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Packaging award winners highlight collaboration and security


May 17, 2013 9:06 am ET

WILMINGTON, DEL. — In remote villages in sub-Saharan Africa, medicine can be hard to find, while Coca-Cola is virtually everywhere.

Ossberger and DuPont team up on auto bumper project


April 15, 2013 10:21 am ET

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- DuPont Co. has developed an innovative automotive jounce bumper component to show how design, materials and processing can converge to deliver added performance and lower cost.

Has packaging transformed your life? Vote for your favorite innovation


April 9, 2013 4:07 pm ET

WILMINGTON, DEL. — From juice bottles that bounce instead of break to fruit cups that can live in a lunchbox, it's not hard to see the importance of packaging in daily life.

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Engine part may resonate with buyers


February 8, 2013 1:49 pm ET

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...

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Material Insights: Dec. 3, 2012


December 3, 2012 6:00 am ET

November price increases for PP and PET bottle resin in North America are featured in this week's Material Insights video. Regional PP prices climbed an average of 4 cents per pound in November and now are up a total of 7 cents per pound since Sept. ...

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Material Insights: Oct. 29, 2012


October 29, 2012 6:00 am ET

PolyOne Corp.’s acquisition of Spartech Corp. for almost $400 million is featured in this week’s Material Insights video. PolyOne North America’s largest compounder is paying $393 million for Spartech, a leading plastic sheet maker that also...

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Material Insights: Oct. 22, 2012


October 22, 2012 6:00 am ET

Trade-secret indictments against a South Korean materials firm are featured in this week's Material Insights video. The U.S. Department of Justice on Oct. 18 indicted Kolon Indistries and five of its employees for allegedly stealing trade secrets...

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Material Insights: Aug. 6, 2012


August 6, 2012 6:00 am ET

Up-and-down financial results at public companies with plastics businesses are featured in this week’s Material Insights video. Huntsman and Ferro each saw plastic-related sales and profit gains in the first half of 2012. Kraton saw higher sales but ...

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