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Showing a combined $16.4 billion in related sales, thermoforming numbers are down about 3 percent vs. fiscal year 2023, despite a rise in the raw material costs of the top materials used.

Companies in the plastics industry are leveraging social media to engage with customers, promote sustainability and showcase innovation, with platforms like TikTok, Bluesky, Facebook and YouTube playing key roles.

Based on reader engagement, these are recent popular stories that you may have missed.

This interactive chart shows the number of years each respondent has been in operation. Data is from our six North American plastic processor rankings, where year founded was provided.

Hollee Keller: "This blog marks the first time, in 25 years of tracking plastics data, that I've kept a journal of data changes, to capture just how much news happens in between our processor rankings publications."

This week's issue of Plastics News features our North American blow molders ranking.

The average sales per company is up 5 percent over the previous year in this year's ranking of mold makers. While most companies reported little or no change, 22 percent did report gains.

Most raw material costs for commodity resins declined in 2023, so making gains within this year's 159-firm ranking depends on value-added operations and acquisitions.

Plastics News rankings and lists are available to download through All Access subscriptions