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SPI says US plastics industry is on track to recover from recession this year

By: Steve Toloken

ORLANDO, FLA. (April 1, 3:40 p.m. ET) — The U.S. plastics industry has an "extremely good chance" to recover to production levels from before the global recession by the end of this year, barring a Eurozone meltdown or other unforeseen economic shocks, a senior official with the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. predicted in an April 1 speech at NPE2012.

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