Kickstart
Fortune magazine honored by Dow and Eastman in its 2023 Change the World list, a move even it noted asks the question: "How did two plastic producers make the list?"
Thousands of companies from across the U.S. along with several international locations will participate in Manufacturing Day 2023 on Oct. 6.
A Wisconsin maker of pet food, Stella & Chewy's, just announced "the stay plan," a $15,000 bonus that will be paid to each worker if the company meets its job retention goals.
While plastics industry lobbying groups want to have input into just what those new rules will cover, many of them also want to make sure that whatever happens will be consistent.
Kraft Heinz has just ordered a voluntary recall of 83,000 cases of individually-wrapped Kraft Singles American cheese slices because a "temporary issue developed on one of our wrapping machines" resulted in the potential for a piece of plastic to remain on the cheese after it is removed from its overwrap
Epoca SpA, an Italian maker and designer of garden and household items, saw DSM's Akulon Repurposed line of nylon made from recycled, disused commercial fishing nets at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, almost a year ago.
Making perfect items, ready for delivery, is hard enough. Getting them delivered to customers on time can add another level of complexity. The answer for some plastics companies is to get into trucking.
The hype for the University of Colorado's football team this season may help drive sales of some custom plastics products, the Coach Prime sunglasses.
A single-use plastic bottle ban in Massachusetts and targeting HDPE toothpaste tubes in Connecticut.
"Shutting down any one part reverberates through the smallest and largest [auto industry] manufacturers rather quickly," John Walsh, president and CEO of the Michigan Manufacturers Association, said.
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