Frank Esposito

Senior Staff Reporter

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Esposito joined Plastics News in April 1997. Previously, he had four years of newspaper reporting experience -- first for Suburban News Publications in Columbus, Ohio, and then for the Medina County Gazette in Medina, Ohio. He was promoted to senior reporter in January 2007. Esposito has a degree in English from Ohio's Bowling Green State University.

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Recent Stories
Vinmar links with Lanxess for North American distribution

Vinmar Polymers America will distribute Lanxess Corp.'s high-performance plastics to customers in North America.
Ampacet revives film recycling

ReVive-brand compatibilizers are blends of functional additives that can reduce the amount of material sent to landfills by allowing post-industrial and post-consumer barrier films to be reprocessed back into the polyolefin recycling stream, officials with Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Ampacet said in a recent news release.
December ends with price drops for polypropylene and PET bottle resin

Regional prices for polycarbonate and nylon 6/6 resins also declined late in the year.
Solvay increases specialty stabilizer output in W. Va.

The new capacity is for high molecular weight hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS). Those materials are used in Solvay's Cynergy-brand and Cyxtra-brand polymer additives which are combined with polyethylene and polypropylene in building and construction, agricultural films and other consumer and industrial uses.
Shell enters polycarbonate resin market with China JV

Shell Chemicals plans to enter the polycarbonate resin market through a partnership with CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. of China.
Dow, Avangard to bring post-consumer grades of PE to North America

Low density and linear low density polyethylene with recycled content will be available by the end of the year through the partnership.
No injuries in fire, explosion at Louisiana Sasol LDPE unit

No injuries were reported Jan. 13 after an explosion and fire at a low density polyethylene resin unit operated by Sasol Ltd. in Lake Charles, La.
PolyOne's Clariant deal gets high marks

PolyOne Corp.'s offer for Clariant's masterbatch concentrates unit will have a positive impact, according to market watchers.
Plastics, rubber firms can get help filling jobs

Plastics and rubber firms are looking for good people, and three organizations working to help them in this pursuit took part in a Jan. 14 meeting of the Akron chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers in Fairlawn.
Graham closing Pennsylvania plant, cutting 84 jobs

The Hazle Township plant will be the fourth Graham blow molding site to close in less than a year.
Changes hit North American resin prices to close out the year

For North American resins, 2019 came to a close with price changes for a range of materials, with some decreases driven by reduced demand.
Formosa wins final approvals for Louisiana materials site

Formosa's $9.4 billion investment — called the Sunshine Project — is expected to create 1,200 new direct jobs and a peak construction workforce of more than 8,000. Formosa first announced plans for the project in April 2018.
Tolsa grows flame retardant line

Spanish additives maker Tolsa has expanded its ADINS-brand range of flame-retardant additives for polypropylene, PVC, rubber polymer systems and silicones.
Next-generation electronics, auto driving growth for Polyplastics

The growth of 5G telecommunications, autonomous and driver-assist technologies are at the center of Polyplastics' plans for the future.
Chase Plastics sets holiday donation record

This year's campaign wrapped up on Dec. 20, with Chase — a resin distributor based in Clarkston, Mich. — donating a total of $7,500 to three charities that had been nominated by the firm's customers.