Lubrizol's engineered polymers unit launched its first thermoplastic polyurethane that is a powder grade. It's the only TPU certified for 3D printing with HP Inc.'s Multi Jet Fusion 4200.

Injection molder New Berlin Plastics has updated its approach to product launches with proprietary software to improve communication and collaboration between its engineers and customers.

The Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. has appointed David M. Fink, the senior vice president of WL Plastics, as its president and executive director, effective at the end of January.

Versatile, reusable and suitable for all kinds of industrial packaging, PET is pivotal to the plastics industry. And Italian machinery maker Sacmi Imola S.C. says it has its sights set on giving the material a second life.

Navigator is now available for American Kuhne machines producing medical tubing, profiles, wire and cable.

The concentration levels of chlorine dioxide disinfectant used for Hamilton, Ohio's award-winning water apparently caused premature aging of its HDPE pipes.

China-based GreenView Floors will renovate a vacant manufacturing site to create an operation in Adairsville, Ga., that will employ 238.

The largest distributor of high density polyethylene pipe in North America, Louisville, Ky.-based Isco Industries Inc., will buy Irondale, Ala.-based M.T. Deason Co. Inc. to increase its service capacity in the natural gas distribution market.

The Swiss company says it focused on adaptability for its new Flex 92, which can use existing molds made for different machines.

The Rotterdam, Netherlands-based nonprofit group Ocean Cleanup has brought ashore its first haul, 60 tote bags of plastic it scooped from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

New product line pairs five-gallon buckets with wheeled dollies, seats, paint sprays, skis for ice fishing and more.

Texas building products manufacturer has been slowly rolling out the decking line to the U.S. and Canada; product was developed in South Africa 10 years ago.

GN Thermoforming develops smaller form-cut-stack machines to grow in food, medical and industrial packaging markets.

Sepro Group officials said the French company is poised for growth with a new chief sales officer appointed on the heels of a partnership with Universal Robots on collaborative robots.

New recyclable designs and thermoforming system address stricter regulations around the world, requiring more responsible end-of-life options for containers.