German extrusion machinery company Reifenhäuser Group has acquired blown film machinery supplier Plamex Maschinenbau GmbH, a move designed in particular to enable the group to expand its offerings to the medical packaging industry.
QM Group is spending $9.5 million to expand its injection molding plant in Orangeburg, S.C.
Italian bioplastics firm Bio-on srl has signed an agreement with Innova Imagen SA de CV to make polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers in Mexico.
RKW SE, one of Europe's largest film extruders, is investing $18.8 million to expand its production site in Franklin, Ky.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is endorsing a plastic bag ban in the state, and says she wants to use her office to drive a broader look at single-use plastics and other disposables.
Leaders of Mexico's plastics industry are meeting with federal lawmakers and civic leaders in an effort to produce a national plan to manage plastic waste in an economically viable and environmentally friendly way.
Armor Plastics LLC, a newly established plastics coating company specializing in aftermarket ATV parts and other hard-coating and plastics products, is launching operations in Madison, Ind.
French energy and chemicals supplier Total SA announced Feb. 19 that it has acquired plastics recycling company Synova SAS. Financial details about the transaction were not released.
In June, the U.S. economy should set a record for the longest economic expansion in history. Housing economists think the streak will continue, but they see rising risks for a mild recession in 2021.
Converting machinery manufacturer Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) is hosting an open day event March 27-28, where it will display its latest flexographic press, Novoflex II.
German plastics machinery company Hennecke GmbH has moved its North American headquarters to a new purpose-built facility in South Fayette Township, Pa., near Pittsburgh.
Two former executives at Lucent Polymers were indicted on charges they hid wrongdoing in sale, and A. Schulman's lawsuit against Citadel Plastics over the Lucent transition was settled. In other news, Chroma Color is making an acquisition.
Medical and biotechnology contract manufacturer Medbio Inc. has acquired AIM Plastics Inc., an injection molder of medical device components based in Clinton Township, Mich., a suburb of Detroit.
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Richard “Dick” Johnson, president of the Society of Plastics Engineers for the 1985-1986 year, died Feb. 6 in Lake Zurich, Ill. He was 83.
Belgian speciality chemicals company Solvay SA has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Chinese chemicals company Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co. Ltd.
Plastic Omnium SA, the French supplier of front-end modules and fuel system components, reported strong results for 2018 despite a slump in global auto production.
Braskem has launched a new study to develop a chemical recycling process for post-consumer plastics, such as grocery bags and packaging films for snacks and cookies.
Berry Global Group Inc. only has until mid-March to determine whether it actually will make an offer for RPC Group plc.
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