http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/ en Copyright 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:07 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Last night Plastics News announced the winner of its 2009 Processor of the Year award -- custom injection molder GW Plastics Inc. Here's a fun behind-the-scenes look at our process. Bill Bregar, our senior reporter who coordinates the project, collects... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/behind_the_scenes_of_our_proce.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/behind_the_scenes_of_our_proce.html Marketing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:07 -0500 After a natural disaster, some of the first products that relief workers seek are plastic tarps and bottled water. Igloo Products Corp. doesn't make either one of those -- but the company still managed to find a role in the... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/igloo_products_aids_haiti_reli.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/igloo_products_aids_haiti_reli.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:51 -0500 Chemical catalysts rarely make big news, but today's an exception. In a paper published in Macromolecules, a journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers at IBM and Stanford University said they have discovered a new way to make plastics that... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/new_catalysts_may_encourage_re.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/new_catalysts_may_encourage_re.html Materials Recycling Sustainability Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:52 -0500 Here's a story I've been watching for (and I assume some Plastics Blog readers have been too): Archer Daniels Midland Co. has started production at its starch-based polymer plant in Clinton, Iowa, according to a report in the Clinton Herald.... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/adms_plant_up_and_running.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/adms_plant_up_and_running.html Materials Packaging Sustainability Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:52 -0500 Dow Chemical Co. is continuing to support relief efforts in Haiti, which is recovering from a major earthquake on Jan. 12. The Midland, Mich.-based company announced today that it supported a relief mission that took surgeons, medical supplies and clothing... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/dow_assisting_in_haiti_chile.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/dow_assisting_in_haiti_chile.html Materials Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:18:54 -0500 Tupperware Corp. may have a reputation as being a bit old fashioned -- remember Tupperware parties? But the PBS Nightly Business Report did a story on the Orlando, Fla.-based housewares company that emphasizes Tupperware's emphasis on new products, and its... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/nightly_business_report_looks.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/nightly_business_report_looks.html Design Marketing Materials Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:05:11 -0500 Plastic Components Inc., a Germantown, Wis., custom injection molder, is among eight companies that was recently honored with a 2009 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award. PCI received a special award for its "Commitment to Community and Employees." The awards... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/pci_wins_wis_award.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/pci_wins_wis_award.html Marketing Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:33:46 -0500 Plastics M&A activity is in the spotlight in a major financial publication today. Crain's Cleveland Business, a sister publication to Plastics News, has a Page 1 story in its March 8 issue headlined: "Plastics firms play chess in recession: Stronger... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/plastics_ma_in_the_spotlight.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/plastics_ma_in_the_spotlight.html Materials Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:10:07 -0500 The Sea Life Aquarium at the Legoland Resort in Carlsbad, Calif., has a new exhibit aimed at raising children's awareness of plastic marine debris. The project is called "Beach Trash, A Whale of a Problem." First grade classes from a... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/calif_aquarium_raises_awarenes.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/calif_aquarium_raises_awarenes.html Materials Recycling Sustainability Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:51:13 -0500 Pretty soon, you won't be using paper money in Canada. Bank of Canada announced yesterday that starting in 2011, it will begin to issue a new series of bank notes printed on a polymer material. The new notes will incorporate... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/plastic_banknotes_coming_to_ca.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/plastic_banknotes_coming_to_ca.html Design Materials Sustainability Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:53 -0500 Here's a radical idea: a sustainability committee in one California city, concerned about litter and marine debris issues, wants to start a "massive public education" program instead of banning products like plastic bags. That's the recommendation of the South Lake... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/one_city_wants_to_educate_its.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/one_city_wants_to_educate_its.html Materials Packaging Recycling Sustainability Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:34 -0500 Marine debris is a serious issue, but here's a story that's a little more lighthearted. From NBC's Today show, a video of a diver in Florida removing a plastic ring from around the neck of a nurse shark. Reminds me... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/dangerous_marine_debris.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/dangerous_marine_debris.html Sustainability Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:20:47 -0500 Beth Terry, author of the Fake Plastic Fish blog, is in the news today, with a story and video on KGO-TV, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco. The focus is Terry's effort to minimize the amount of plastic in her... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/living_without_plastic.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/living_without_plastic.html Packaging Recycling Sustainability Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:41:12 -0500 I love a good sports technology story, and The Wall Street Journal has a winner today with a look at the high-tech materials used at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The story, headlined "The Olympics of Engineering: From Heart Monitors to... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/winning_gold_with_high-tech_eq.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/winning_gold_with_high-tech_eq.html Design Materials Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:17:29 -0500 The New York Post weighs in today on the bidding for polyolefins giant LyondellBasell Industries AF SCA, with a report saying that Reliance Industries Ltd.'s $14.5 billion bid for the company will fail. Reporter Josh Kosman wrote that "three Lyondell... http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/reliance_bid_for_lyondellbasel.html http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2010/03/reliance_bid_for_lyondellbasel.html Materials Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:06:40 -0500