Falling virgin resin prices hurting North American recyclers
Prices for virgin and off-spec resins are decreasing, putting pressure on North American plastics recyclers.
Seiler adds to sheet operations with CSP acquisition
Seiler Plastics Corp. is expanding its product lineup by acquiring sheet extruder Central States Products Inc. (CSP) of St. Louis.
Borealis Furthers Circularity Commitment with Rialti Buy
Borealis announced today the signing of an agreement to acquire Rialti, one of Europe’s leading producers of mechanically recycled polypropylene (PP) compounds for injection molding and extrusion. The investment will add 50,000 tonnes of recycled compounding capacity, strengthening Borealis’ circular portfolio and furthering its commitment to the EverMinds platform, a corporate initiative to bring together stakeholders and influencers to unlock progress and accelerate change. Based near Varese in northern Italy,…
Kickstart: Well, poop
An Australian packaging company has a very distinctive way to let the public know about plastics pollution in the world’s oceans.
Not All Countries Are Equal at Global Plastics Treaty Talks
The recent UN conference on ocean plastics (formally known as the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, or INC-2 for short) in Paris last month generated a lot of headlines in early June. Depending on who you listened to, the conference was: wonderful and showed tremendous action; awful and nothing got done; somewhere in between — something more than nothing got done, but without any commitment. The…
Resin Price Report: Processors Push, in Vain, for More Spot Discounts
Following what was perhaps the busiest week of the year at the PlasticsExchange, resin trading slowed as processors pushed for another round of spot discounts. Producers, however, were less flexible on pricing, reports the PlasticsExchange in its Market Update, stopping dealmaking in its tracks. Some good groups of polypropylene (PP) railcars were available, including copolymer PP high-flow, which had been scarce in the spot market. Though several producers said they…
Tipa Gives Compostable Packaging a Boost in the US
Tipa, an Israel-based supplier of compostable plastic flexible materials, has partnered with US packaging manufacturers PPC Flexible Packaging and Clearview Packaging to expand production of compostable packaging in the US. The two packaging producers are using Tipa’s compostable films and laminates, which are circular packaging materials that incorporate biomass and leave no waste after composting. PPC Flexible Packaging, headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL, uses Tipa’s compostable laminates to manufacture pouches…
‘Little’ injection molders hold steady
Nearly 600 injection molders saw a combined $40.6 billion in sales in North America in 2022, a 5 percent increase.
3D Printing Still Ascendant, According to Hubs Report
Additive manufacturing is growing fast, and it’s likely to continue in an upward trajectory. That’s a key takeaway from the latest “3D Printing Trend Report” from online manufacturing platform Hubs. The company has been publishing these reports for several years, with this year’s edition based on a survey of 1,035 participants as well as media and market analyst firms. The manufacturing sector is increasing its use of additive manufacturing, with…
Kickstart: A good time to ‘make stuff’
Bill Wood: “We are going to have to make stuff and we are not going to be able to rely on anybody else to make that stuff here.”