Materials
A new industry-backed plastics recycling bill in Congress supports chemical recycling and calls for a national 30 percent recycled content standard in plastic packaging.
Materials firm Color Master Inc. has expanded its business model by acquiring resin supplier Rainmaker Polymers.
Market expectations in Europe are for a significant reduction in PET prices this month, possibly in the of €40-50 per metric ton. Other commodity resins rose throughout the region.
The August PP increase was influenced by prices for polymer-grade propylene monomer feedstock. PP prices had climbed 5 cents in July and 2 cents in June.
A first-generation American with parents who emigrated from Sudan, Boigny said "integrating eastern Sudanese values with western American culture has been a balancing act, but the one value that is common is the value of hard work."
Peter oversees the manufacturing operations of more than 40 staff members, and she focuses on safety, personnel training and development, and productivity improvements.
Davis completed a cost-out project that saved the company about $1.2 million and was awarded Cost-out Team of the Quarter in March 2023.
Donofrio transitioned to outside sales, moving from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, where she is now a sales development engineer at Conventus Polymers LLC.
Fordham worked as a field coordinator and executive assistant for Carter, government relations specialist and representative for International Paper, then manager and senior manager of federal government relations for LyondellBasell. He is now the director of government relations for Celanese Corp.
Tsui earned a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a doctorate in materials science and engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
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