The Ohio city will benefit from the Beyond 34 program, aimed at increasing recycling rates, well, beyond the current level of 34 percent.
The 2017 Women Breaking the Mold special report will appear in our July 17 issue. We're looking to share the stories of dynamic women of all ages and career levels within the plastics industry.
Why did an Italian manufacturer of plastics processing equipment bring an alphorn to K 2016? To show off a new way to make an old instrument.
The bio-based products industry is small but growing, according to a government study that shows the industry, including bioplastics, created 220,000 new jobs and grew by $24 billion in 2014.
If you're trying to get the next generation of plastics workers excited about manufacturing, today is the day. The plastics industry is expecting record participation in Manufacturing Day 2016.
The federal government will have enough funds to function through Dec. 9, thanks to a budget extension package passed Sept. 29 which also includes add-ons of interested to the plastics industry — and a few items of interest that didn't make it into the bill.
Over the past few months I've asked several people — designers, engineers, executives — for their thoughts on achieving authenticity with plastic. Sometimes the answer is “You don't.” But there are other ideas, too.
Ron Johnson talked foreign policy rather than jobs during his time in the GOP spotlight in Cleveland.
It's Day Two of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and plastics fans can expect to see a familiar face at the podium tonight.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is back with another new campaign commercial this morning, starring the senator himself — and an extrusion machine.
Among this year's Presidential Green Chemistry Award winners were two plastics companies: biochemical company Verdezyne of Carlsbad, Calif. and Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Newlight Technologies LLC.
As the primary season winds down, don't think that means relief if you're already had your fill of politics for 2016. While Bernie, Hillary and The Donald have been tearing up the airwaves all over the United States for months, some races are just getting started —including a Senate race where plastics, and the jobs the industry has to offer, will feature prominently
Instead of yeas and nays in the much-anticipated May 26 vote on a bill that would that would update the laws governing the manufacture, transportation and regulation of chemicals in the United States, what people heard as they followed efforts to update the Toxic Substances Control Act sounded more like screeching brakes in the U.S. Senate.
