In the May edition of Numbers That Matter Live, Plastics News Economics Editor Bill Wood offered a frank, wide-ranging look at the economic headwinds — and potential turning points — facing the U.S. plastics industry.
Plastics machinery could be “collateral damage” in a trade war between the United States and the European Union under new tariffs proposed to start June 1.
At a White House event May 22, President Donald Trump praised a report from his Make America Healthy Again Commission that said chemicals in plastics could be a contributing factor in chronic disease epidemics.
Innovia Films Ltd. has inaugurated a new film coating line at its long-standing Zacapu facility in Michoacan, Mexico, aiming to boost production capacity by 9,000 tons.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cascade Engineering Inc. and a business network service provider jointly pledged $100,000 to create a down payment assistance program and will receive a matching grant from the state’s Employer-Assisted Housing Fund.
The company softens some environmental goals related to plastics use while giving itself more more time to achieve them.
Mexico, Switzerland and other countries are pushing for the global plastics treaty to include provisions on health risks from chemicals in plastics.
The U.S. resin sector is experiencing significant disruption in early 2025 due to a combination of tariffs, feedstock costs and unstable domestic demand.
Washington is officially the seventh U.S. state to adopt packaging EPR. By 2032, it will require companies using plastics and other packaging to pay 90 percent of the cost of residential recycling for the materials.
Manufacturing Revitalization Corp. of America (MRCA) has acquired three direct-to-consumer and e-commerce brands: Semi Exact, Subpod and Hungry Bin.