China may already have up to 1 million tonnes of capacity to produce food-grade recycled PET, but regulatory uncertainty continues to hold back the market, industry experts said at the Plastics ...

Bill Wood warns that even if policymakers ease supply pressures from tariffs, energy and labor, strong consumer spending and federal deficits could keep inflation elevated — and the plastics industry ...

Sonoco Products names Ernest Haynes III president and CEO effective Jan. 1, succeeding Howard Coker, who retires after 41 ...

A federal judge has allowed JM Eagle to pursue racketeering claims against two law firms and several attorneys, alleging they used fabricated asbestos exposure claims to extract settlements from the ...

The parent company of Playmobil, which has been struggling financially, announced plans to convert a former manufacturing ...

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 ...

Fimic sees growing demand for advanced filtration technologies in Asia as recyclers seek to improve recyclate quality and tackle challenging feedstocks like textiles and automotive plastics.

Reynolds and Clorox both raised trash bag prices to offset resin inflation, but shoppers are buying fewer bags and seeking ...

North American commodity resin prices continued to climb in October, with polyethylene and polystyrene leading the way.

A one-piece nylon 6 truck bed for the Toyota Tacoma — believed to be the largest injection molded automotive part ever made — ...

Hoffmann Family of Cos. has settled its fraud lawsuit over the 2024 acquisition of injection molder Viking Plastics, with all ...

The EU has introduced stricter traceability and customs documentation requirements for food-contact recycled PET, alongside ...