Tech Tooling, whose sales have grown nearly 500 percent since 2020, won $400,000 in a national SBA competition and plans to invest the money in automation as it works to overcome workforce shortages.

After a year without new state packaging EPR laws, the Flexible Packaging Association is bracing for more legislation in 2027 ...

New bumper programs for BMW and Volkswagen helped OPmobility outperform the struggling U.S. auto market in the third quarter, ...

The €48.8 million investment is intended to help European manufacturers secure locally produced, traceable recycled materials ...

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 ...

Germany’s proposed €550 per tonne plastic packaging tax is facing opposition within the governing coalition, as a newly available draft reveals details about costs and potential tax relief for ...

The rapid expansion of AI data centers is creating new growth opportunities for plastics compounders, driving demand for materials that offer thermal, electrical and heat resistance.

Brightmark Plastics Renewal LLC has temporarily suspended plastics-to-fuel processing at its Ashley, Ind., facility while it reevaluates the plant’s technology, operations and long-term strategy, ...

Silgan's $3.4 billion Trivium deal creates a path to eventually separate its metal packaging operations while giving the ...

Niagara Bottling plans to test an enzymatic PET recycling process alongside mechanical recycling at its Vernon, Calif., plant ...

Midterm election results could have their biggest plastics policy impact in statehouses, where changes in party control could ...

Some companies and a plastic recycling trade group are saying that California's EPR program needs stronger signals to shift ...