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Photo Credit: SPE Automotive Division, VW Group SPE’s Automotive Division recently announced the 2022 Hall of Fame Winner—the first mold-in color (MIC) weatherable front grille, which appeared on the 1987 VW Golf. This will be celebrated by honoring the technology and the companies and people originally involved in developing this application during SPE’s 51st annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition & Gala on November 2, 2022, at the Burton Manor in…

Today, manufacturing jobs are more concentrated in the Midwest than in any other region, and manufacturing is the largest industry in all Midwestern states. Minnesota, especially, has become a prime manufacturing location in recent years. Manufacturing generated $52 billion in revenue in 2020 in the state and accounts for more than a million jobs. Manufacturing businesses represent close to half of Minnesota’s Fortune 500 companies. Advanced Manufacturing Minneapolis is a direct response to…

The 17th century church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice is built atop more than a million wooden pilings driven into the mud beneath. Can a nationwide plastics recycling infrastructure stand on a myriad of individual programs, or does it need a more comprehensive model? (Photo: Matt Naitove) Two things I’ve been thinking about a lot lately are Venice, Italy, and recycling. Venice is one of my favorite places…

What is being billed as the world’s first fully transparent recyclable mid-barrier blister pack will debut at Pack Expo in Chicago next week. TekniPlex Healthcare will showcase the packaging, which includes barrier protection against moisture, at booth W-13043 at the event, which runs from Oct. 23 to 26. The packaging pairs a polyolefin blister film with barrier polypropylene (PP) lidding film. It is recyclable in geographies where the #5 (PP)…

Acknowledging the emergence of China as a dominant global medtech market, Siemens Healthineers announced that it is splitting up its Asia Pacific operations. China, now its own region, continues to be headed by Jerry Wang, while the new Asia Pacific Japan region is headed by Vy Tran, formerly Chief Compliance and Quality Officer at Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company that develops cancer care technologies. “It makes sense to allow diverse and…

Last week, Chemical Market Analytics, part of the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), presented an event titled “Plastics Recycling and the Circular Economy,” joined by leaders from Blackrock, Cyclyx, Tricon Energy, and Encina. Scaling up circularity in plastics will require social innovation as well as technological.Photo Credit: Getty Images The first session focused on the problems and challenges facing recycling. Anthony Palmer, v.p. at Chemical Market Analytics, led a discussion with Michael…