In a revision of the University of Akron's operating system to help cut costs, officials said faculty and students from the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering would retain their place within the programs for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

What happens to this company — and any company — during a continuing global pandemic will be hard to predict.

Novares is not the first auto supplier forced into bankruptcy due to COVID-19, and it certainly won't be the last.

As Catherine Kavanaugh writes, global demand for clear plastic sheet has doubled from a year ago and lead times are out as far as six months.

But if you want a break from economic uncertainty, how about people biting into their PET bottles?

To get you in a summer frame of mind, here's a Minneapolis-based outdoor furniture company, Yardbird, that uses recycled plastics gathered from waterways and beaches to make its chairs and sofas.

One of the stories we've been following at Plastics News is the work to mold millions of nasopharyngeal swabs for coronavirus testing. These long, flexible swabs are needed to reach the back of the nose or throat to gather samples and determine who has an active COVID-19 infection.

Dunkin' (the brand formerly known as Dunkin' Donuts) announced May 11 that all of its stores have transitioned to a double-walled paper cup in place of the expanded polystyrene cup the restaurant had used for years.

Consider an elementary school classroom where younger kids gather in a circle for a story, or older kids work in teams on a science project. How will they stay safe in a COVID-19 world?

The favorite letter of the alphabet for industry right now may be V. As the North American economy makes its first slow, planned steps toward reopening nonessential manufacturing, the hope is that we'll see an economic rebound that climbs as quickly as it fell.

Two plastics companies are finding new ways to give back to their community.

I'm guessing some summer improvement projects have made their way into your schedule in 2020. Expanding the garden? Improving the deck? Maybe adding a swimming pool? Well, some plastics companies certainly think so.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the rush to get hand sanitizer out to consumers, along with a shortage of traditional bottles for sanitizers because of the heavy demand, has meant that some companies are using whatever bottles are available.

Sales of passenger vehicles plunged about 50 percent in North America during April, but that compares to earlier estimates by J.D. Power that had expected up to an 80 percent drop.