem partner to add cellulose in bio-based plastic....
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
To consistently mold components that meet quality control specs and reduce development hours for customers, follow these steps....
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Plastics market reports for thermoform packaging, thin-wall packaging, polyethylene furanoate (PEF), functional films, PCR plastics, and more are featured in...
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Trivia Tuesday: Why did researchers take an interest in chicken eggs?...
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
A focus on three core areas and four polymers will minimize the environmental impact of plastic and microplastics now and...
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
At NPE2024, WM Thermoforming Machines will preview a new thermoforming concept launching later this year....
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
The new all-electric shuttle brings a smaller footprint, flexibility, and efficiency to demanding packaging applications....
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
The diversity of the plastics industry has sheltered it from the massive layoffs we are seeing in other sectors of...
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Earth Day 2024 is a good time to consider the potential of a modern commercial recycling facility that hosts educators,...
Mon, 22 Apr 2024
A polypropylene price decrease this month should break into double digits, says the PlasticsExchange....
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
This year’s theme — Planet vs. Plastics — squeezes a complex set of issues into a simplistic slogan that helps no one....
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
Phade biodegradable drinking straws are being used to build “Coral Forts” that protect newly planted coral from predators....
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
The Form 4 can achieve vertical print speeds of 100 mm per hour and outpace injection molding, according to the...
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
The partnership will scale up production of ReadyGo Diagnostics’ signature device and give it global reach....
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
Leading European automotive brand specifies Ineos Styrolution’s Luran S XA SPF60 for blackening panels of its line of trucks....
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
See six dream cars from General Motors’ 1950s traveling Motorama show at the Petersen Automotive Museum....
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
Rinco Ultrasonics aims to show NPE attendees how they can improve efficiency and productivity with next-gen pneumatically driven ultrasonic welding...
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
Researchers claim to have found Europe’s oldest examples of compounded adhesives in France. The exact age is hard to pin...
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
A concept car developed by the sustainable materials branch of automotive Tier I Forvia integrates panels made with ocean-bound plastic....
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
The tension between engineering and marketing is never more apparent than in sustainable packaging decisions....
Wed, 17 Apr 2024