AKRON, OHIO — A recent price increase for North American PET resin is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report on the American Chemistry Council's 2012 resin sales data, as well as news of a pair of resin...
LAS VEGAS — Dow Building Solutions, a unit of Dow Chemical Corp., has created a “test community” of 12 houses in Midland, Mich., designed to capture comparative data on high-performance, energy-efficient homes.
HATFIELD, PA. — Custom injection molding is an early adopter of the cute-faced, two-armed Baxter robot, designed to work side-by-side with human employees. Baxter sports animated eyes and sensors that can tell a person is nearby, so it will...
CINCINNATI -- Milacron LLC is acquiring Canadian hot-runner specialist Mold-Masters Ltd. from London-based investment firm 3i Group plc.
AKRON, OHIO — An extension of Shell Chemical LP's decision on building a plastic feedstock plant in the Pittsburgh area is featured in this week's Material Insights video. Also this week, we report potential golden parachute payments for...
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Sabic Innovative Plastics introduced nine antimicrobial compounds featuring silver technology at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West trade show, held Feb. 12-14 in Anaheim.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has put a lot engineering into its EcoBoost line of engines, which promise improved efficiency from smaller engines. But that engineering will not draw customers if they don't like the sound of those engines. So Ford...
Judging by the response we received from our members, your article “Study ties cancer to plastics employment” (Nov. 26, Page 1) drew quite a bit of interest from plastics industry employees and employers alike, and we can certainly understand why. The headline and lede incorrectly suggest a direct causal relationship between workers...
The plastics world changed Monday Feb. 4, when the news came out that Jabil Circuit Inc. will buy Nypro Inc.
DETROIT — The drive to get more miles out of a gallon of gasoline is prompting U.S. automakers to bring an additional plastic part to the front of cars and trucks.
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