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An annual tradition going back more than three decades, the Molding Conference is returning this November. To be held Nov. 8-10 at the Charlotte Convention Center, Molding 2022 will once again offer attendees the insights and institutional knowledge of industry leaders that molders have come to expect, as well as an all-new collocated event—the Moldmaking Conference. For the first time, Plastics Technology’s sister publication, MoldMaking Technology, will be organizing a…

When Tide Rock Holdings acquired Plastic Molding Technology in January of this year, the transaction could be seen as the linchpin of a plastics manufacturing portfolio the private equity firm was assembling. It had previously acquired in rapid succession Plastics Design & Manufacturing, Pikes Peak Plastics, and Altratek Plastics, all based in Colorado. At the co-located Plastec West and Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West event in Anaheim, CA, this…

Plans to build a $680 million plant to convert waste plastic into fuel and other products in Macon-Bibb County, GA, have been scrapped after Brightmark, the plant’s designer and builder, failed to meet a deadline to prove its technology worked in a similar plant in Indiana. San Francisco–based waste solutions provider Brightmark and the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority had agreed to build the “world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility” in Macon-Bibb…

I know I’m late but it’s only 10 minutes and I can stay over if you want. I got kids, you know. My sorry excuse for a babysitter, she’s lucky she’s fam, or she’d be fired. She’s always standing me up, making me late. I figured you would understand. When an employee lives in daily instability and doesn’t have enough resources to make it through the day, time is viewed differently.…

The mood in spot resin trading last week was . . . boisterous. At the PlasticsExchange trading desk, the first full week of April was the busiest week in almost a full year, when the market was still reeling in the aftermath of the Houston winter storm. Demand from both processors and resellers remained strong as the second quarter began, but the general lack of prompt supply also continued. Spot…