Unilever pledges to use less virgin plastic, companies open their doors to students for Manufacturing Day, Scottish whisky brand Glenlivet partners with Notpla to make glassless cocktails.

The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that General Motors Co. unveiled in July has a curved, multihollow pultruded carbon fiber bumper beam. It's a first for the automotive industry, according to Shape Corp., the Grand Haven, Mich.-based Tier 1 supplier that engineered and manufactured the part.

If only we could do a side-by-side comparison of Bill's first two years at PN compared with mine. My bet is that those YouTube videos gave me a slight advantage.

Bill Bregar was one of the first staff members hired when Plastics News began 30 years ago. Audrey LaForest wasn't even born yet when PN's first issue was published. Both cover machinery, where change is always under way.

Pancon Corp. is shuttering its injection molding facility in Temecula, Calif., and laying off 59 workers at its headquarters in East Taunton, Mass., effective Nov. 17.

Husky Injection Molding System Ltd. is reorganizing its hot runners, controllers and medical (HRCM) business and making leadership changes to support the strategy.

Teijin-owned Continental Structural Plastics Inc. is constructing a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas, near San Antonio. The project is a shared capital investment of approximately $70 million with CSP’s parent company, the Japanese materials firm Teijin Ltd.

Auxiliary equipment maker Maguire Products Inc. has established its sixth international subsidiary, in Taichung City, Taiwan. A grand opening took place Sept. 26 at the facility.

SC Johnson & Son pulls out of the Plastics Industry Association, Ohio-based injection molder Venture Plastics marks 50 years in business and five people will have a chance to help scientists researching microplastics in Antarctica.

A lot can happen in three years. For French automotive supplier Novares Group SA, the changes are not only evident in the company's name, but also in its swift short-term and steady long-term strategies.

Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing Inc. plans to invest $15 million in an expansion at its Eaton, Ohio, facility to meet growing customer demand. The project is expected to create 70 new jobs.

RTP Company bows out of proposed plant in Skibbereen, Ireland, California raises recycling requirements, a few plastic toys are finalists for the Toy Hall of Fame.

General Motors Co.'s use of composites on the new Chevrolet Corvette equals a "winning equation" for the automaker, according to Edward Moss, GM's engineering group manager for Corvette body structures.

Gary Mishkin is the top executive of a company that meets two of his conditions: smaller and growing.