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Plastics News is a weekly, 46,000-circulation trade newspaper delivering global news to a primarily North American market. Founded by Crain Communications Inc. in Akron, Ohio, in 1989, it covers the business of the global plastics industry.
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14h ago
North American buyers of most commodity resins have been seeing higher resin prices in February and March.
Polyethylene was a notable exception, which surprised market watchers who had expected a 5-cent hike to take hold. In the March Polymers Points Live, Frank Esposito talks about why the market was flat in February and what might be coming in March and April. Watch the recording below.
He also covers volatility in polypropylene, which have primarily been following prices for polymer-grade propylene. PP prices were up 4 cents per pound in February and 3 cents in January. But Esposito notes t ..read more
Plastics News
17h ago
New statistics show post-consumer plastics recycling falling slightly in the United States as recovery of two flagship resins stumbled in 2022 ..read more
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18h ago
Chemours Co. "already has changed the way we operate at the top of our business," says new CEO Denise Digman ..read more
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21h ago
Blow molding equipment maker W. Müller GmbH, Booth W4180, has developed a new screen changer for processing recyclables with a piston design it says is easy to use, eliminates leaks and doesn't seize ..read more
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21h ago
We had a very impressive list of companies trying for the Plastics News 2023 Processor of the Year award. The number of nominees was close to a record, and the quality of the entries was very strong ..read more
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21h ago
Market sources told Plastics News that domestic PVC sales surpassed 900 million pounds in February, marking the first time they've reached that level since August 2022 ..read more
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21h ago
Netstal Maschinen AG alongside Netstal Deutschland and 11 other sales and service units in the US, South America, Europe, and Asia are now officially part of Krones ..read more
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23h ago
The biggest ripple effect for the plastics industry from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge may come as cargo ships disperse to other Atlantic Ocean ports until the Baltimore port reopens ..read more
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2d ago
The resolution would have been to join the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO ..read more
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2d ago
Mainz, Germany-based pharmaceutical container and delivery system supplier Schott Pharma AG & Co. is investing $371 million in Wilson, N.C., for a plant to manufacture prefillable plastic syringes ..read more