MOST-READ STORIES
MOST E-MAILED STORIES

Contact editorial

Headquarters office for Plastics News & Plastics Encounter

1725 Merriman Road
Akron, OH 44313-5283
U.S.A.
Tel: (330) 836-9180
Click here for a map of the local area
Click here for parent company Crain Communications Inc.

To submit a news tip, press release, editorial inquiry or letter to the editor:

E-mail: dloepp@crain.com
Fax: (330) 836-2322
Call: Don Loepp at (330) 865-6154

To subscribe, to inquire about your subscription, or if you're having trouble accessing premium areas of this site:

E-mail: customerservice-pn@crain.com
Fax: (313) 446-6777
Call: Customer Service at (800) 678-9595 (U.S. only)
or (313) 446-0450 (from outside the country). Be sure to have your newspaper subscription number handy.
Click here for more circulation department contacts.

Plastics News Editorial Staffers

Biographies

Editorial Director

Keith E. Crain

Editor/Associate Publisher

Robert Grace
Tel:330-865-6151; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: rgrace@crain.com
Meet Robert Grace

Managing Editor

Don Loepp
Tel:330-865-6154; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: dloepp@crain.com
Meet Don Loepp

Assistant Managing Editors

Jeannie Reall
Tel:330-865-6160; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: jreall@crain.com
Meet Jeannie Reall
Lisa Sarkis
Tel:330-865-6144; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: lsarkis@crain.com
Meet Lisa Sarkis
Nina Ying Sun (Akron)
Tel:330-865-6157; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: nyingsun@crain.com
Responsible for covering: Appliances, Asia and general assignment
Meet Nina Ying Sun

Senior Staff Reporters

Bill Bregar (Akron)
Tel:330-865-6158; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: wbregar@crain.com
Responsible for covering: plastics machinery and equipment, products and companies
Meet Bill Bregar
Frank Esposito (Akron)
Tel:330-865-6156; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: fesposito@crain.com
Responsible for covering: thermoplastic and thermoset resin pricing, materials markets and technology, including resin producers, compounders, and distributors
Meet Frank Esposito

Staff Reporters

Dan Hockensmith (Akron)
Tel:330-865-6137; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: dhockensmith@crain.com
Responsible for covering: packaging
Meet Dan Hockensmith
Rhoda Miel (Detroit)
Tel:313-446-1693; Fax: 313-446-0383;
E-mail: rmiel@crain.com
Responsible for covering: automotive, mold making, housewares, design and office furniture
Meet Rhoda Miel
Steve Toloken (Guangzhou, China)
Tel:+86 (20) 3763-2510; Fax: +86 (20) 6282-4620;
Mobile: +86 (159) 9248-5746;
E-mail: stoloken@crain.com
Responsible for covering: Asia, general assignment
Meet Steve Toloken
Mike Verespej (Washington)
Tel:202-662-7325; Fax: 202-638-3155;
E-mail: mverespej@crain.com
Responsible for covering: legislation, trade associations, medical and recycling
Meet Mike Verespej

Copy Editor

Marvin Brown
Tel:330-865-6190; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: mbrown@crain.com
Meet Marvin Brown

Editorial Research Coordinator

Hollee Keller
Tel:330-865-6152; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: hkeller@crain.com
Responsible for covering: processor rankings research
Meet Hollee Keller

Administrative Assistant

Karen Barnett
Tel:330-865-6153; Fax: 330-836-2322;
E-mail: kbarnett@crain.com
Meet Karen Barnett

Editorial Cartoonist

Rich Williams

Correspondents

Frank Antosiewicz (Belchertown, Mass.)
Tel./fax: 413-213-0323;
E-mail: fantosie@charter.net
Angie DeRosa (Oklahoma City)
Tel. 405-285-2181;
Cell 405-812-0666;
E-mail: aderosa@att.net
Stephen Downer (Mexico City)
Tel. +52 (777) 326-3680;
E-mail: sdowner44@gmail.com
Richard Higgs (West Sussex, England)
Tel./fax: (44) 1 444.457960;
E-mail: richardhiggs@macdream.net
Lauren Hilgers (Shanghai)
Tel. +86 21-6280-8216;
Mobile +86 1376-124-5415
E-mail: laurenhilgers@yahoo.com
Michael Lauzon (Toronto)
Tel: 416-267-8742
E-mail: michael.lauzon@sympatico.ca
Responsible for covering: consumer product and appliance markets
Roger Renstrom (La Jolla, California)
Tel. 858-459-7744; Fax 858-551-5510;
E-mail: renstrom@san.rr.com
Responsible for covering: business equipment and electrical / electronics markets
Gurdip Singh (Singapore)
Tel./fax: +65 65828406; Mobile: +65 97340590
E-mail: gurdip@pacific.net.sg
Kate Tilley (Brisbane, Australia)
Tel: +61 (7) 3831 7500; Fax +61 (7) 3831 7541
E-mail: ktj@ktjournalism.com

Administration

Click here for additional administrative contacts.


SITE INDEX
Home: PN.com | Contact editorial | Contact advertising | Century of Plastics | NPE 2009 | About us
Resin Pricing: All resins | Commodity TPs | High-temp TPs | ETPs | Thermosets | Recycled plastics | LME North America | LME Asia | LME Europe | LME global contracts
Rankings/Lists: All | Injection molders | Blow molders | Film & sheet | Thermoformers | Pipe/profile/tubing | Rotomolders | Mold/toolmakers | Executive pay | Recyclers | Plastic lumber | Compounders | Associations
More News From Crain
Automotive News
BtoB
European Rubber Journal
Rubber & Plastics News
Urethanes Technology International
Waste & Recycling News
Workforce Management
List of all Crain publications
End Markets: Automotive | Packaging | Construction | Medical | Consumer products | Sustainability | Public Policy
Processor News: Injection molding | Blow molding | Film & sheet | Pipe/profile/tubing | Rotomolding | Thermoforming | Recycling
Supplier News: Machinery | Materials | Molds/tooling | Product news | Design
Mergers & Acquisitions: Mergers & Acquisitions
Opinion: The Plastics Blog | The China Blog | Viewpoint | Perspective | Mailbag
FYI Charts: Current FYI | Automotive | Packaging | Machinery | Materials | Molds/tooling | Recycling | Processors | Miscellaneous
Directory: Online directory
Classifieds: View Classifieds ads | Place a Classified ad
Multimedia: Video | Audio clips | Slide shows
Our Events: Sustainable Plastics Packaging | Executive Forum | Plastics in Medical Devices | PRW/EPN events | Plastics Encounter
Industry Events: Industry Events
Awards: Processor of the Year | PN Awards FAQs
Advertising: In Print | Classified | Online
Subscribe: Print | Online | E-mail products
Reprints: Reprints
List Rental: Print | Online
Resin Selector: Resin Selector

Entire contents copyright 2010 by Crain Communications Inc.
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Terms & Conditions | Plastics News Business Directory | Privacy policy | Technical Information
For information about this web site contact webmaster@plasticsnews.com