In this week’s Material Insights, Frank Esposito reports that polystyrene is joining PVC and several engineering thermoplastics all moving higher to start 2026. He links the increases to seasonal ...

Lone Star Funds is building a global nylon and engineering plastics platform through acquisitions of RadiciGroup and Domo ...

A major First Brands lender has sued auditor BDO after reviewing a court-appointed examiner’s findings, alleging the firm ...

LyondellBasell says more than 20 percent of global polyethylene capacity has been disrupted by the Middle East conflict, ...

President Donald Trump's new nominee for surgeon general sees connections between microplastics and dementia and other health ...

The Vynova site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, first opened in the late 1970s, but it entered the insolvency process earlier this ...

Greif Inc. expects to reach a target of cutting costs by $120 million by next year.

The association put out a statement to assuage what it described as fear among beverage industry members over a food-grade ...

A New York state plastics packaging EPR bill sees "major concessions" to industry but it's still not clear if the changes ...

Institut for the European Commission is urging policymakers to allow companies to meet PPWR recycled content targets using ...

Teknor Apex is investing in a 75 million euro fund to expand factory-floor software, after testing the tools in its own U.S.