A new study from Tsinghua University highlights the widening gap between plastic production and recycling, with global recycling rates stagnating at just 9 percent.

Japanese materials leader Kuraray Co. Ltd. has acquired California-based Nelumbo Inc., a UC Berkeley spinout specializing in ...

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Chemical industry regulatory specialists gathered at their annual conference in Washington, where a senior EPA official ...

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Automotive supplier Tribar Technologies is planning to close three factories in Wixom, Mich., and lay off 188 people after ...

Horizon Manufacturing Group, a custom rotational molder, is expanding its Lake Mills, Wis., facility from 40,000 to 87,000 ...

Ultra-high performance, sustainability-focused stretch film maker Paragon Films Inc. plans to open its first manufacturing ...

Laitrim LLC and its plastic modular conveying business, Intralox, came in at No. 10 among USA Today's Best Places to Work.

In the latest Polymer Points Live discussion, resin pricing trends for March and projections for April were reviewed, with a focus on the impact of tariffs, economic conditions, and global oil ...

Captiva Containers said the influx of cash from a private equity firm will help the company in its next phase of growth.

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled.