Thermoformed plastics packaging specialist Direct Pack Inc. (DPI) has started operations at a $25 million manufacturing plant in Baja California, Mexico, its fourth such facility in North America and its second in Mexico.
Carbon-negative materials developer Origin Materials Inc., based in Sacramento, CA, and South Korea’s Kolon Industries Inc. have announced a strategic partnership to industrialize novel polymers and drop-in solutions, with an initial focus on automotive applications. This strategic partnership aims to rapidly develop and industrialize sustainable carbon-negative products based on Origin Materials’ patented technology platform, leveraging Kolon’s polymerization expertise and application development and supply-chain strengths. As part of the partnership, Kolon…
Within the last four years, we have reported on the patented EcoCore foam core technology for lightweight and reusable packaging from U.K.’s Bockatech. This included Bochatech’s 2020 partnership with Austria’s Borealis (U.S. office in Port Murray, N.J.), and Las Vegas-based Westfall Technik Inc., a global holding company that provides innovative plastics manufacturing solutions to the healthcare, packaging and consumer goods industries. That license agreement enables Westfall to promote Bockatech’s EcoCore…
IAC Group North America will close its Greencastle, Ind., facility in 2022, permanently laying off 125 employees.
To grow, companies need to develop new products and find solutions for existing needs or problems. However, innovation is oftentimes not easy. Inventing new products and systems require focus, planning, discipline, resources, and talent. Typically, one of the biggest hurdles is deciding whether the innovation will be in a totally new direction, or an enhancement in the current portfolio of products and processes. Significant innovations tend to occur when we…
Stratasys recently introduced the GrabCAD additive manufacturing platform, an open and enterprise-ready software platform that is targeting production-scale additive manufacturing. The company says that 3D printing at production scale requires new software-driven operational capabilities, such as the ability to manage a large number of 3D printers across multiple locations, monitor output quality, automate materials management, and integrate within the broader enterprise. Traditional manufacturing solutions are not designed for additive workflows, which are…
Recent strenuous efforts by the plastics industry to help state and federal lawmakers craft workable solutions to reduce plastic waste and create recycling infrastructure took an interesting turn with Tuesday’s elections — particularly with surprising results in New Jersey and Virginia. Shannon Crawford and John Grant of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) detailed those efforts Friday and forecast coming battles in 2022 in the closing session of the inaugural PLASTICS Packaging…
Osaka, Japan-based Matsui Mfg. Co. Ltd. has set its sights on being the most reliable choice for plastics processors.
Plastics executives at a recent conference talked about going on the offense in their public image battles, and looked at what companies in competing industries have done.
As the auto industry continues to emerge from the Covid-induced hiatus on public gatherings, the Specialty Equipment Market Association annual SEMA show of custom and aftermarket automotive parts in Las Vegas returned with gusto. Carmakers supported the show with a variety of attention-grabbing custom concepts. They were among SEMA’s 1,300 exhibiting companies representing the $47.8 billion automotive aftermarket. SEMA says that 30,000 industry participants attend the show, which is not open…