Processor of the Year
Custom molder Rodon specializes in small precision parts.
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Processor of the Year
Bemis Manufacturing has a reputation as a technological leader.
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Processor of the Year
POY winner Steinwall empowers its employees.
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Material Insights
Commodity resin pricing action is featured in this week's video.
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News & Features
The American plastic yo-yo is big business in China.
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Material Insights
A battle rages between Georgia Gulf and Westlake Chemical.
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News & Features
Ford F-150 pickup truck gets an EcoBoost.
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News & Features
BASF execs talks material science at auto show.
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Plastics News' weekly series is about anything related to North American materials: supply, demand, pricing, mergers and acquisitions, novel applications, new resins, compounding or distribution news or trends, etc. Akron, Ohio-based senior reporter Frank Esposito, who covers those topics, is the program's primary host.
This series of videos is from the 2011 Plastics News Executive Forum's leadership workshop, where industry experts addressed open innovation, rapid manufacturing, design thinking, the economy, automotive market prospects, resin outlooks, where to find financing, b-to-b and social media marketing, and management best practices.
At $100 billion, the U.S. medical device market is huge. Videos from PN's second annual PMD conference, held April 11-13, 2011, in Huron, Ohio, address the potential for even greater use of plastics in medical applications.
These videos, from PN's Executive Forum March 6-9, 2011, in Las Vegas, highlight topics such as open innovation, design thinking, automotive and macroeconomic prospects, financing, polyolefin and engineering resin trends, b-to-b marketing, and how additive manufacturing has advanced beyond being a rapid-prototyping tool to become a production process in its own right.
Three custom injection molders are the finalists for Plastics News' 15th Processor of the Year Award: Atek Plastics, a medical molder in Kerrville, Texas; Plastikos Inc., a molder of electrical connectors and medical parts in Erie, Pa.; and custom molder SteinÂÂwall Inc. of Coon Rapids, Minn. Also, the video player contains past POY finalists.
These features from Plastics News Global Group's inaugural North American medical devices conference, held in April 2010 in Westlake, Ohio, focus on the supply chain -- from polymer and equipment suppliers and plastics processors to product designers, device makers and pharmaceutical OEMs. 
This video series includes interviews with several speakers at PN's annual industry conference in March 2010 in Tampa, Fla., discussing the latest developments in emerging Asian and Middle Eastern markets, as well as bioplastics' future and resin trends.
These videos were culled from interviews and speaker presentations the Dulles, Va.-based Industrial Designers Society of America's 2009 conference in Miami. This PN original weekly series features design leaders from North America and beyond, as well as materials and plastics industry officials, educators and students. 
Plastics News Global Group posted 17 news and feature videos from the show floor during the NPE2009 exhibition in Chicago. PN's team of reporters worked with videographer Steve Raddock to help tell the story from McCormick Place.
This series, shot at PN's 2009 Executive Forum, offers insights from industry executives, consultants, analysts and attorneys on everything from coping with bankruptcy pressures and supply-chain disruptions to entering new markets. 
