Design

Kia's latest EV concept cars, the recently revealed EV3 crossover and EV4 sedan, showcase the South Korean automaker's push to generate an eco-friendly brand image through interiors using natural materials, plant matter and even recycled ocean trash.

In conversation with Sustainable Plastics, industrial designer Karim Rashid said using recycled plastics in design is becoming mainstream, but that there is still a market gap for using biodegradable plastics

Nature has had 4 billion years to solve countless problems and has solutions that can be adapted to the challenges humans face, too, says design guru John Nottingham.

Positive Plastics is a new initiative launched by three materials experts, united by a special passion for plastics. It's a passion they want to share with the designers and engineers with whom they work, to encourage them to "think positively about plastics."

Linda Balwinski was looking to leave an unfulfilling job in 1993 and, through a family connection, learned about an open position with a startup operation that fabricated custom packaging. Twenty-eight years later, she's still in the industry.

Although the official award ceremony had to be postponed, the organizers of the PacktheFuture Award 2020 were delighted to announce the 10 winners of the fifth edition of this sustainable packaging design competition.

Ernie Green Industries Inc. and Gilero LLC have ended their five-year-old partnership. After almost five years of the business alignment, Gilero is ready to become a stand-alone company.

Injection molder Matrix 4 Inc. is prepping for growth, adding machinery and redefining what it means to play in manufacturing as it settles into its fifth year this July under owner Patricia Miller, the Woodstock, Ill.-based company's CEO and self-styled visionary.

Pretium Packaging LLC is opening a new innovation center in suburban Chicago to help create new packaging for both private label offerings and independent brands.