WASHINGTON -- A two-day Business of Plastics conference will include presentations on the automotive, packaging, medical, and electronics markets; multidisciplinary sessions on international, economic and regulatory factors affecting these sectors; and sessions on human capital, recycling and social media.
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...
Jerry Heckman, who died Jan. 21 at age 85, had been a key leader in the plastics industry for nearly 60 years. Since he was so well-known in some corners of the industry — especially with some of our “senior” readers, and those...
WASHINGTON -- An industry group is questioning the scientific validity of biodegradability claims made by producers of degradable additives.
Jerry Heckman has been a key leader in the plastics industry for nearly 60 years -- quite an accomplishment for someone who, as his Plastics Hall of Fame profile notes, "never invented a plastic product or application."
WASHINGTON — Jerome Heckman, a lawyer who has been active in a wide variety of plastics industry causes for nearly 60 years, died this week of heart disease. He was 85.
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