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Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems has announced a $17 million expansion of its facility in Simpson County, Ky. The expansion will create 76 full-time jobs. With the additional space, Sumitomo will be able to increase product lines for electric wiring harness components for automobiles. The company will also add new injection molding machines and automated assembly equipment to produce electrical connectors. The expansion will include a clean, climate-controlled environment. “We have…

Square Root Marketing has merged with Siy Communications to expand branding and marketing services for plastics and manufacturing clients across the Americas.

Trivalence Technologies is based in Evansville, Ind., and makes custom-engineered compounds using recycled and virgin material. West Virginia-based Star does compounding work in polycarbonate, ABS and other engineering resins.

The two-platen press represents new era of scale and efficiency in high-tonnage molding, the company says.

OPmobility, formerly Plastic Omnium, makes HDPE fuel tanks, front-end modules and lighting. Plastics News ranks it at No. 6 among North American blow molders with more than $1 billion in sales in the region and five plants while it is No. 18 among injection molders in North America with nearly $500 million in sales and four plants.

The recipients were chosen from several nominated by customers and suppliers of Chase Plastics, a resin distributor based in Clarkston, Mich.

With full control of Imflux software, algorithms and process innovations, RJG officials say they can develop smarter molding platforms that support recycled materials, machine downsizing and complex multi-cavity balancing.

The hike was less than expected just a few weeks earlier. In mid-June, sources said PP prices could be up as much as 4 cents for the month because PGP supplies were tightening.

Injection molding and reusable plastic crates have saved the commercial lobster industry billions of dollars and improved conditions for its workforce.

With packaging EPR facing more political resistance over whether it raises costs for consumers, we look at what some research shows.