Otto Environmental Systems' bankruptcy settlement creates a $2 million pool for creditors while allowing the trash and recycling container manufacturer's operations to continue under Formex.

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College has opened a plastics manufacturing training lab in Martinsburg, W.Va., where students and industry workers can train on injection molding and blow molding ...

U.S. Farathane plans to invest nearly $22 million in a new 230,000-square-foot logistics center in Port Huron, Mich., adding at least 115 jobs and supporting its existing local manufacturing operation ...

Greenback Recycling Technologies has made the first commercial shipment of pyrolysis oil from its flexible plastics recycling plant in Cuautla, Mexico, three years after the facility opened.

Greyparrot, Matrix Plastics, Prevented Ocean Plastic and Trioworld have all been shortlisted for the EPR leadership award. Coveris Winsford, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery (UK) and Bespak ...

North American resin markets have swung sharply back in buyers' favor—Polymer Points explains why prices are falling, what it means for virgin and recycled resins, and whether producers can make the ...

In this week’s Material Insights, Plastics News Editor Don Loepp looks at how global supply disruptions are affecting the polyethylene market.

A report has found serious data, capacity and enforcement gaps that leave the European Commission unable to determine whether EU plastic waste is being managed in an environmentally sound manner in ...

American Tool & Mold owner Emilia Giannakopoulos has dropped her attempt to retake control of the bankrupt plastics processor while continuing to pursue an alternative to its court-approved sale ...

Lotte Chemical had already invested €10.5 million in project before deciding further investment would be difficult due to changes in the chemical recycling market and the prolonged downturn in the ...

North American resin markets have swung sharply back in buyers' favor—Polymer Points explains why prices are falling, what it means for virgin and recycled resins, and whether producers can make the ...

West Pharmaceutical Services will cut 98 jobs at its Scottsdale, Ariz., operations as it phases out SmartDose 3.5mL production following the drug delivery system's sale to AbbVie.