The concentrates maker is looking to share "the Colortech experience."
Per-share prices at three plastics-related firms are well ahead of average market growth, while four have shown losses.
I'm sharing my impressions of the state of plastics processing in the summer of 2019.
Seeing eight water glasses, each with a straw, plopped on each table makes it easy to see why straws have become such a big target so quickly in environmental circles. Because, let's face it, they weren't really needed.
Plastics processors face a lot of competition in the job market. But you can't give up. It's a matter of survival.
Recyclers may want caps on but the new social media challenges is all about getting the caps off without using your hands.
"What's in it for me?" companies asked the first time PN counted pipe, profile and tubing extruders in North America. "Knowledge," was the answer then and it still applies today.
Like you, perhaps, I miss the good old days, when a trip to the supermarket, restaurant or watering hole wasn't an opportunity for a debate about single-use plastics. But I'm afraid we're just getting started.
Nearly 500 small and midsized injection molding firms in North America recorded more than $8.2 billion worth of sales in 2018.
Covestro LLC's top executive addressed connections between communities and companies at a recent industry event.
A McDonald's in Taipei, Taiwan, shows that straws for certain cold drinks are unnecessary.
A group of trade groups and a non-profit are joining together to help residents understand what should and should not go in the recycling bin with a focus on worker and equipment safety.
It must be summer because it is time to look at the numbers behind ranking of the Top 100 North American injection molders. Look to next week's issue for the smaller firms.
Adams Manufacturing has declared June 21 as National Adirondack Day. Just like National Hangover Day, Cuddle Up Day and Thesaurus Day. (Actually, those last two sound pretty good. … Full confession: Heavy Metal loves to cuddle. And did you really think Metal has a naturally great vocabulary?)
