Don Loepp joined Plastics News in 1991 as a reporter, covering the packaging and recycling beats. He was promoted to news editor in mid-1993, and became managing editor two years later.
After earning a bachelor of science degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1983, he worked as a reporter for eight years for the Milwaukee Journal and for the Daily Press and Times-Herald daily newspapers in Newport News, Va., before relocating to his native northeastern Ohio to join Crain Communications Inc.
As managing editor, he runs the day-to-day operations of the Plastics News newsroom from its Akron, Ohio, headquarters office.