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Economic forecasts vs. reality

For this last column of 2018, I want to look back at some of my forecasts from a year ago and then compare these forecasts to what actually happened during the past year.

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Private equity firm invests in Charter Industries

BASF pulling out of bioplastics JV

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Covestro adding PC film capacity in Thailand

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End use markets supplied by injection molders

Bill Carteaux left lasting legacy on plastics industry

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Injection Molding

MTD Micro Molding invests in equipment, personnel

MTD Micro Molding customers turn to the Charlton, Mass.-based company to breathe commercial life ...Read More ›

Automotive

UAW organizes Michigan Flex-N-Gate plant

Hourly workers at the Flex-N-Gate Corp. plant in Shelby Township, Mich., voted Dec. 12 to join...Read More ›

Mergers & Acquisitions

Intertape Polymer buys Maiweave LLC for $21 million

A Springfield, Ohio-based maker of woven polyethylene fabrics is being acquired by Intertape...Read More ›

Materials

BASF making progress with chemical recycling project

BASF SE is advancing its plastics recycling ambitions with a new ChemCycling project, which...Read More ›

Material Insights: PolyOne partners in helping bring eyeglasses to developing countries

PolyOne Corp. donated hundreds of hours of design time and materials for the eyeglass project, PET bottle resin declines and Coca-Cola Co. loans money to PET recycler.

Plastics News Now

Plastics News Now: 'The plastics industry lost its best friend': Industry remembers Bill Carteaux

Material Insights

Material Insights: Group fights proposed RTP compounding plant in Ireland

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Blow Molding

Graham closing Kentucky blow molding plant

Gas leak blamed in deadly blast at Dominican Republic blow molder

Three dead following blast at Dominican Republic plant

Blow molding machinery market adjusts to changing packaging sector

Film & Sheet

Spell Capital invests in film maker Polar Plastics

Toppan adding contract packaging site in Florida

South Korean battery maker investing $1.6B in Georgia production

DS Smith to divest plastics division

Packaging

Faced with challenges, plastics recycling rate slips

Orkisz legacy continues at packaging thermoformer Inline Plastics Corp.

Logoplaste moving into Wisconsin from Illinois

Nelipak consolidates, invests in Puerto Rico

Recycling

New York container collector sues Nestlé over uncollected bottles

Coke extends support to recycling business

Costa Rican firm uses recycled plastic to make construction blocks

Startup firm uses recycled PET panels to make durable homes

Medical

Dordan Manufacturing moving into medical packaging

Pexco buys tubing extruder Insultab

NEP believes Minnesota Rubber is in good hands with KKR

Freudenberg Medical building plant, HQ in Massachusetts

Machinery

KraussMaffei celebrates a colorful milestone

Werner Koch increasing presence in Mexico

Applied Medical implementing Arburg's ALS system

More processors using Conair SmartServices system

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